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The AABC Archivist's Toolkit: Access and Privacy
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- General Resources
- Using Archives
- Reference Service
- Copyright
- Access and Privacy Legislation
- Access and Privacy - Resources & Articles
- Reproduction and Use
- Online finding aids
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GENERAL RESOURCES
A Manual for Small Archives, Chapter 13: Reference Services and Public Relations Activities
USING ARCHIVES
University of Manitoba Archives Research Tutorial
University of Manitoba Rare Research : how to do primary research with rare documents
LAC Using Archives: a Practical Guide for Researchers
REFERENCE SERVICES
BC Archives Research Orientation Guide
City of Richmond Using the Reference Room
UBC Access and Use of Archival Materials: General Guidelines
City of Vancouver Archives Registering as a Researcher Guide
Nanaimo Community Archives: A User's Guide to Basic Procedures When Visiting the Archives
The Rooms (NFLD) Collection and Research forms
Old Myths in New Clothes: Expectations of Archives Users
COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
Bill C-61 An Act to Amend the Copyright Act
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Copyright Information for Archives and Archivists
SAA Orphan Works: Statement of Best Practices
ACCESS and PRIVACY LEGISLATION
British Columbia
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal Information Protection Act
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia
Canada
Canada - Access to Information Act
Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
ACCESS and PRIVACY - RESOURCES & ARTICLES
LAC Rights Issues and Documents
Playing Fair with the Right to Privacy
What Canadian Archivists Know about Copyright and Where They Get Their Knowledge
Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide (book review)
Resisted Access? National Security, the Access to Information Act and Queer(ing) Archives
Access Denied: The Access to Information Act and its Effect on Public Records Creators
In Search of the Chill: Access to Information and Record-Keeping in the Government of Canada
Access Law and Lost Records: A Commentary on "In Search of the Chill"
InterPares 2 and the Records-Related Legislation of the European Union
Access to Information and Privacy: The Ten Information Commandments
Thinking Inside and Outside the Boxes: Archival Reference Services at the Turn of the Century
REPRODUCTION AND USE
City of Vancouver Reproduction Services
UBC Photocopying and Reproduction: Services and Fees
ONLINE FINDING AIDS
SFU Online Finding Aids to Archival Holdings
UVic Historical Photograph Collection
City of Vancouver Archives Search Everything!
SEE ALSO: Database software and Networks
PUBLICATIONS
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Infographic on image manipulation and how to avoid copyright infringement - looks at the legalities involved in image manipulation, mainly focusing on US law but also reviewing laws around the world. It looks at how these laws are interpreted by different people and shares some example cases.
Providing Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals Series II) / Mary Jo Pugh (Society of American Archivists, 2005)
Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions / Kenneth Crews (Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 2005, 2nd ed)
Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian Libraries and Archives / Jean Dryden (Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 2002)
Staff Guide to Copyright (National Archives of Canada, 1999)
Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts / Laura B. Cohen (ed) (USA: Routledge, 1997)
Without Consent: The Ethics of Disclosing Personal Information in Public Archives / Heather MacNeil (Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press Inc., 1992)