Category Archives: Messages from SLA’s Chair

Archives and Human Rights

Posted on 20 June 2019 by David Sutton

Congratulations to our ICA colleagues Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana, who have signed an agreement with Routledge to produce a collection of essays on the subject of Archives and Human Rights, for publication next year. Within ICA, … Continue reading →

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ICA Annual Conference, Adelaide, October 2019

Posted on 25 May 2019 by David Sutton

The Annual Conference of ICA for 2019, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia, will be a joint conference with the Australian Association of Archivists, the Archives & Records Association of New Zealand, and PARBICA (ICA’s Regional Pacific Branch), 21-25 … Continue reading →

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Promoting SLA in Croatia

Posted on 13 December 2018 by David Sutton

A new issue of the Croatian archives journal @rhivi has just appeared, and includes an article in Croatian about the work of ICA’s Section for Archives of Literature and Art. Croatian-speakers can access the article here: @rhivi article: → Essay … Continue reading →

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Like London Buses …

Posted on 12 December 2018 by David Sutton

(There is a saying in London which runs “You wait for ages for a bus and then two come along together”.) 2018 has been a good year for our subject-area of Literary Archives. At the start of the year there … Continue reading →

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Literary Archives edition of ‘Comma’ published

Posted on 15 November 2018 by David Sutton

We are pleased to announce that the special literary archives edition of the ICA journal Comma has now been published (November 2018). The online version can be accessed here. The contents are as follows: * Preface * Veno V. Kauaria … Continue reading →

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Directory of Literary Archives

Posted on 4 October 2018 by David Sutton

Directories of Literary Archives and Sports Archives As reported in the recent ICA publication Flash 36, SLA Secretary Heather Dean has prepared a proposal to ICA’s Programme Commission (PCOM) for a thoroughgoing revision and updating of our World-Wide Directory of … Continue reading →

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SLA in Yaoundé, November 2018

Posted on 23 August 2018 by David Sutton

The Annual Conference of the International Council on Archives (ICA) for 2018 will take place this November in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, with the main conference being held at the Yaoundé Conference Centre (Palais des Congrès de Yaoundé) on … Continue reading →

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International Archives Day 2018

Posted on 3 June 2018 by David Sutton

9th June is the date of International Archives Day 2018. All ICA members are invited to participate in IAD 2018, which is also ICA’s 70th birthday. The IAD 2018 Communication Kit is available here. David Sutton Chair / Président ICA … Continue reading →

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Meetings of other ICA Sections in October 2018

Posted on 21 May 2018 by David Sutton

SLA members may be interested in the upcoming meetings of our friends in two other ICA Sections. SUV (the Section on University Archives) will be holding its conference in Salamanca, from 3-5 October 2018, with theme ‘What value do historical … Continue reading →

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ICA’s 70th birthday

Posted on 21 April 2018 by David Sutton

At the most recent meeting of the ICA Executive Board, held at the Château de Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, on 19th and 20th April 2018, all members of ICA were invited to use the official logo to celebrate … Continue reading →

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