<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">please excuse cross-posting</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><u style=""><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><br></font></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><u style=""><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">Access
Ability: Exploring Themes of Access in Archives and Information Management</font></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">As
archivists and information professionals, we serve the public, our community
and/or our co-workers through access. “Accessing our collections” is often one
of the most clicked webpages on an archives website, while information
professionals similarly endeavour to improve the findability of records. This
can involve collaboration with privacy and legal experts to limit access to
records to certain approved individuals. Disability activists and Indigenous
communities have also reminded us that access cannot and should not be a
one-size-fits-all solution. Many of us are also still perfecting our remote
access models, which we had to accelerate as a result of the ongoing pandemic.
The purpose of this conference is to share resources and ideas related to
improved access. After all, access is the primary consideration of archives and
records management! </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">The
organizing committee for the<b> AABC/ARMA Vancouver Island Joint Conference 2023</b> are inviting
proposals related to the topic of access. Suggested topics include, but are not
limited to:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">balancing accessibility and
privacy in archives and information management;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">arranging and describing
collections for a broad audience;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">cultural protocols for access
such as those in Indigenous archives and information management;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">access considerations for
marginalized and/or racialized community-based archives; </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">case studies of digitization
initiatives by both small and large institutions or community-based archives;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">access to archival and
information management education and professional development;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">user experience (UX) design
for accessibility;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">appraising active records for
the transition to archives and the curation process this entails; and</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%">other topics may be
considered.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">In
accordance with this theme, the conference will be held in hybrid format on
April 28, 2023 at the Wilna Thomas Building at Camosun College’s Lansdowne
Campus, located in beautiful Victoria, BC.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Please
submit conference proposals of 250 words and a short bio to <a href="mailto:info@aabc.bc.ca">info@aabc.bc.ca</a> by
<b>Wednesday March 8th, 2023</b>. If you have a preferred presentation format (e.g.
roundtable discussion, lecture), please include that information as well in
your submission. </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Lisa</font><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lisa Glandt, MAS</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Archives Association of British Columbia</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">email: <font size="2"><a href="mailto:aabc.advisor@aabc.ca" target="_blank">aabc.advisor@aabc.ca</a></font><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">website: <a href="http://aabc.ca" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">aabc.ca</font></a></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.</span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span></span><span></span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>