[Personal_archives] Early Bird Registration Ends January 24th - ACA @ UBC International Symposium - February 14, 2014

[Lisa Uyeda]

**Apologies for cross postings**


*ACA at UBC 6th Annual Symposium **early bird registration ends
Friday, January 24th! *


 *Find us at*: http://acasymposium.slais.ubc.ca

*Topic: *Archival Migrations: Repatriation, Destruction and Memory


*When:* February 14, 2014


*Where:* Frederick Wood Theatre, University of British Columbia


*Hosted by: *Association of Canadian Archivists Student Chapter at the
University of British Columbia


The 6th Annual ACA at UBC International Symposium, “Archival Migration:
Destruction, Repatriation and Memory,” will address the ethics, theory and
praxis of archives and digital records in transition or in transitory
states.


We will examine topics such as:


   - repatriated records
   - long-term preservation of digital records
   - truth and reconciliation
   - transparency and openness of public data
   - recordkeeping in the developing world
   - cloud computing
   - legal frameworks for electronic records management
   - the rights of the forgotten
   - and the right to be forgotten

The Symposium will challenge and inform members of the profession, visiting
experts, and students with rigorous and thoughtful conversation on
professional issues that have significant consequences for human rights,
the preservation of (digital) memory, and archival and records management
practice worldwide.


The confirmed presenters are:


   - Anna Szlejcher, National University of Cordoba, Argentina
   - Basma Makhlouf Shabou, University of Applied Sciences of Western
   Switzerland, Switzerland
   - Bruce P Montgomery, University of Colorado, United States
   - Hrvoje Stancic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
   - Mpho Ngoepe, University of South Africa, South Africa
   - Rania El-Gazzar, University of Adger, Norway
   - Silvia Schenkolewski, Bar Ilan University, Israel

 Please visit our website at: http://acasymposium.slais.ubc.ca for the
symposium schedule, presentation titles, abstracts, and more information on
our speakers.

Thank you to our sponsors: Association of Canadian Archivists; InterPARES
Trust; Records in the Cloud; UBC Library Irving K. Barber Learning Centre;
and UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.

Please join us in this interdisciplinary dialogue at the 6th Annual
ACA at UBCInternational Symposium, as we explore archival migration!

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us
at: aca.slais at gmail.com.

*Association of Canadian Archivists*

*University of British Columbia Student Chapter*


The University of British Columbia

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Suite 470 - 1961 East Mall

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1



Phone: 604-822-2404

Fax: 604-822-6006

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Twitter: @acaubc

Lisa Kiyomi Uyeda

University of British Columbia
Master of Archival Studies Candidate
ACA @ UBC Co-Chair

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