Chartered Accountants of Alberta - 2010 Centennial

This year marks a very special milestone for the Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Throughout 2010, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (ICAA) is celebrating 100 years of dedication to protecting the public, providing accounting and business excellence, and adding value to Alberta’s communities through volunteering. The ICAA website includes information about the Alberta CA profession’s past—including details about former Council Presidents and the history of the Institute—as well as current initiatives to promote the centennial throughout the year. This centennial year presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate this milestone with members and external stakeholders, including the general public. (Visit the ICAA website for more information about all of the centennial initiatives.)

About the Internet Archive and Canadian Libraries

The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Internet Archive has a historical web collection (the Wayback Machine) of over 150 billion web pages, about 240,000 movies, more than 500,000 audio items (including over 70,000 live concerts), 1,800,000 texts, and 30,000 software items. A blog called What’s New at the Internet Archive is also being maintained. An example of a historical document available at the Internet Archive is the Canadian Income Tax Act, 1917 which can be read online or downloaded as a PDF. (Learn more about Canadian Libraries and Internet Archive Canada online.)

What is an archives?

An “archives” works to acquire, preserve and make available material collected under the terms of a particular mandate. Archival evidence is based on the concept of a record, which can be a paper document, a photograph, a map, a film, sound recordings, an electronic diskette, documentary art, or an architectural drawing. Archives ensure that the records of today are preserved for future generations. People can then use the records to study and understand the life, ideas and thoughts of their original creators, linking the past, present and future. Library and Archives Canada has prepared Using Archives: A Practical Guide for Researchers. It is committed to making available online as much of its collection as possible by providing links to many digital collections and exhibitions. For additional information, contact the Association of Canadian Archivists.

Finding digital archives using the Wayback Machine

With the Wayback Machine, researchers can browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start using the Wayback Machine, type in the URL address of a website (such as http://www.cica.ca/) or webpage and press “enter”. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting webpages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible. Keyword searching is not currently supported.

The Canadian Account: 1996-1997

In the Spring of 1996, the inaugural edition of The Canadian Account was published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). This quarterly publication replaced the former newsletter, Dialogue. As its name implies, it provided a regular accounting — through short, punchy news items, photos, interviews, appointment notices, announcements, profiles, updates, etc. — of the broad range of activities and services emanating from the CICA and its various departments, volunteer committees and task forces, including the Board of Governors. The inaugural edition included an article called Urgency the key in CICA's pursuit of renewed vision which reviewed the steps taken in response to the February 1996 Report of the Inter-Institute Vision Task Force. (View the archived editions of The Canadian Account from Spring 1996 to Summer 1997.)