[BCMA] The gift of education! January 2025 AABC professional development events

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Colleagues,

Give yourself the gift of education with 2 upcoming professional
development events in January 2025. Registration is now open!


*Workshop: "Towards Community-Centered Reference" with Melissa J. Nelson*

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm PST
Location: Online via Zoom
Registration deadline: Monday, January 27, 5:00pm

*Registration cost:*
AABC member: $60.00 CAD
Non-member: $115.00 CAD
*Thanks to a generous donation towards this workshop from an AABC
supporter, we are pleased to offer reduced registration rates for this
event for members and non-members as listed above.*

To register for this workshop, please visit:
https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/event-5841692

*Workshop description:*
This workshop, "Toward Community-Centered Reference" considers the
challenges Black researchers face when consulting with reference services
in archives. Participants will learn to think critically about their
positionality and their current approaches to providing access. Practical
suggestions will be offered to reference archivists to help them provide
services that are community-centered and participants will receive a
takeaway package of relevant resources.

This workshop includes a small group activity and discussion with time for
reflection. In this workshop participants will:

- Learn how to unpack how white supremacy shows up in archives
- Learn how to identify and address oppressive practices in access and
reference
- Learn how to minimize harm when providing reference services

*Workshop Instructor: *Melissa J. Nelson

I am a Toronto-based archivist and educator working in the field of Black
archival practice. In 2023, I was honoured with the New Professional Award
and Ancestry Award from the Association of Canadian Archivists. My work and
research interests are grounded in an ethics of care for the preservation
of Black cultural heritage and anti-Black archival materials. My work
centers Black being and belonging in the archives to support collective
healing and liberation movements. I am currently an Archivist at the
Archives of Ontario, leading outreach activities with Black communities in
the province. In my practice, I reimagine the archives as sites of Black
joy, rather than Black pain. I am the Founder and Creative Director of the
Black Memory Collective. I also produce and host the podcast, Archives &
Things. I hold a Master of Information Studies from McGill University. I
received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History, with a minor in Sociology,
from Carleton University.

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*Distance Education Course: "Managing Plans and Drawings"*

*Course duration:* January 6 – March 17, 2025

Architectural records are perhaps the least understood medium in the
archival world. There are many different types of drawings - from
blueprints to renderings, sketches to CADs. What should you accept, what is
valuable, how are they best preserved? Using the publication |Architectural
Records: Managing Design and Construction Records|, students will be
introduced to the management of plans and drawings over seven modules that
cover the history of architecture, appraisal of architectural drawings,
arrangement and description, preservation, access and digitization best
practices.


*Registration details:*
- registration deadline: January 3, 2025
- AABC member: $350.00 CAD
- Non-member: $500.00 CAD
- plus the cost of the course textbook

For more information about the course and registration link, please visit
the AABC website at: https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/Managing-Plans-&-Drawings


Regards,

Lisa

Lisa Glandt, MAS
Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator
Archives Association of British Columbia
email: aabc.advisor at aabc.ca
website: aabc.ca

I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and
ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh
(Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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