Association of Canadian Archivists
Annual Conference
June 9-12, 2010 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
"Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Next Generation of Canadian Archivists"

Conference at a Glance

Tuesday, June 8 | Wednesday, June 9 | Thursday, June 10 | Friday, June 11 | Saturday, June 12

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
9:00 am-4:30 pmworkshop New Tools for Old Things: How Archives Can Benefit from Social Media
9:00 am-5:00 pmworkshop Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape
 
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
9:00 am-10:30 ammeeting ACA Board of Directors
9:30 am-5:00 pmevent Archives TAATU
10:30 am-12:00 pmmeeting Archivaria Editorial Board
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Aboriginal Archives Special Interest Section
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Access & Privacy Special Interest Section
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Climate Records Special Interest Section
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Council of Presidents
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Personal Archives Special Interest Section
1:00 pm-3:00 pmmeeting Special Interest Section on Electronic Records
3:00 pm-5:00 pmmeeting ACA Student Chapters
3:00 pm-5:00 pmmeeting Government Records Special Interest Section
3:00 pm-5:00 pmmeeting Municipal Archives Special Interest Section
3:00 pm-5:00 pmmeeting Religious Archives Special Interest Section
3:00 pm-5:00 pmmeeting University and College Archives Special Interest Section (UCASIS)
4:30 pm-5:30 pmevent First Timer / Mentorship Reception
7:00 pm-9:00 pmevent Opening Gala
 
Thursday, June 10, 2010
7:30 am-8:45 ammeeting Session Chairs' Breakfast
9:00 am-10:00 amplenary 1. Opening Keynote Address
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 2a. Hard Knocks: Hard Lessons in Digital Archiving
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 2b. From One Generation to the Next: Doctoral Research and the Archival Tradition
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 2c. Policy, Practice and Use: Spotlight on Government Records (GRSIS Session)
1:30 pm-3:00 pmtraditional session 3a. Meeting the Digital Challenge
1:30 pm-3:00 pmtraditional session 3b. New Voices, New Ideas: The Student Session
1:30 pm-3:00 pmroundtable 3c. ATIP and the Archives: Legislative Change and Continuity
3:30 pm-5:00 pmtraditional session 4a. Digital Record Forensics: Continuing in Mabillon's Footsteps
3:30 pm-5:00 pmroundtable 4b. ACA@School: Current Archival Education
3:30 pm-5:00 pmpanel 4c. Clearing the Path? Reappraising Collections in the 21st Century
 
Friday, June 11, 2010
9:00 am-10:00 amplenary 5. Artists and Archives
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 6a. Building the Memory of the World
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 6b. Preserving the Arts
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 6c. Assessing the Impact and Value of Archives
12:00 pm-2:00 pmevent ACA Awards Lunch
2:00 pm-3:30 pmpanel 7a. Outreach and Advocacy: Plus ca change?
2:00 pm-3:00 pmtraditional session 7b. Archival Legacies
2:00 pm-3:30 pmtraditional session 7c. The Value of Archives and Archival Value: Fresh Perspectives on Theory and Practice
4:00 pm-5:30 pmmeeting ACA Members Input Session
4:00 pm-5:30 pmmeeting Council of Nova Scotia Archives AGM and Routes to Your Roots Presentation
 
Saturday, June 12, 2010
9:00 am-10:00 amplenary 8. They Might have been Giants, but... Crisis and Continuity in Contemporary Archives
10:00 am-10:30 amother Poster Session
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 9a. Looking Forward: Evaluating New Skills, New Values and New Tools
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 9b. Stuck on PAUSE While Trying to Keep Up at FFWD Speed
10:30 am-12:00 pmtraditional session 9c. Toppling Giants? Can Visual Analytics Replace Traditional Approaches to Archival Description?
12:00 pm-1:00 pmother Poster Session
1:00 pm-2:30 pmpanel 10a. Archival Identity and Education
1:00 pm-2:30 pmtraditional session 10b. Archival Collaborations
1:00 pm-2:30 pmpanel 10c. Copyright Free-for-All
3:00 pm-4:00 pmplenary 11. Into the Future
4:00 pm-6:00 pmmeeting ACA Annual General Meeting
6:30 pmevent Cocktail Reception
7:30 pm-12:00 amevent Closing Dinner & Dance