Catherine Hobbs
Catherine Hobbs is Senior Lead Literary Archivist at Library and Archives Canada (LAC); prior to the merger of the LAC she was the Literary Manuscript Archivist (English) at the National Library of Canada (2000-2005). She is also an Adjunct Professor in the English MA Program in Public Text at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.
Catherine was the founding Chair of the Special Interest Section on Personal Archives (SISPA) within the Association of Canadian Archivists and she was a steering committee member for the Section on Literary and Artistic Archives in the International Council on Archives (2011-2019).
A recognized expert in personal and literary archives, Hobbs has participated in and advised global initiatives concerning literary and born-digital archives. She has a particular interest in issues surrounding artistic producers of archives, especially literary archives, as well as individuals’ understandings of their own documentation. She has published on literary and personal archives, and has a strong interest in building bridges between literary scholarship and archival theory and practice.
EGABE - Archive Buildings and Environments EG EMDP - Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness PAAG - Photographic and Audiovisual Archives AEG - Expert Group on Advocacy EGAD - Archival Description EGLM - Legal Matters EGRSO - Research Services and Outreach EGSAH - Shared Archival Heritage EG MDPR - Digital and Physical Records EGATTT - Theft, Trafficking and Tampering EGIM - Indigenous Matters
In 2012 the ICA's Programme Commission made Africa a priority area for its professional programme work to support the development of record-keeping capacity in Africa, the needs of African archivists and records managers, ICA strategic objectives and priorities, and the delivery of archival education.
One of the ICA's Objectives is to build capacity within the archive profession. A fundamental element of this capacity building is to support Young and New Professionals to develop their professional knowledge and to encourage them to participate in all that the ICA has to offer.
ICA’s Training Programme was established in May 2017 at the Programme Commission meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. It aims to provide ICA members with high quality training opportunities across the full scope of archive and recordkeeping competencies via a range of delivery methods including online learning, ...
ICA’s Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) provides assistance to archive professionals and institutions working in especially challenging conditions, usually in developing countries.
ICA Conference Rome 2022 ICA Virtual Conference 2021
ICA Conference Adelaide 2019 ICA Conference Yaoundé 2018
ALA-ICA Conference Mexico 2017 ICA Conference Reykjavik 2015
ICA Conference Girona 2014 ICA Conference Brussels 2013
International Archives Week 2022 International Archives Week 2021
International Archives Week 2020 International Archives Week 2019
International Archives Day 2018 International Archives Day 2017
Appraisal of records Archival arrangement and description Audio-visual and photographic archives management Awareness raising and advocacy for records and archives Digital records and archives management Ethics Legal Issues Maintaining Professional Standards and Related Professions Outreach, access and learning services Preserving archives Records management