Online Petition to Save the NADP

There is an online petition being circulated protesting Library and Archives Canada's decision on April 30 to cancel the National Archival Development Program (NADP). As of May 15, over 3800 people have signed it. Can you sign it too?

http://www.change.org/petitions/make-it-better-write-a-letter-help-save-canada-s-national-archival-development-program

Letter Writing, Facebook, Twitter Part of Call to Action

The Canadian Council of Archives Call to the community for support in voicing opposition to the elimination of NADP is taking traditional and new forms. Leaders of the archival community are asking archives to write a letter to their federal MPs outlining what they have accomplished for their institution/town/researchers using NADP funding.

The CCA has written its own letter to Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, urging the Conservative Government to reconsider the decision made by Library and Archives Canada.

CCA Issues a Call to Action in Response to NADP Elimination

The Canadian Council of Archives has issued a Call to Action, asking all members of the archival community and archives supporters across Canada to voice their oppositiion to the elimination of the National Archival Development Program. The CNSA Executive echoes this Call.

National Archival Development Program Canceled

The National Archival Development Program (NADP) has been terminated as of March 31, 2012. Funding for 2012-2013 fiscal year has been canceled by Library and Archives Canada.

New Provincial Archivist for Nova Scotia

The long wait is over! Nova Scotia has a Provincial Archivist again: Lois Yorke, formerly Director of Public Services at Nova Scotia Archives, has won the competition for Provincial Archivist of Nova Scotia. She began her new duties on March 12, 2012.

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Dr. Phyllis R. Blakeley Award

Catherine Arseneau and Jane Arnold of the Beaton Institute being presented with their certificate and wall plaque by Laurena Fredette, CNSA Chair of the Awards Committee.

Left to right: Catherine Arseneau, Laurena Fredette, Jane Arnold

The 2011 recipient of the Phyllis R. Blakeley Award was the Beaton Institute at Cape Breton University for their Project Music: Cape Breton's Diversity in Unity. This online exhibit provides access to digitized primary resources from 4 Cape Breton Musical traditions: Acadian, Mi'kmaq, Gaelic, and mining. The site draws upon archival resources in a variety of media and includes 55 artist biographies, resource guides for educators, a song index arranged by title, artist, and theme, in addition to 113 audio trakcs each accompanied by a lyric sheet, theme summary, and music score. This multidimensional project also saw the digitization of 359 audio reels, cassettes and video recordings, the creation of preservation copies on gold DVDS and a RAID 6 server, as well as another set of listening copies for public access.

Carman V. Carroll Award

Representatives from Le Centre de Recherche accepting their certificate and prize for the Carmen V. Carroll Award.

Left to right: Pauline D'Entremont, Laurena Fredette, and Bernice D'Entremont.

This year’s Carman V. Carroll Award was presented to Le Centre de Recherche “Les Archives père Clarence d’Entremont” for their project to expand the facilities of the Research Centre and Annex. In addition to expanding available storage space, the project was also designed to provide a secure, temperature and humidity controlled storage environment for archival material. The 2 storey extension increased the centre’s floor space by 512 sq. feet, created more display space in the centre, and made their archival holdings more accessible to staff and researchers. It also included the addition of a fireproof vault, industrial steel shelving which increased their shelving space by almost 10 times, and a steel drawer map cabinet for the flat storage of oversized material. Pauline D’Entremont and Bernice D’Entremont from Le Centre de Recherche were on hand to accept the award.

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