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Article Published July 23, 2002 ARCHEION News (Ontario, Canada) http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/ What is the ARCHEION and Canadian Archival Information Network (CAIN) The ARCHEION web site is the Ontario component of a Canadian Archival Information Network. Click here to see the list of provinces and territories currently participating in CAIN. CAIN - A Canadian Archival Information Network is a distributed, searchable network of networks linking Internet users with every Canadian archives. CAIN will allow access to Canadian archival content through the development of internet based archival resources that provide information about each institution, and descriptions of archival documents. The following news item was authored by Philippa Cummings, the acting ARCHEION Coordinator of the Archives Association of Ontario:
ARCHEION continues to grow as a result of the tremendous support shown by the archives community in Ontario. The network now has more than 3190 searchable archival descriptions online. Many thanks go to the 37 repositories throughout Ontario actively taking part. As of June 24 2002, all descriptions that were submitted to ARCHEION by May 30 2002, have been successfully uploaded to CAIN, CANADA'S ARCHIVAL INFORMATION NETWORK. What do WWI love letters, an Upper Canadian button factory, a 19th Century women's literary club, a French language theatre company, L'Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario, and the Canadian National Exhibition' all have in common? All will be featured in the soon-to-be-unveiled ARCHEION Virtual Exhibit. Through textual and graphical representations of the archival record, the Virtual Exhibit will take the visitor on a journey... learn from a soldier writing home during the First World War, visit a factory floor of the late 1800s, a literary club of Victorian Ontario, the theatre stage of a vibrant French speaking northern Ontario, a courtroom hearing on French language education, or a pageant at the CNE fairgrounds. The ARCHEION Virtual Exhibit promises to explain and entertain through showcasing the archival record. Stay tuned for more to come... Philippa Cummings ARCHEION Coordinator (Acting) Archives Association of Ontario Web: http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/ Shopping Cart & Order Desk Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 1-800-361-5168 ( 9-5 Tuesday to Saturday )
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