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Membership

The membership year runs from April 1st to March 31st.  There are a number of membership categories available to those interested in joining the Archives Association of British Columbia.

Membership Categories

Full Institutional

Full institutional membership is limited to those institutions which meet specific criteria. An applicant must submit a written acquisition mandate statement officially approved by its governing body and provide evidence of an ongoing commitment of financial support in terms of both staff and physical facilities from that sponsoring agency. The repository must have regular public hours of operation equivalent to at least one day or seven hours per week. Application for this category of membership must be approved by the AABC Executive. List as of January 2013.

Associate Institutional

Associate Institutional membership is open to institutions that support the objectives of the Association and are engaged in or interested in archival work but do not qualify for institutional membership.

Sustaining

Sustaining members are individuals who wish to support the work of the AABC by contributing an annual fee in excess of the standard individual membership fee.

Individual

Individual membership is open to people who support the objectives of the Association and/or who are engaged in archival work.

Individual (Retired or unpaid volunteer)

This special category of individual membership is open to individuals who are retired or who are working in an unpaid, volunteer capacity in an archives.

Student

Student membership is open to individuals who are currently registered full-time in a Community College or University program.

Honorary Life

Honorary life membership shall be accorded by a majority vote to persons who are distinguished for their archives work, or who have rendered distinguished service to the Association, or who are otherwise deemed worthy of the honour.

Annual Fees for Membership

Applying for Full Institutional Membership

Archival institutions applying for full AABC institutional membership should first consult the AABC's "Sustainable Archives: Self-Study Guide for Institutional Membership". If any questions arise after consulting the Guide, please contact the Chair of the Membership Committee for assistance. The Guide also acts as an application form, and when completed can be submitted to:

Attention: Chair, Membership Committee
Archives Association of British Columbia
34A - 2755 Lougheed Highway Suite #249
Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 5Y9

You will be notified by the Chair of the Membership Committee when your application has been received. Please note that consideration of an institutional membership application requires both review by the Membership Committee and Executive approval of the subsequent recommendation. As a result, feedback regarding the status of an application may take upwards of three to four months.

Membership Application Forms

We welcome your participation in the AABC. Please print out and complete the Individual Application Form or the Institutional Application Form for the upcoming Membership Year.

AABC Membership Needs Assessment Survey (2007)

A needs assessment survey of both institutional and individual members was conducted in the summer of 2007. The results of the survey are available online.