COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIA NETWORK Australian cultural heritage collections online

The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, is pleased to offer the following online learning opportunity for professionals and volunteers working in museums, heritage sites, and cultural centres.
MANAGING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
HA 488U (1.5 units); distance 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 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 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: May 4 - August 9, 2009

To register in this course please visit https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx.

Register by:  April 6, 2009 (late registrations accepted if space permits)
Fee: CAD$641*, including a CAD$70 materials fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) A CAD$170 registration deposit is required with each registration form.
*Subject to +/- 2% change announced late April 2009

Instructor

[cid:image001.gif at 01C9AAE0.CBF88D70]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, Camosun College, the Archives Association of Ontario, 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 online reference tool for archival management used by museums, archives, and community associations across Canada. Her latest book, The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Author's and Publisher's Archives, will be available from the CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University in Summer 2009.

For more information about this course, please visit:

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


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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