Conference on Archives and Automation

Ontario Association of Archivists
Conference 1993:  Archives and Automation
12-15 May 1993, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Wednesday, 12 May 1993
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08:30-14:30
           Workshop:  Automating Your Archives
           Cost $75.00 (Limit 25 people)
09:00-12:00
           Needs assessment.
Speaker:   Jane Beaumont, Consultant, Beaumont and Associates
13:15-14:45
           Vendor evaluation.
Speaker:   Geoffrey Rockwell, Instructional Research Computing,
                              University of Toronto
15:00-16:30
           Grants and Funding your project
Speaker:   Grants Administration Unit, Ministry of Culture and
                                       Communications
18:45      Registration desk opens
19:00-22:00
           Wine and Cheese Reception.
           Metropolitan Toronto Archives and Records Service

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Thursday, 13 May 1993
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08:00      Registration desk opens

08:30-10:00
           Session 1 (Plenary)
           Archives and the Information Age
Speaker:   David Bearman, Editor, Archives and Museum Informatics
Chair:     Ian Wilson, Archivist of Ontario

10:30-12:00
           Session 2 (Concurrent)
           Conservation and Automated Records
Speaker:   National Archives of Canada
Chair:     David Bullock, Archivist, City of Ottawa Archives

           Session 3 (Concurrent)
           Information Technology Resources
Speaker:   Alan Darnell, Systems Librarian, Trent University
Chair:     Johanne Pelletier, OCA Archives Advisor

13:30-15:30
           Session 4 (Concurrent)
           Automation and University Archives:  MARC Format
Speaker:   Garron Wells, University Archivist, University of Toronto
           Shirley Spragge, University Archivist, Queen's University
           Barbara Craig, University Archivist, York University
Chair:     Frank van Kalmthout, Archives of Ontario

           Session 6 (Concurrent)
           Automation and our sibling professions
Speaker:   Jim Leonard, Ontario Museum Association
           Sandy Cifani, Ministry of Culture and Communications
           Stephen MacDonald, Ministry of Culture and Communications
Chair:     Troy Tronrud, Thunder Bay Historical Museum

15:15-17:00
           Ontario Council of Archives Annual General Meeting

19:35      Baseball Game at SkyDome
           Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
           Cost $7.50 (Limit 30)

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Friday, 14 May 1993
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08:00      Registration desk opens

08:30-10:00
           Session 7 (Plenary)
           The Big Picture
Speaker:   Ian Wilson, Archivist of Ontario
Chair:     Jim Burant, President Ontario Association of Archivists

10:30-12:00
           Session 8
           Vendor Demonstrations

13:30-15:30
           Session 9 (Concurrent)
           Automation and Records Management
Speaker:   Robin Keirstead, Regional Municipality of Waterloo Archives
           Christine Ardern, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives
           Cathy Stanford, Metropolitan Toronto Archives and Records
                           Centre
Chair:     Wayne Crockett, Archives of Ontario

           Session 10 (Concurrent)
           Successes and Sob Stories:  Electronic Records
Speaker:   Jean Dryden, United Church/Victoria University Archives
           Geoff Ott, National Archives of Canada
Chair:     Catherine Bailey, National Archives of Ontario

15:15-17:00
           Ontario Association of Archivists Annual General Meeting

18:00-Wee Hours
           Historic Pub Crawl
           Lead crawler:  Larry Weiler, Archivist, Archives of Ontario

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Saturday, 15 May 1993
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08:00      Registration desk opens

08:30-10:00
           Session 11 (Concurrent)
           Automation and Historical Research
Speaker:   Kris Inwood, Associate Professor of Economics, University of
                        Guelph
           Bruce Elliott, Assistant Professor of History, Carleton
                        University
           Larry Sawchuk, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University
                        of Toronto
Chair:     Jennifer Bunting, Archivist, County of Lennox and Addington

           Session 12 (Concurrent)
           Reference and Automation
Speaker:   Michael Moir, Toronto Harbour Commission Archives
           Maggie MacLelland, National Archives of Canada
Chair:     Ellen Scheinberg, National Archives of Canada

10:30-12:00
           Session 13 (Plenary)
           Adventures in Automation
Speaker:   Bonnie Callen, Wellington County Museum and Archives
           May Issac, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives
           Matt Szybalski, Bank of Nova Scotia Archives
           Karen Teeple, City of Toronto Archives
           Troy Tronrud, Thunder Bay Historical Museum
           Ruth Dyck Wilson, United Church/Victoria University Archives
Chair:     Matt Szybalski, Bank of Nova Scotia Archives

12:30-15:00
           Luncheon Banquet
           Cost $19.50
           University College Union Dining Hall
Speaker:   The Minister of Culture and Communications

15:30-17:00
           Session 14 (Concurrent)
           Metropolitan Toronto Archives and Records Service
           Demonstration:  Automated Records Management System
Guide:     Cathy Stanford, Records Manager
           (Limit 15)

           Session 15 (Concurrent)
           Archives of Ontario
           Demonstration:  Master Control Register
Guide:     Bob Krawczyk, Archivist
           (Limit 15)

           Session 16 (Concurrent)
           United Church/Victoria University Archives
           Demonstration:  Inmagic in a medium-sized archive
Guide:     Ruth Dyck Wilson, Archivist
           (Limit 10)

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For registration and accommodation information contact --

OAA, Conference 1993
P.O. Box 46009, College Park Post Office
444 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5B 2L8

Co-chairs:

Carolyn Heald, Archives of Ontario, (416) 327-1540

Wayne Crockett, Archives of Ontario, (416)327-1560

Registration for Full Conference $100.00 (non-members)
Accommodation may be arranged in New College Residence or local hotels
Parking is nearly impossible and extremely expensive, take public transit
(It really is the better way).

Mark Ritchie
Media Librarian
Audio-Visual Centre
University of Waterloo
519-888-4070
Fax: 519-888-6197

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