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Education Committee Report, 2002-2003
Submitted by Jeff Whyte, Chair
The report of the ASA Education Program Review Committee, The Archives Society of Alberta Education Program: A Blueprint for the Future, 1999-2002, recommended that:
- Fundamental archival education be delivered in a six-day intensive "institute";
- Special topics workshops be offered to supplement the fundamental education and provide continuing professional education opportunities to more experienced archivists; and
- A one-day course titled "Archives Awareness" be created to highlight archival issues for museums and other organizations which are responsible for archival materials but do not have an archival program in place.
To meet these objectives, the Committee undertook the following activities in 2002-2003:
Fundamental Archival Education
The main activity in this area of the education program was the delivery of the annual Archives Institute:
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| Course: |
Archives Institute |
| Location: |
Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton |
| Dates: |
May 13-18, 2002 |
| Instructors: |
Margery Hadley, Michael Gourlie, Michael Dawe, Raymond Frogner, Don Bourdon, Garth Clarke |
| Participants: |
11 |
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The ASA thanks Karen Baron of the Lutheran Historical Institute for acting as Institute host and providing the facility. The evaluations for this course were both instructive and positive. The annual schedule of the Institute permits a preliminary report on the 2003 Institute:
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| Course: |
Archives Institute |
| Location: |
University of Calgary |
| Dates: |
May 12-17, 2003 |
| Instructors: |
Margery Hadley, Michael Gourlie, Doug Cass,
Don Bourdon, Garth Clarke |
| Participants: |
9 |
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The Committee is monitoring the decreased number of registrants in the Institute over its run, and consideration is being given to offering the Institute in alternating years.
In addition to the Institute, the ASA offered the following course in basic archival education:
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| Course: |
Archives Awareness |
| Location: |
Sylvan Lake and District Archives |
| Dates: |
November 19, 2002 |
| Instructors: |
Michael Gourlie |
| Participants: |
9 |
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One participant from the 2002 Archives Awareness course attended the 2003 Institute, indicating that crossover can occur between the two fundamental-level offerings. |
Special Topics Workshops
The ASA offered two special topics workshops in 2002-2003: |
| Course: |
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Institutions |
| Location: |
Legal Archives Society of Alberta, Calgary |
| Dates: |
September 20-21, 2002 |
| Instructors: |
David Tremain and Deborah Stewart, Canadian Conservation Institute |
| Participants: |
14 |
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| Course: |
Privacy Issues for Archival Institutions |
| Location: |
Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton |
| Dates: |
March 14-15, 2003 |
| Instructors: |
Dr. Heather MacNeil, University of British Columbia |
| Participants: |
23 |
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The Education Committee was successful in its applications to the Canadian Council of Archives for assistance in providing the following Special Topics workshops in 2003-2004: |
| Course: |
Copyright Issues for Archival Institutions |
| Location: |
Calgary |
| Dates: |
October 2003 |
| Instructors: |
Jean Dryden |
| Participants: |
20 (maximum) |
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| Course: |
Storage Planning for Archival Institutions |
| Location: |
Edmonton |
| Dates: |
February 2004 |
| Instructors: |
Cynthia Ball / Don Bourdon |
| Participants: |
20 (maximum) |
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The Education Committee is seeking committee members to assist in the planning and development of future workshops. Please contact the Chair for future information.
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