Archival Workshops

Archives Association of British Columbia

Introduction to Archival Preservation

January 4, 2010 - March 1, 2010

THIS COURSE IS UNDERWAY - REGISTRATION CLOSED

BC150 Distance Education Series

The BC150 Distance Education Series honours of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia through training to assist archives and heritage institutions preserve and make accessible our documentary heritage.

The AABC gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through BC150, a Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts initiative and the Heritage Legacy Fund of British Columbia.

Introduction to Archival Preservation (Distance Education)

For many years, the AABC has offered an Introduction to Archival Preservation as a two-day workshop. In recognition of the expense and inconvenience of travel to a "live" presentation of the course, the AABC would now like to deliver an introductory course through a correspondence distance education model.

Because students will work through a text over a three month period, the AABC is able to offer a more thorough introduction than is possible in a weekend workshop, but the information covered remains the same. Preserving Archives by Helen Forde (2007) will be used as the basic textbook for the course. The text book will be supplemented by with articles, survey tools and condition reporting assessments available on the Internet. Using the textbook and the on-line references, students will be introduced to archival

preservation in eight modules.

Introduction to Archival Preservation includes eight modules. Each module has a Self-Study Guide which provides directions for each module, supplementary readings, self-study questions, and, in most modules,

a practical project.

Module 1: Basic concepts and terminology in archival preservation

Module 2. Basic material science of paper records and photographs

Module 3. Basic material science of machine readable records and electronic media

Module 4. Concepts for understanding design requirements for archives buildings and

storage environments

Module 5. The exhibition of archival records

Module 6. Archival assessment and an introduction to on-line assessment tools

Module 7. Basics of emergency planning

Module 8. Preservation management planning. Students will have the opportunity to

prepare a basic preservation plan for their institution

Instructor: Rosaleen Hill, AABC Preservation Services Coordinator

When: January 4, 2010 to March 1, 2010

Cost: AABC member $300 / Non-member $400 (includes textbook and/or study materials)

Limit: 15 participants

For more information please contact:

Rosaleen Hill

AABC Preservation Services Coordinator

201 - 1717 West 13th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V6J 2H2

Tel: 604.709.9263

E-mail

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through BC150, a Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts initiative and the Heritage Legacy Fund of British Columbia

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