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On the Web
New URLs:
Links to the Saskatchewan Council of Archives:
The name should be changed to Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists
URL: http://scaa.usask.ca
Links to the Saskatchewan/Manitoba Archival Information Network:
These databases are now accessible through three separate interfaces:
Saskatchewan/Manitoba Archival Information Network (SAIN/MAIN)
http://scaa.usask.ca/sain-main/
Saskatchewan Archival Information Network (SAIN/MAIN)
http://scaa.usask.ca/sain/
Manitoba Archival Information Network (SAIN/MAIN)
http://scaa.usask.ca/main/
(You will probably be glad to hear that Stan Hanson's original suggestion of "Prairie Archival Information Network" did not succeed.)
The Saskatchewan network includes two new virtual exhibits ("Saskatchewan in Two World Wars" and "Saskatchewan and the Visual Arts"), and most of the descriptive records in SAIN now include an illustrative image.
The redesign of the Council web site and the virtual displays were made possible by financial assistance from the federal government through the National Archives of Canada and the Canadian Council of Archives.
The National Archives of Australia is pleased to announce the publication of
Archiving Web Resources: Guidelines for Keeping Records of Web-based Activity in the Commonwealth Government. These guidelines, which are companion publication to the NAA's Archiving Web Resources: A Policy for Keeping Records of Web-based Activity in the Commonwealth Government, are available on the National Archives Web site at: http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/er/web_records/intro.html
The first issue of Archival Science - International Journal on Recorded
Information has just been published. It is available on the web:
http://www.wkap.nl/journals/archival_science
This issue contains articles by Terry Cook, Bruno Delmas, Luciana Duranti, Amngfelika Menne-Haritz and Donato Tamble.
Visit the Archives of Ontario's new databases and start your research before leaving home. The Archives of Ontario provides online access to information about its holdings through three new databases. This new service provides a one-window shop and will make it easier for you to conduct your own research in a user-friendly environment.
The Archives databases are accessible from your home or any computer with access to the Internet and include:
* Archives Descriptive Database
* This database contains descriptions of the Archives' holdings -- both government records and private collections. All of our private collections are described at a general level and about two-thirds of all government holdings are currently in the database.
* Visual Database This database contains approximately 5,000 digitized images such as photographs, maps and drawings and their descriptions.
* Bibliography -- The Archives' library on-line catalogue contains approximately 15,000 records of books, periodicals, pamphlets and Ontario government publications.
The launch of these databases supports our commitment to make our collections more accessible to the public and reflects the Ontario government's ongoing efforts to provide you with seven-day, 24-hour distance access to its services.
As customers of the Archives visit our web site, we will continue to improve this service and add information to the databases on an ongoing basis.
We hope that you visit the Archives' databases frequently. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/index.html
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