Goan Archives Canada The Goan Archives Project
Mission: The Goan Archives mission is to assemble, preserve, organize, and store, publications and documents generated by Goan Community Groups in Canada over the last 40 years. The intent is to facilitate study and understanding of the Community by scholars and researchers in the future. Scope Publications and documents cover the following: - Brochures, newsletters, & books published by Goan organizations in Canada - Fliers, programs, and other printed material, which portray the activities of community groups. - Newspaper cuttings and other published accounts relevant to the Goan Community. - Photographs, albums and other graphic material pertaining to activities of Goan organizations. Who will “Own” the Collection All material archived will be deemed to be a donation to the Archives, administered by a Board of Trustees. Donors will need to sign a waiver transferring ownership. Duplicate or surplus items with market value may be disposed off at the discretion of the Trustees to defray costs, or conserve storage space. What will happen to the collection? 1. After sorting and listing, the archived material will be stored in standard bankers boxes. 2. Selected items may be scanned and stored on electronic media. 3. Initially the boxes will held at a secure storage site. 4. Heritage Canada will be consulted to determine a final accessible repository. What will be the size of the Collection? Estimated 12-15 bankers’ boxes. Organization: A steering group drawn from sponsors will manage the project initially. .A Board of Trustees will be elected to takeover the Project. They will appoint a coordinator supervise archiving activities. All Goan organizations, and individuals will be invited to donate articles for archiving. The initial effort is expected to conclude at the end of 2009. Current Status A core group of sponsors has been setup to initiate the project. Their principal task will be to solicit further sponsors so that that the objectives of the project are fulfilled. . Sponsors can be either individuals or Goan organizations; Sponsorship numbers will be limited, based on the amount of funding needed to complete the project. To participate in this project as a Sponsor or Donor please email: goanarchivescan...@gmail.com Cecil D’Cruz Chair - Goan Archives Steering Group. Email: cecil.dc...@gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/goanarchivescanada/goan-archives-canada [Thanks to Judy Luis-Watson <jluiswatso...@gmail.com> for drawing my attention to this. Judy is Volunteer Coordinator at Archives II in College Park, Maryland.] Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/