<div dir="ltr">please excuse cross postings<div><br></div><div>Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Session details and speaker bios have now been updated for the upcoming AABC conference on April 13, 2018 in beautiful Victoria, BC. Information can be found on the conference page on the <a href="http://aabc.ca/events/aabc-conference-2018/">AABC website</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Registration is also open for the April 12 pre-conference workshop <b>Archives for GLAM Professionals</b>. We are pleased to offer our BCLA and BCMA colleagues the member rate for the workshop registration.</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">Do
you have archival materials in your holdings but no trained Archivist on staff
to manage them? </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">Geared
for organizations that may have an archival collection as part of their
Gallery, Library or Museum, this 1-day workshop will provide an introduction to
archival theory and principles and how to integrate sound archival management
within your existing processes and policies.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">Participants
will learn about appraisal, preventative preservation, storage best practices, and
exhibit and access guidelines for commonly held record types such as
photographs, negatives, textual records, audio-visual records, and oversize
materials (maps/plans). Practical examples and solutions will be discussed
throughout the day and participants are encouraged to bring their questions!</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"><i>This
workshop is perfect for Librarians, Curatorial staff, Directors/Board members
and new-to-archives Volunteers who want to learn more.<span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i>About the
Instructor: Lisa Glandt has a Master’s Degree in Archival Studies and has more
than 15 years working as a professional Archivist. She has worked in a range of
big and small organizations including municipal government, academic archives,
museum archives and for private organizations. Her “in the trenches” experience
from these positions is integrated into workshops, distance education courses,
advice and archival site visits she offers as the current Education and
Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator for the AABC.</i> <span style="font-size:12pt"></span></span></p>
</div><div><br></div><div>Don't delay to complete your conference registration and make sure to indicate if you are interested in a social event on Thursday or Friday night so that the Conference Cmt. can plan appropriately. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Registration for the workshop/conference closes on April 9</b>.</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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