[can-talk] Managing Archival Collections - a learning opportunity at UVic!

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The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the following 6-day immersion opportunity for professionals and volunteers working in museums, heritage sites, and cultural centres.
MANAGING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
HA 488B (1.5 units); on-campus offering

Many museums hold archival materials including documents and photographs that require specialized care and management. This course focuses on archives as an important component of museum collections and develops your understanding of ways in which they 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 role in the museum environment. Regardless of the kind of institution you work in, this course strengthens your understanding of

 *   the nature of archival materials
 *   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

Dates: June 2 - 7, 2008

Please register by: May 5 (late registrations accepted if space permits)

To register in this course please visit https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx.
Fee: CDN$630, including a CDN$70 materials fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) A CDN$160 registration deposit is required with each registration form.


Instructor

Laura Millar has been an archival, editorial, and educational consultant for over 25 years. She received her Master of Archival Studies degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1984 and her PhD in archival studies from the University of London, England, in 1996. 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.

Laura has worked with international agencies such as the International Records Management Trust, the United Nations, and the World Bank, and with governments around the world, including Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka, and Ghana. In British Columbia, she has consulted with local government museums and archives, including Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Coquitlam, and New Westminster. Her most recent consulting work has been with such diverse organizations as the Vancouver Art Gallery, the United Church of Canada, the College of Registered Nurses' of British Columbia, the Government of Alberta, and the Salvation Army. She has taught archival studies courses at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Alberta. Laura was the author of the 1988 publication A Manual for Small Archives, which remains a popular reference tool for archival management in museums, archives, and community associations across Canada. Her latest book, on the preservation of authors' and publishers' archives, will be available in September 2008.

For more information about this course, including a draft course outline, please visit:

http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488b-archival.aspx

Enrollment options allow you to choose to take courses either to enhance professional development or to build academic credit. Individual course descriptions and registration forms are available by contacting us at crmp at uvcs.uvic.ca or by visiting our web site at:
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/home.aspx

For more information, please contact:

Anissa Paulsen, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6
Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774
Email: apaulsen at uvcs.uvic.ca
Visit our Web site! http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp
To receive monthly email updates, contact crmp at uvcs.uvic.ca



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