Calling All Archivists! Publish in the next AABC Newsletter

The AABC newsletter is an incredible opportunity to share your work with our community and celebrate the diversity and excellence of archival work in BC.

Are you working on an interesting project? Have you come across a mysterious record that the archival community should know about? Is your archives celebrating a milestone? Why not write about it!

The AABC is seeking contributions for our next issue of the AABC Newsletter. We are open to all content ideas, including (but not limited to): articles, paper excerpts, project summaries, opinion pieces, archives/archivist spotlights, archives in the news, and upcoming event promotions. See below for more ideas for submissions. 

Deadline for Proposals for the Winter 2027 Newsletter: October 31, 2026 

Please submit your content proposals (max 250 words) to the aabc.secretary@aabc.ca. 

Content Suggestions:

Member Spotlight

Highlight the work and perspectives of an archivist, records professional, student, or volunteer(s) from across the province.

From the Stacks — Collection Features

Showcase collection highlights from BC institutions:

• a notable item or series
• a recently completed or ongoing processing project
• newly available or updated finding aids
• digitized materials or online exhibitions
• conservation or rehousing work
• submissions may include short descriptions and images (with permission)

Archival Innovations Across BC

Share practical innovations or new approaches in archival work across the province:

• new workflows or policies
• tools or software that improved processes
• community engagement strategies
• born-digital or digitization initiatives
• environmental monitoring or preservation improvements

Indigenous Partnerships & Protocols Corner

Archival Institutions and Indigenous-led Archive organizations are welcome to submit examples of partnership work, provided they have consent from all participating communities:

• access and use protocols
• community-based description
• relationship-building practices
• approaches for reviewing legacy descriptions
• co-developed stewardship projects

Student & Emerging Archivists Corner

UBC iSchool students and interns from archives across the province are invited to contribute:

• student profiles
• internship reflections
• co-op project summaries
• advice for entering the profession
• opportunities for mentorship or collaboration

From the Field: BC History Focus

Institutions are invited to highlight a topic in BC history and point readers to related archival holdings:

• historical themes relevant to their region
• archival materials documenting events, communities, or industries
• links to digital or physical exhibits
• projects involving community memory or oral history work

Check out the latest newsletter issue:

• Summer 2026, vol. 28, no. 1
• Winter 2026, vol. 27, no. 2
• Summer 2025, vol. 27, no. 1
• Winter 2024, vol. 26, no. 2
• Summer 2024, vol. 26, no. 1
• Winter 2024, vol. 25, no. 2
• Summer 2023, vol. 25, no. 1
• Winter 2022, vol. 24, no. 2
• Summer 2022, vol. 24, no. 1
• Winter 2021, vol. 23, no. 1
• Fall 2020, vol. 22, no. 1

Previous Newsletter Issues 1999-2011:

• 2006 - 2011
• 1999 - 2005