Hello colleagues,

After having to regrettably cancel the annual Open House of the Municipal Archives Interest Group (MAIG) last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MAIG Executive is excited to announce that we will be holding a virtual Open House this year. The Open House is set to take place this fall (exact date TBD) and the Executive is putting out a call for archives that would like to take part. We are looking for participants who would like to share behind the scenes videos of their institutions/facilities (storage vaults, stacks, reading rooms, conservation labs, programming and exhibition spaces, etc.), provide virtual tours, or share short presentations on specific projects related to collections storage, space utilization, or renovations/expansion.

Presentations and tours will be shared via video communication app (e.g. Zoom or something similar) with time slots of approximately 30 mins – 1 hour available depending on the number of participants. We are seeking 3 to 4 participating archival institutions. If you are interested in presenting for the virtual Open House, please contact Megan Lockhart, MAIG Chair, at mlockhart@oxfordcounty.ca by August 6.

Information on previous Open Houses, and minutes from Open House meetings are available in past editions of our newsletter the MAIGazine available at https://aao-archivists.ca/maig.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

The MAIG Executive – Megan, Amber, and Gina