INFO 6800 (Winter 2013) Week Seven: Archives Settings and Formats
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INFO 6800 - Archives
• Announcements• Archival settings and formats• Seminar presentations• Archival formats exercise (Killam 2616)
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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2003-10-30/
Archives Settings
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Government University Religious
Corporate Aboriginal Community
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Ethnographic Archives
Aboriginal Archives
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1. Land claims
2. Court systems and health care
3. Funding agreements
4. Truth and reconciliation
5. Advocacy
How do Aboriginal communities use
archives?
Aboriginal Archives
Ethnographic Archives
Aboriginal Archives
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Ethnographic Archives
Oral Tradition
Aboriginal Archives
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ACA (2007)
Ethnographic Archives
“The written records about Aboriginal life and history found in the HBC Archives are limited in several ways. The records reflect the biases of outside observers and non-participants…Although much may be learned from the written record, it is in the oral tradition that Aboriginal life and history are found.”
Aboriginal Archives
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ACA (2007)
Ethnographic Archives
“Aboriginal communities have long used wampum, pictographs…petroglyphs…and other non-textual means to aid in the transmission of information…but such materials have not commonly found their way into archival repositories.”
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• In what circumstances did the community agree to lease, surrender, or sell land?
• What kind of payments were actually distributed and how?
• When, where, and in what circumstances were hunting and fishing rights exercised?
• Were the terms of an agreement fulfilled?
Aboriginal Archives
Ethnographic Archives
Aboriginal Archives
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Lindsay (2011)
Ethnographic Archives
“Archives and archivists not only organize and preserve the historical record, they support social justice by their contributions to such critical issues as Indigenous rights…”
Aboriginal Archives
February 18, 2013 10INFO 6800 Archives – Week SevenPortrait of Willard Ireland, B.C. Government Travel Bureau
Ethnographic Archives
Archives Settings
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Government University Religious
Corporate Aboriginal Community
University Archives
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Processing a fonds at the Dalhousie University Archives
Resource Allocation
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1. Scholarly research
2. Learning and teaching
3. Records management
4. Institutional memory
5. Public relations, legal & admin…
How do university communities use
archives?
University Archives
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“Colleges and universities have sought to…enhance their reputations as research centers by collecting historical and literary archives and manuscripts collections. The prestige factor motivates both prince and legislator, president and dean.”
Brichford (1980)
University Archives
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What kind of services do
university archives provide?
Reference and research
Records managementReproduction
services Administrative support
University Archives
Resource Allocation
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“Compared to government, business, and church archives, academic archives are more likely to be associated with large libraries; have smaller staffs, budgets, and holdings; rely on students and part-time assistants; and handle records with a greater variety of subject content.”
Brichford (1980)
University Archives
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How should university archives
adjust to budget cuts?
Adjust processing procedures
Focus collectingPrioritize services Advocacy
campaigns
University Archives
Resource Allocation
Archives Settings
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Government University Religious
Corporate Aboriginal Community
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1. Genealogy
2. Parish, church history
3. Records management
4. Institutional memory
5. Truth and reconciliation
How do religious communities use
archives?
Religious Archives
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What kind of records do religious
institutions hold?
Administrative and committee
records
Vital records
School and orphanage
records
Records of churches, parishes, synagogues,
etc.
Religious Archives
Religious Archives
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Religious Archives
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What challenges does the TRC present for
religious archives?
Truth and reconciliation
Privacy
Public perceptionCost of
reproductions
Religious Archives
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"The churches are not being co-operative at all…the Catholics are especially wary. They might say, 'If we give you the documents, John, and they're the diary of priest so-and-so and this opens him up to liability…and he sues us [the church] we're in all sorts of trouble.' "
John Milloy
Religious Archives
Archives Settings
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Government University Religious
Corporate Aboriginal Community
Community Archives
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Labour LGBT Theatre / Film
Ethnic Intangible Culture ?
What are community archives?
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What are some of the challenges with
community archives?
Stable funding and resources
Acquiring records
Donor and researcher
relationshipsFinding archivists
with knowledge base
Community Archives
Canadian Archival System
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Canadian Council
Provincial Councils Archives
Federal Government
Provincial Government
Municipal Government
Archival Formats
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Paper Moving images
Audio recordings
Technical Drawings
Electronic Records Objects
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Electronic Records
Textual records
Graphic materials
Moving images
Sound recordings
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Electronic records
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What are the challenges with
electronic records?
Fixity and verification
DuplicationStorage and
access Preservation of form and content
Electronic records
Archival Formats
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Paper Moving images
Audio recordings
Technical Drawings
Electronic Records Objects
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Textual records Letters, diaries, memos, deeds
Blueprints, designs…
Technical drawings
Graphic materials
Artwork, printed images,
newspaper
Paper records
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What are the challenges with paper records?
Paper records
Access and digitization
VolumeIdentifying
records of valueDuplication
Sources (in order of appearance)
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Adams, Scott (1995). Dilbert comic. http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2003-10-30/.
Portrait of Willard Ireland. http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/willard-e-ireland;rad.
Lindsay, Anne, “Archives and Justice: Willard Ireland’s Contribution to the Changing Legal Framework of Aboriginal Rights in Canada, 1963–1973,” Archivaria 71 (Spring 2011), p. 36. http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13330/14630.
Association of Canadian Archivists, “Aboriginal Archives Guide,” (2007), p. 10. http://www.archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/Outreach_attachments/Aboriginal_Archives_English_WEB.pdf.
Story of Creation. http://www.manitobamuseum.ca/callithome/home/in-class/aboriginal-peoples-of-the-plains/.
Sources (in order of appearance)
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Drone image. http://mashable.com/2012/12/11/student-tweets-drone-strikes/.
Idle no More image. http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/05/idle-no-more-protest-blocks-canada-us-border-traffic.
University archives image. https://twitter.com/Univ_Archives. Brichford, Maynard, “Academic Archives: Uberlieferungsbildung,” American
Archivist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (1980): 449-460. http://archivists.metapress.com/content/23436648670625l1/fulltext.pdf.
Anglican Church of Canada map. http://www.anglican.ca/resources/gsarchives/incanada/.
Residential school image. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/05/16/f-timeline-residential-schools.html.
Aboriginal artwork image. http://www.united-church.ca/aboriginal/schools/.
Sources (in order of appearance)
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Parish register image. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f1/e002343050.jpg.
Photographs of Dalhousie University Archives and the Killam Library were taken by Dalhousie Libraries staff