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About Archeion

Archeion is Ontario’s Archival Information Network. AAO Institutional membership includes participation in Archeion, the central research portal for Ontario’s history and directory for its archival institutions. You can visit Archeion at https://www.archeion.ca.

Kelli Babcock is the Archeion Coordinator and can be reached at archeion@aao-archivists.ca to answer any of your questions and provide free advice, training and resources for using Archeion.

Institutional members contribute archival descriptions, authority records, and institutional profiles to the shared database. To learn more about the AAO’s Institutional membership, visit our Membership page or contact the Archeion Coordinator.

Archeion Timeline

Visit the Archeion timeline to learn more about the history of Archeion.

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More Information

  • In 2021, Archeion pages were visited over 433,000 times by over 92,000 users; over 91,000 of those users were new visitors to the database.

  • While Canadians were heavily represented in Archeion users, thousands of visitors reached members’ pages from the United States in 2021, while hundreds more visitors connected from Asia, Australia, Europe… and the list goes on.

  • Archeion listings are indexed by Google, so member institutions’ contributions appear in regular Google searches. Adding your records to Archeion reduces institutional barriers to access and increases the discovery of your records.

  • The wide variety of subject, place and genre access points, as well as the shared list of authority records, allows users to discover your institution’s records from related records held by other institutions.

  • The Archeion Coordinator can train you to prepare bulk uploads of archival descriptions. Many institutions with existing databases or finding aids are able to map their data to the Archeion framework to simplify bulk uploading. The Archeion Coordinator takes care of uploads for Institutional Members.

  • Artefactual Systems Inc., our software host, performs nightly backups of Archeion data. All Archeion data is stored in data centres dispersed across Canada to ensure data redundancy and security, and to mitigate environmental risks.

  • Interested in contributing to Archeion? See the Joining Archeion FAQ (external link) on the Archeion website for more information.

Archival descriptions provide information about groupings of archival materials held by collecting institutions such as archives, museums, libraries and historical societies. These descriptions provide information about the archival records such as titles, dates, subjects, creators, and much more. Explore our archival descriptions (external link).

Authority records provide information about the creators of the archival records described in Archeion. Creators may be individuals, families, or corporate bodies. Corporate bodies include businesses, institutions, governing bodies, social organizations, and any other group that creates and keeps records as a collective. The authority records in Archeion provide information such as the dates of existence of these record creators, their official names and other names, and their biographies or administrative histories. Browse our authority records (external link).(referred to as “People and organizations”).

Institutional profiles in Archeion provide information about the AAO institutional members contributing archival descriptions and authority records to the database. These institutional profiles include contact information, as well as business hours, collections mandates and policies, institutional histories and more. You can visit Archeion’s institutional profiles (external link).

You can browse Archeion, perform a Basic search or perform an Advanced search.

Browsing

Click the “Browse” button next to the header bar search box, then select the type of record you would like to browse. Your options are:

You can also select one of the browse categories above from the “Browse by” menu on the Archeion home page (external link).

Basic searching

Perform a Basic search by typing your search terms into the header bar search box.

Advanced searching

Perform an Advanced search by clicking inside of the header bar search box, then clicking “Advanced search.”

Archeion Authority Record Policy

Read the Archeion Authority Record Policy (PDF) to view the minimum requirements for authority records in the Archeion database. The Archeion Coordinator is available to support member institutions with any questions regarding the policy.

Archeion Storage Policy

AAO Institutional members get 1 GB of free space when they sign up for Archeion. Additional Archeion Extra Storage for digital objects in 5 GB and 10 GB packages can be purchased for a fee and billed annually. Find out more in the Archeion Extra Storage Policy (PDF).

Articles

  • "Archeion and Canadian Baptist History." (external link) Canadian Baptist Historical Society (November 9, 2022)
  • "Archeion & Women’s History in Ontario." (external link) Ontario Women's History Network (November 7, 2022)
  • “Reach New Audiences with Archeion.” (PDF) MAIGazine no.18 (September 2022)
  • “AAO Archeion Brings Ontario's History To You.” (PDF) OHS Bulletin no.220 (August 2022)
  • “Digital Access, Pandemic Responses, and the Future of Archives.” (external link) ActiveHistory.ca (August 2022)
  • “Archeion for Ontario’s Environmental History.” (external link) The Otter - Network in Canadian History & Environment / NiCHE (August 2022)
  • Collaborations

  • NiCHE Conversation (external link) on Instagram with Dr. Jessica DeWitt
  • Presentations

  • Maintaining Healthy Databases (external link) for the AAO 2023 Conference (May 11, 2023)
  • Accessing Archives in Archeion (external link) for the Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society (external link) (March 27, 2023)
  • Getting Your Hands on Archival Gold (external link) for the Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society (external link) (May 4, 2013)
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