#ArchivesAtoZ: N is for Newsletter In the age of social media, where tweets fly and Instagram stories unfold, the humble newsletter stands its ground. From The Unabridged to The Recycler, more than 600 Concordia Newsletters are found in our Internet Archive collection.

#ArchivesAtoZ : O is for open-source. Did you know that open-source systems are at the heart of powering RMA Digital Preservation? This value is reflected in our Digital Preservation Strategy and implemented by using the following systems: Archivematica, AtoM, and BitCurator.

Concordia Records Management and Archives invites you to their Digital Sobriety in Information Management event, happening on April 17, 2024. Hybrid, bilingual and free! Link to register : concordia.ca/cuevents/offic… #DigitalSobriety #Sustainability

#ArchivesAtoZ : P is for Public Relations. The records produced by the PR department are great sources of information, vital in mapping the institution’s rich history. CU Archives have recently digitized its collection of news releases and made it available on Internet Archive.

#ArchivesAtoZ: R is for Registration. Times have changed for the better in terms of carbon copy registration forms and mail-in tuition fee payments. Photos: 1968-1969 Loyola College registration forms and handouts. #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

#ArchivesAtoZ: S is for Sketchbooks. RMA has in our collection several artists' sketchbooks - all available for consultation. These images are from artist and teacher Frank Barry's sketchbooks, dated 1978 - 2000. #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

#ArchiveAtoZ: T is for Travel Diaries. Travel diaries offer a glimpse of the enriching experience of travel through the eyes of their writers/keepers. This sample is a trip to Hawaii taken by English Professor Henry Beissel in 1997. #CU_Archives

#ArchivesAtoZ. U is for University. In 1974 Loyola College & Sir George Williams University merged into Concordia University. In its inaugural year, enrolment was 4373 students; in 2022-2023 enrollment was a staggering 49,898 students! photo: UCS #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

#ArchivesAtoZ: V is for VHS. As of today, RMA has transferred to digital and catalogued 493 VHS tapes in AtoM (Access to Memory). #CU_Archives #fromthearchives

#ArchivesAtoZ: W is for web archiving. Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web, preserving the collections in an archival format, & then serving the archives for access and use. Since 2018 RMA has been using Archive-It to build web collections.

#ArchivesAtoZ: X is for Xanthic, a yellowing process affecting many archival materials. Photo: c. 1960, YMCA of Montreal fonds P0145 #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

#ArchivesAtoZ Y is for Yottabyte. Scientists predict that by 2035 global digital storage needs will have reached a yottabyte / 10^24 bytes! Learn more by watching the Apr. 17, 2024 Digital Sobriety in Information Management Symposium replay: youtube.com/watch?v=Jorr95…. 4TH SPACE Concordia

#ArchivesAtoZ : Z is for Zen. 2003 poster for a Zen Buddhist meditation retreat, from the Multi-faith and Spirituality Centre fonds. Browse more items from this and many other fonds in the RMA Internet Archive: archive.org/search?query=c…

May is Asian Heritage Month! In the 1960's Henry F. Hall visited China as Principal of SGWU, a title he held from 1935-1962. Hall was also an inaugural recipient of the Order of Canada. Image: P0006-02-044, Henry F. Hall fonds #CU_Archives

#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGames. Marketing student Hercules Kyvelos boxed in the 1996 Olympic Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Photographed by André Forget for CU Magazine, Sept. 1996 (University Communications fonds). #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

2023-2024 was a record year for RMA! Our team helped prepare 1000 bankers boxes of semi-active paper documents coming our way from 20 Concordia administration and academic units. #CU_Archives

51 years ago today (1973) the first issue of The Concordian was published, adopting its name in alignment with the new name of the U. Browse issues of The Concordian and hundreds more in the RMA Internet Archive: archive.org/search?query=s… #CUArchives #Concordia #Montreal

On the 20th of May, 2007, CU purchased the Grey Nuns building located on Guy. Image: 2005, University Communications Services. #fromthearchives #CU_Archives

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For this month's ACA #ArchiveshashtagParty, the theme is #ArchivesPlans! Here we have a ski trail map of the Kamp Kanawana Outing Club taken from the YMCA of Montreal fonds.