The ASA has written an open letter to the Australian Broadcasting Commission; the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications; and the Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts regarding the proposed staffing cuts at the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
The professional services of archivists and librarians is a vital precondition to enabling the ABC to maximise its digital innovation and to thrive into its next century. The foundation established for a quality, trusted content, robustly selected, mediated and curated will not occur without rigorously applied professional knowledge and standards. This is not the time to be cutting professional archivists and librarians.
You can access the PDF version here: www.archivists.org.au/documents/item/1932
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