Arctic Institute of North America#ASTIS database
{{Short description|Research institute}}
{{Distinguish|The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Security Studies}}
The Arctic Institute of North America is a multi-disciplinary research institute and educational organization located in the University of Calgary. It is mandated to study the North American and circumpolar Arctic in the areas of natural science, social science, arts and the humanities. In addition, it acquires, preserves and disseminates information on environmental, physical, and social conditions in the north. The institute was created in 1945 by a Canadian act of Parliament as a non-profit membership organization, and also incorporated in the state of New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=mandate|title=Mandata|publisher=arctic.ucalgary.ca|access-date=2008-10-15| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081029190946/http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=mandate| archive-date= 29 October 2008 | url-status= live}}
History
The idea of the institute began in the early 1940s when a group of Canadians discussed ways that Canada could increase administrative, scientific and technical expertise in the Arctic. By 1944, a binational organization that included Canada and the United States, with room for Greenland, Newfoundland, and Labrador was established. Offices were opened at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Geophysicist, Laurence McKinley Gould was selected as acting director, replaced in 1945 by Lincoln Washburn.{{cite journal|last=MacDonald|first=Robert|date=December 2005|title=Challenges and Accomplishments: A Celebration of the Arctic Institute of North America|journal=Arctic|volume=58|issue=4|pages=1|url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic58-4-440.pdf|doi=10.14430/arctic469}} The initial budget was $10,000.MacDonald, p. 441
One of the most important programs of the AINA was to establish a library. In 1955, there were over 1,000 acquisitions. In 1961, there were over 4,800 volumes and 476 serials. There were 7,500 volumes in 1966. Another notable program was the 1948 launch of the journal Arctic which published three issues annually until 1951, after which it became a quarterly publication.
In 1975, the institute moved to the University of Calgary where it has remained.
Dr. Karla Jessen Williamson became its first woman and first Inuk executive director in 2000.{{cite journal|last=Dickerson|first=Mark O.|date=June 2000|title=The Challenge of Change|journal=Arctic|volume=53|issue=2|url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-2-iii.pdf|doi=10.14430/arctic840}} Dr. Maribeth Murray, a social scientist and leading arctic researcher, is the current executive director of the institute, appointed in 2013 and reappointed in 2018.{{Cite web | url=https://arctic.ucalgary.ca/staff |title = Staff Directory | Arctic Institute of North America}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2018-07-04/maribeth-murray-re-appointed-arctic-institute-director | title=Maribeth Murray re-appointed as Arctic Institute director| date=2018-07-04}}
ASTIS database
This database is produced by the Arctic Institute of North America. The focus of the Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database is references for publications and research projects about northern Canada. It contains 70,000 records. Geographic subject coverage encompasses the three territories, the northern parts of seven provinces and the adjacent marine areas. Format coverage includes abstracts, indexed subject terms, geographic terms, and links to 16,000 online publications.[http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=astis_database ASTIS database]. AINA. August 2010.
Academic journal
{{Main|Arctic (journal)}}
The Arctic Institute of North America publishes a peer reviewed, scientific journal, entitled Arctic. The journal publishes scholarly articles, book reviews, and notable people on all topics related to the polar and subpolar regions of the world.{{cite web
| title =Home page
| work =AINA is a multi-disciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| url =http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=arctic_journal
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| title =Guide for authors
| publisher =Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
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| url =http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=guide_for_authors
| access-date =2010-08-15}}{{cite web
| title =Contents
| work =Abstracts for back issues Volume 1 Number 1 (1948)
| publisher =Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
| date =August 2010
| url = http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/index.php?page=arctic_contents
| access-date =2010-08-15}}
UArctic Membership
The Arctic Institute of North America is an active member of the University of the Arctic.{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}} UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}
Archives
There is an Arctic Institute of North America fonds at Library and Archives Canada.{{Cite web|title=Finding aid to Arctic Institute of North America fonds, Library and Archives Canada|url= http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=99605&lang=fr}} Archival reference number is R4614.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://arctic.ucalgary.ca/ Official website]
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