General Resources

Using Archives

Sample: University of Manitoba Archives Research Tutorial

Historical Research in Archives: A Practical Guide

Old Myths in New Clothes: Expectations of Archives Users

Reference Services

Sample: BC Archives Research Orientation Guide

Sample: UBC Archives Access and Use of Archival Materials: General Guidelines

Sample: City of Vancouver Archives Registering as a Researcher Guide

Sample: Nanaimo Community Archives: A User's Guide to Basic Procedures When Visiting the Archives

Sample: The Rooms (NFLD) Collection and Research forms

Reproduction and Use

Sample: City of Vancouver Reproduction Services

Sample: BC Archives Access and Usage

Sample: UBC Photocopying and Reproduction: Services and Fees

Lisa Miller, et al. "Capture and Release": Digital Cameras in the Reading Room OCLC Report (2010)

Copyright Legislation

Copyright Act and Regulations

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Access and Privacy Legislation

British Columbia

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Personal Information Protection Act

Electronic Transactions Act

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

Access and Privacy Legislation

Canada

Canada - Access to Information Act

Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Access, Privacy & Copyright Articles

Note: Many of the following resources provide good information on copyright (e.g., publications by Dryden, Murray/Trosow, and Harris), but do not reflect the term extension that came into effect December 30, 2022.

• Jean Dryden. “Copyright in Fire Insurance Plans,” Archivaria 91 (2021), 150-173.

• Jean Dryden. “Copyright in Photographs Reprise,” Open Shelf, June 2018. 

• Jean Dryden. “The Meaning of Publication in Canadian Copyright Law: An Archival Perspective,” Archivaria 83 (2017), 1-34. 

• Jean Dryden. “Risky Business? Issues in Licensing Copies of Archival Holdings,” Archivaria 82 (2016), 111-136. 

• Jean Dryden. “Copyfraud or Legitimate Concerns? Controlling Further Uses of Online Archival Holdings,” American Archivist 74:2 (2011), 522-43.  

• Archives and Privacy in a Wired World: The Impact of the Personal Information Act (Bill C-6) on Archives

• Playing Fair with the Right to Privacy

• What Canadian Archivists Know about Copyright and Where They Get Their Knowledge

• Resisted Access? National Security, the Access to Information Act and Queer(ing) Archives

• Access Denied:  The Access to Information Act and its Effect on Public Records Creators

• In Search of the Chill:  Access to Information and Record-Keeping in the Government of Canada

• Access Law and Lost Records:  A Commentary on "In Search of the Chill"

• InterPares 2 and the Records-Related Legislation of the European Union

• Access to Information and Privacy:  The Ten Information Commandments

• Access Policies Under Freedom of Information Legislation at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

• Thinking Inside and Outside the Boxes:  Archival Reference Services at the Turn of the Century
  

Publications

• Jean Dryden. Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian Libraries and Archives, 2nd ed. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 2014.

• Laura Murray and Samuel Trosow. Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide, 2nd ed. Toronto, 2013.

• Lesley Ellen Harris. Canadian Copyright Law, 4th ed. Toronto, 2014.

• Laura B. Cohen. Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts. USA: Routledge, 1997.

• Heather MacNeil. Without Consent: The Ethics of Disclosing Personal Information in Public Archives. Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press Inc., 1992.