Attention: Archival Community,
Please excuse cross-postings
The Archivaria Editorial Board and the ACA Board of
Directors are pleased to be able to provide you with this status report on the digitization
and forthcoming web launch of the full collection of Archivaria and Canadian
Archivist issues.
In brief, the full collection of back issues from #1 to #60
is now available in digital format as PDF files. As new issues are
published, a complete set of PDF images will be produced along with the printed
copies, and will be available to members and subscribers. While a majority
of the collection will soon be open and available to the archival community and
public, the most recent eight issues will be retained in a reserved collection,
for members & subscribers.
Working with
At the same time and thanks to the efforts of Teruko
Kishibe, Archival Project Assistant with ACA from January through May 2006, we
have collected permissions to digitize their works (Archivaria and Canadian
Archivist) from 684 contributing authors. In total, these two
publications have benefited from the submission of 914 authors who have
submitted 1,954 articles, book reviews, exhibit reviews, counterpoints, and
all. Only one author declined to have their work included, while a number
of authors were very pleased to receive confirmation that the digital version
of their work will be available at no cost to the user.
The permissions received to date will allow for the
e-publication of 1,547 articles while the inclusion of the remaining 407 works
is in question. At this time, there are about 85 authors who have been
contacted by ACA with a request for permission to digitize their works, but who
have not replied. In addition, there are 65 authors that we have been
unable to locate or contact so far. A number of authors have passed away,
requiring us to locate and approach next of kin for the permission to digitize;
of the 65 authors not yet located, in 21 instances, we are seeking to contact
next of kin.
If you have contributed articles to Archivaria (1975-2006)
or the Canadian Archivist (1963-1974) and have not submitted permission for the
digitization and e-publishing of your works, please contact the ACA office as
soon as possible. If you are not certain whether your permission was
submitted or not, please take a few minutes to contact the office by e-mail,
phone or fax so that we can verify we have received your reply.
Sincerely,
Duncan Grant
Executive Director
Association of Canadian Archivists
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