Spotlight on volunteers – Kaitlin Haley
Kaitlin Haley began volunteering at the Archives in the summer of 2012. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at …
2012 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference
In early December, I attended the annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in Seattle. Here are …
Spotlight on volunteers: David Marriott
David Marriott began volunteering at the Archives last September and in that time has dedicated around 300 hours to the …
DigCCurr 2012
This past May, I was fortunate to participate in the DigCCurr Professional Institute on Curation Practices for the Digital Object …
Using Archivematica
UPDATE, February 18, 2015: Our January 2012 post linked to an article on opensourcearchiving.org. As the content on that domain …
The Archivist Detective – Digital Forensics for Archivists
It was a day just like any other at the City Archives. Archivists and researchers spoke in whispers as they …
2011 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference
A few weeks ago, I attended the annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists in Austin, Texas. Here …
Celebrating “Hollywood North”: Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Since the late 1970s “Hollywood North” has been used to describe the film industry in Canada, specifically Vancouver. Until recently, …
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
October 27 is UNESCO’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, and this year’s theme is “Audiovisual heritage: see, hear and learn”. …
A Day in the Lives of 2 Archivists Gone Digital
Digitizing video for preservation and access (Cindy McLellan) The City of Vancouver is an exciting city to be a part …