[BCMA] Managing Archival Collections in Whitehorse, Yukon Oct. 18-23, 2010

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Will this course be available again soon - somewhere in BC?

 

Marilyn Berglund

Manager, Mackie Lake House

www.mackiehouse.ca

 

Scrabble Event - Friday October 1

Call for details -250-545-1019

 

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Registrations are still being accepted for this highly practical course
being offered in Whitehorse Yukon. The course will be relevant to a wide
range of individuals, including professionals and volunteers working in
museums, heritage organizations, cultural centres and other related
contexts.

 

The course is offered by the Cultural Resource Management Program at the
University of Victoria in partnership with the Yukon Historical and Museums
Association.

MANAGING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS (HA 488U, 1.5 units)

Dates: October 18- 23, 2010
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon

Many museums, historical societies, communities and towns hold archival
materials including documents and photographs that require specialized care
and management. This intensive, week-long course focuses on archives as an
important component of museum and local history collections and develops
your understanding of ways in which these archival materials should be
organized, managed, preserved and shared. While there is common ground
between the management of artifacts and the management of archives,
recognizing the distinctions is important to caring effectively for
documentary materials and increasing their accessibility and use. In this
course, lectures, discussions, hands-on work, site visits, and input from
guest speakers offer you an opportunity to learn about key theoretical and
practical issues associated with the range of duties involved in archives
management. Regardless of the kind of institution you work in or community
you represent, this course strengthens your understanding of:

*           theories, principles, and practices governing archival
management

*           legal, administrative, and professional frameworks 

*           appraisal, acquisition, and accessioning of archives 

*           archival arrangement and description, including the application
of archival descriptive standards 

*           physical processing and storage 

*           the importance of preventive conservation 

*           reference services and access issues 

*           using archives to enhance exhibits, educational offerings, and
outreach initiatives 

*           the role of archives in culture and heritage 

Instructor: Laura Millar, PhD. has been an archival, editorial, and
educational consultant for over 25 years. She is the author of nearly four
dozen professional publications on a range of topics, including records and
archives management; information systems; and editing, publishing, and
writing. She has delivered dozens of workshops, seminars, and presentations
on archives and records management around the world, from Inuvik, Northwest
Territories and St. John's, Newfoundland to Lusaka, Zambia and Wellington,
New Zealand. She has worked as a consultant to a diverse range of
organizations, agencies and governments across Canada and around the world. 

She is the author of the 1988 publication A Manual for Small Archives, which
remains a popular online reference tool for archival management used by
museums, archives, and community associations across Canada. Her most recent
publication is The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Author's and
Publisher's Archives (2009). 

Comments from past participants include: Laura is so well-versed in her
subject and clearly enthusiastic about sharing knowledge!;.very interesting,
excellent instructor;. the instructor, the assignments, were very good!;The
course fills a huge void in my knowledge of archival matters

Fee: $669 (including tuition and a $75 materials fee); credit and non-credit
registration options available

For more information about this course and to register, please visit:
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HA488U002

Brenda Weatherston
Program Coordinator | Cultural Resource Management Program 

Division of Continuing Studies | University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC | Continuing Studies Building Rm 345
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
Tel: 250 721-8504 | Fax: 250 721-8774 | Email: bweatherston at uvcs.uvic.ca

Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/cultural <http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/iet> 

 

 

 

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