October in the Archives

from OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album online

Open hours: The Archives were open to the public for enquiries, and in person by appointment, 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays, with Tuesdays 10-1 as drop-in hours, in the 2nd half of the month only, due to staff illness.

Enquiries: 13, of which 4 in person. Running total for 2023: 132

On-site volunteer hours logged: 19

Volunteer projects:

historic building permits index
demolished-property files index
overhaul of reference files & adding 2 recent large accessions of news cuttings on Oak Bay topics
physical numbering of items in a new large accession of personal papers
maps survey: listing and photographing rolled oversize maps/plans/drawings, hitherto undescribed

Digital images: OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album online View on Flickr

Views on Flickr to end of October (since March 2022): 225,000

Archivist's work:

detailed listing of OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album completed, online
accession correspondence and processing new accessions
continuing AABC module on managing oral history programs and collections
preparing collections survey templates
volunteer management

Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!

Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/oakbayarchives/
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290

- Post by Anna Sander, 1 November 2023.

To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, October). 'October in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/october-in-the-archives [date accessed].