2023 AABC & ARMA Vancouver Island Joint Conference

"Access Ability: Exploring Themes of Access in Archives and Information Management"

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Location: Wilna Thomas Building, Camosun College Lansdowne Campus, Victoria, B.C.

Format: Hybrid format (in-person and online)

As archivists and information professionals, we serve the public, our community and/or our co-workers through access. “Accessing our collections” is often one of the most clicked webpages on an archives website, while information professionals similarly endeavour to improve the findability of records. This can involve collaboration with privacy and legal experts to limit access to records to certain approved individuals. Disability activists and Indigenous communities have also reminded us that access cannot and should not be a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of us are also still perfecting our remote access models, which we had to accelerate as a result of the ongoing pandemic. The purpose of this conference is to share resources and ideas related to improved access. After all, access is the primary consideration of archives and records management!

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Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you! 

Thank you to all of our conference participants, in person and online, for helping make the conference a success! It was wonderful to come together for a day of learning and rekindle connections and meet new colleagues.

Conference Presentations

We are pleased to share the following conference presentations. 

• Welcoming Remarks: AABC / ARMA VI 

• Keynote Address: 

"Balancing Accessibility and Privacy in Records Management" (slides)

Speaker: Ethan Plato, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Presentations

"Making Born Digital Documents More Accessible for People with Disabilities"

Presentation by: Lisa Snider, Access Changes Everything

(note: slides for this presentation not available, please contact web@accesschangeseverything.com if you have any questions)

"Balancing Access and Privacy in Your Organization with the Help of M365" (slides)

Presentation by: Lian Furlong and Pauline Richer, Gravity Union

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

"Connecting the Dots: Building Support for GLAM Partners in Digital Repository Networks" (slides)

Presentation by: Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains, Thamilini Jothilingam, South Asian Canadian Digital Archive and Sunni Nishimura, Laura Moberg, BC Electronic Library Network

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

"Access to Constituency Records: MLA Papers Archives at the Legislative Library of British Columbia" (slides)

Presentation by: Suher Zaher-Mazawi, Legislature of British Columbia

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

"Revitalizing Access: The Journey of Bringing VHEC's Legacy Collections Online" (slides)

Presentation by: Amanda Alster, Caitlin Donaldson, Chase Nelson, Shyla Seller, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

"From Acquisition to Access: Records of Religious Orders in BC"

Presentation by: Genevieve Weber, Kate Heikkila, Elizabeth Bassett, Royal BC Museum and Kristin Kozar, UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

(note: no slides for this presentation as this was a roundtable discussion)

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

“Fostering an Educational Environment of Anti-Racism and Accessibility in IM and RM work” (slides)

Presentation by: Jen Wishloff, A/IM Coordinator; IM, Data and Cyber Security Branch / Digital Strategy, Services and Innovation Sector, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

(note: presentation given as part of post-conference webinar held on June 5, 2023)

"Challenging Embedded Privilege in Archive Searching – the case study of Census Search"

Presentation by: Robyn Feres-Cameron, Senior User Experience Designer, Library and Archives Canada

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

(note: presentation given as part of post-conference webinar held on June 5, 2023)

"How to build a national library and archives website: Dynamic and user-centric design in LAC’s new web presence" (slides)

Speaker: Andrea Eidinger, Access and Services Branch, Library and Archives Canada

Recording link for this presentation will be made available shortly.

(note: presentation given as part of post-conference webinar held on June 5, 2023)