Category Archives: CNSA

Access & Reference Workshop

The Chestico Museum was pleased to host the Council of Nova Scotia Archives(CNSA) Access and Reference workshop on September 23 and 24.  This workshop was part of the CNSA’s core curriculum. The instructor of the workshop was Karen White who is an Archives Advisor with the CNSA.  Karen has a wealth of information about archival practices. Nine people participated in the… (more…)

CNSA Workshop

The Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA) offers six basic courses in archival training which are given at member sites around the province.  This month, the Chestico Museum is pleased to host the Access & Reference workshop on September 23 and 24. This workshop is part of the CNSA Archival Certificate Program. The cost of the workshop is $100 and… (more…)

Historical Newspapers Online

Today a new website was launched – Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers Online.  This project was sponsored by Libraries Nova Scotia and digitization was carried out in Halifax at the Nova Scotia Archives and in Sydney at the Beaton Institute.  All together, over 19,000 pages of digitized newspaper content have been produced.  Sixteen papers have been included in the project with… (more…)

2009 Archives Conference

The annual Spring Conference held by the Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA) was held in Halifax at the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management building (NSARM) on University Avenue.  Cathy Gillies, archives co-ordinator for the Chestico Museum, was able to attend.  There were six very informative presentations on archival appraisal, both from a monetary and historical point of view.  Such… (more…)