The 2018 AAO Conference is being held from May 9 - 11, 2018 at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Both universities are situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. This year's theme is Celebrations: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Registration for the 2018 AAO Conference is now closed.
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Conference Registration
This course will introduce participants to the key concepts, practices and tools in digital preservation. It will be followed by a demonstration and discussion of a variety of tools that practitioners can begin using to meet their digital preservation goals. The course is intended for non-experts who would like to get to know the field and to apply tools and techniques to low-resource institutional environments.
The conference workshop is available to all members of the AAO at a rate of $150. Non-member rate is $200.00. For more details on the workshop visit the AAO website.
Register for Introduction to Digital Preservation: Key Concepts and Tools
Instructor: Lisa Snider
This workshop will provide half-day introduction to archival cataloguing using Canadian content standard, Rules for Archival Description (RAD), with a focus on entry into an AtoM database such as Archeion. Participants will learn how to do a multi-level archival description at the first level of detail for a fonds and series.
The conference workshop is available to all members of the AAO at a rate of $65. Non-members rate is $100. Student AAO member rate is $50. For more details on the workshop visit AAO website.
Register for Archival Description with RAD
Instructor: Lisa Snider
The conference workshop is available to all members of the AAO at a rate of $65. Non-members rate is $100. Student AAO member rate is $50. For more details on the workshop visit AAO website.
Cancellation of Conference by AAO | Full refund |
Cancellation by registrant up to one week prior to the event | Refund,less 20% cancellation charge to cover administrative cost |
Cancellation by registrant one week to 48 hours prior to the event | Refund, less 50% cancellation charge to cover administrative cost |
Cancellation by registrant less than 48 hours prior to the event | No refund |
Registrant did not attend the conference without any notification | No refund |
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