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Education Committee Report
Linda Fraser, Chair
The report of the ASA Education 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 "Archival Awareness" be created to highlight archival issues for museums and other organizations which are responsible for archival material but do not have an archival program in place.
To meet these objectives, the Committee undertook the following activities in 2000-2001:
ASA Core Curriculum Course
The main activity of the Education Committee for 2000-2001 was to continue to implement the recommended and approved changes to the delivery of the core education programme. The bulk of the Committee's efforts this year focused on analyzing the Education Institute that was held in 2000 and the planning, preparation, and implementation of the Education Institute for the year 2001.
Course: Education Institute
Location: MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary, Calgary
Date: May 14 - 19, 2001
Instructors: Michael Gourlie and Margery Hadley
Guest Instructors: Jim Bowman, Don Bourdon, Doug Cass, and Susan Kooyman
Participants: 16
A survey of participants was administered immediately following the Institute. A follow-up survey is scheduled to be administered in the fall of 2001. These surveys are a critical step in the evaluation of the revised education program as part of a two year pilot project to determine if the changes better meet the needs of Alberta=s archival community. An additional survey of the archival community in Alberta needs to be undertaken this fall, in order to determine whether there continues to be a need for this basic archival education programme and to plan accordingly for the year 2002.
Archives Awareness Course
Course: Archives Awareness - Museums Alberta
Location: Red Deer
Date: September 23, 2000
Instructor: Michael Gourlie
Participants: 11
CCA Special Topics Workshop
Course: Photographic Prints and Negative Preservation Workshop
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Feb 9-10, 2001
Instructor: Rosaleen Hill
Participants: 10?
Course: Records Management
Location: The Legal Archives Society of Alberta, Calgary
Date: November 17-18, 2000
Instructor: Judy Kovacs
Participants: ?
Additional Workshops
Course: Archives Technicians Workshop*
Location: Old St. Stephen's College, Edmonton, Alberta
Date: January 15-17, 2001
Instructors: Cynthia Ball, Andrea Bowes, Michael Gourlie, Mickey Hargreaves, Judy Kovacs, Michael Payne
Participants: ?
* in conjunction with the Provincial Archives of Alberta
Course: Digitization and Archives**
Location: Red Deer Lodge Hotel, Red Deer, Alberta
Date: June 15, 2001
Instructor: Tim Au Yeung
Participants: ?
** in conjunction with the AGM Planning Committee
In addition, the Education Committee was successful in its applications for assistance from the Professional Development and Training Programme, Canadian Council of Archives and the Canadian Conservation Institute. The following special topics workshops will be offered in the years 2001-2002:
Course: Archival Ethics
Location: Banff, Alberta
Date: September 28-29, 2001
Instructor: Dr. Terry Cook
Participants: 15-20 (projected)
Course: Modern Information Carriers
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: February 15-16, 2002
Instructor: Canadian Conservation Institute
Participants: 20 (maximum allowed)
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