NADP Cut and Canadian Council of Archives Call to Action
On April 30th, 2012 the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) eliminated the National Archival Development Program (NADP), a vital source of funding for many Canadian archives. The Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) has initiated a Call to Action, asking Canadian archivists to campaign against the NADP cut. The AABC executive would like to encourage all BC archivists to join in this campaign. Here's what you can do to help out:
- Write the minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable James Moore, your local MP, and the NDP's Heritage critic, Tyrone Benskin, asking them to stop the NADP cut
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- Include specific examples of how you or your organization has benefitted from NADP funding and/or;
- Include specific examples of how you or your organization has benefitted from the AABC's Education, Preservation, and Network Services (such as workshops, site visits, or MemoryBC)
- Find MP contact information here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx
- Read the AABC's letter to the Hon. James Moore, Minister for Heritage and Official Languages.
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Past and present AABC executive members are working on a list of NADP-funded projects in BC to potentially be posted on the AABC website. If your organization has received NADP funding in the past, please send us some basic information about those projects (project name, link to a public product such as an online exhibit, amount funded) to the AABC listserv
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Share your NADP success stories on the CCA's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Council-of-Archives-Conseil-canadien-des-archives/283674911724409
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Follow the CCA on Twitter at CCA_Archives
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Have a website or a blog? Post your NADP success stories and tweet them to @CCA_Archives with hashtag #NADPsuccess
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Get involved in the Archivists On to Ottawa Trek
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Discussion group: http://groups.google.com/group/archivists_ottawa_trek
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New and Updates: http://archiviststrek2012.tumblr.com/
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