Felipe Costa

Release of the Canadian Archival Accession Information Standard (CAAIS)

Dear colleagues, The National Archival Accession Standard Working Group (NAASWG) is pleased to announce the completion of its multi-year project to write a content standard for archival accession information. The standard is posted on the NAASWG space on the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) website. It can be accessed through the following link: https://archivescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CAAIS_2019May15_EN.pdf. Writing the …

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NPTAC – Declaration on guiding principles relating to the acquisition of private-sector archival records

In June 2016, members of the National, Provincial and Territorial Archivists Conference (NPTAC) agreed to a declaration on guiding principles relating to the acquisition of private-sector archival records. This declaration is now available on LAC’s website in both official languages: Statement of Guiding Principles for Identifying ‘Best-Fit’ Repositories for Private-Sector Archival Records [Bilingual PDF 149 KB] …

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