<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">please excuse cross postings</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Colleagues,</font></div><div><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Archives Association of British Columbia is pleased to announce that registration is now open for<span> </span><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">"Access and Accountability 2018"</strong>, a conference aimed at examining the role of archivists and records managers in facilitating access and promoting accountability through our records and information resources.</font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This 1-day conference will be held on Friday, April 13 in Victoria, BC at the Royal BC Museum and Archives. The AABC AGM will immediately follow at the end of the conference sessions. An evening social in downtown Victoria will follow the AGM.</font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The pre-conference workshop "Archives for GLAM Professionals" will be held on Thursday, April 12 at the RBCM. This workshop will introduce Gallery, Library and Museum professionals to the mystery of archival theory, appraisal rationale, processing and storage best practices, and how to provide secure access to the archival records in your holdings. </font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Registration deadline is Monday, April 9, 2018. </font></strong></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://aabc.ca/events/aabc-conference-2018/">Click here for more information and registration links on the AABC website.</a> </font></strong></p>
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<p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-style:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></strong></font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-style:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Workshop and Conference Fees:</strong></font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="font-style:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">We are pleased to offer our BCLA and BCMA colleagues member rates for the workshop and conference registration. </span></font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-style:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Pre-conference Workshop Fee:</strong><br></font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">AABC/BCLA/BCMA Members = $180.00 ; </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Non-members = $230.00 ; </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Students = $180.00</span></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-style:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Conference Fee:</font></strong></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">AABC/BCLA/BCMA Members = $125.00 ; </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Non-members = $175.00 ; </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Students = $50.00</span></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Accommodations:</strong> No accomodations have been reserved for the conference. The conference venue is in downtown Victoria, close to a number of accommodation options and price points (i.e. Empress Hotel or DoubleTree Hotel). Attendees are responsible for making their own travel/hotel arrangements for this event. </font></p></div><b>Questions</b> can be directed to the <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">AABC Conference Committee c/o Lauren MacLean at </span><a href="mailto:Lauren.MacLean@leg.bc.ca" target="_blank" style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,102,153);text-decoration:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lauren.MacLean@leg.bc.ca</a></font>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa Glandt, MAS</div><div>Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator</div><div>Archives Association of British Columbia</div><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:aabc.advisor@aabc.ca" target="_blank"><font size="2">aabc.advisor@aabc.ca</font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">phone: 778-680-2273</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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