Standardized Arrangement and Description are two of the key phases when providing intellectual control over and access to archival records. The use of the MemorySask database provides this standardization while allowing access to your institution’s holdings. By providing a template using the Rules for Archival Description (RAD), the Canadian Archival Description Standard, it ensures that the information about your records is consistent and complete so that staff and researchers can understand the creation, organization, and use of the records.

 The SCAA Grants Committee invites members to submit project proposals for the 2023-2024 Institutional Grants Program (IGP). A limit of $5,000 per project has been set. Funds can be used as sole or joint/matching funding, but applications must be structured so that a portion of the project can be completed using only the SCAA funds if the matching funds are not realized. Members may submit multiple applications. In such cases, members must note their prioritization order.

To receive funds, the member must:

• Be in good standing in the year the application is made and in the year the funds…