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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/

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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

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Aboriginal Archives

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Ethnographic Archives

Oral Tradition

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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.”

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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

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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…”

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Aboriginal Archives

February 18, 2013 10INFO 6800 Archives – Week SevenPortrait of Willard Ireland, B.C. Government Travel Bureau

Ethnographic Archives

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Archives Settings

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Government University Religious

Corporate Aboriginal Community

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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

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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

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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

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Archives Settings

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Government University Religious

Corporate Aboriginal Community

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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

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Canadian Archival System

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Canadian Council

Provincial Councils Archives

Federal Government

Provincial Government

Municipal Government

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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

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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

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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/.

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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/.

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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