This interesting article, featuring many of our favourite archivists, is worth looking at. I am a little concerned that archivists wear 'slightly too many spectacles and shawls", but pleased that those interviewed seemed so snazzy and piercingly int
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interesting article reporting on some research by ancestry.com.au
"Brad Argent, from Ancestry.com.au, said the survey found the age group with the largest proportion likely to say no to having papers preserved were those aged 18-34.
In that group, 68 p
Read more…In a recent post, David Rosenthal from Stanford University has laid down the gauntlet and publicly asked anyone, anywhere to provide an example of “a format in wide use since 1995 in which content is no longer practically accessible.”
David states: “
Read more…At the July meeting of the ASA Victorian Branch, it was noted that the ASA Conference Organising Committee did a great job last year in delivering a wonderful event in Melbourne.
The attendees at the meeting were given some figures to review in rela
Read more…Dear Aus-Archivists,
I have submitted a proposal for a new group.
In the tradition of the SAA Lesbian and Gay Roundtable and Museums Australia GLAMA it is a group for people interested in Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender archives and GLBT people
Read more…See what a small volunteer organisation has been doing to make archives accessible, especially since launching web and images online in the past six months (mainly just me, over several years and in past six months with one other volunteer working o
Read more…If Australian students are like their UK compatriots (and I see no reason why not) we need to start working with Universities sooner rather than later to educate them about the potential of archival research.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports
Read more…Help!
The ASA Directory of Archives seems to have gone rogue again... Existing links are returning an internal server error (e.g. http://directory.archivists.org.au/archives/21/ ) and I can't find the directory on the ASA website sitemap.
Where has it
Read more…Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone on ArchivesLive has come across the proposal, emanating I believe from QUT, for the development of a proposed Cooperative Research Centre for the GLAM Sector. What I'd like to know if there as been any input from ASA or
Read more…We are small community with all sort of preserving material from photographs to printed media, video or audio plus some other materials.
Some material is preserved in archives, but a lot of material is still in people's homes. We like collect more, be
Read more…The following information is posted on behalf of Lucia Maria Velloso de Oliveira, the President of the Brazilian Archives Association.
The National Archives of Brazil
As many of you will know, this new year has brought a change in the government of B
Read more…NATIONAL archives from South Australia will be moved to the State Records Centre in Adelaide, the State and Federal governments have announced.
The move comes after the Federal Government said last year it wanted to close the Adelaide branch of Natio
Read more…I read the draft report for the A & M review (A&M Establishing a 21st Century Production Model) attached to the Pat's newsletter with great interest. Many thanks to Council for giving this an airing. I think it makes a very strong case for the "Taylo
Read more…National Archives would appreciate any comments / feedback on the new online version of Your Memento e-magazine.
Check out the welcome video from Director-General Ross Gibbs and Jim Stokes talking about events and issues from 1980 through Cabinet reco
Read more…The Hon Simon Crean MP
Appointments to National Cultural Heritage Committee
http://www.minister.regional.gov.au/sc/releases/2011/may/sc050_2011.aspx
28 April 2011
SC050/2011
Arts Minister Simon Crean today announced four appointments to the National Cult
Hello all,
I am (shockingly) an American who will be graduating with a master's in archival science next spring from the University of Texas. For a class assignment I emailed an Australian archivists who informed me that jobs were plentiful in Austral
Read more…The process has reached the public review stage (see attached document) and it is time for all those who are interested to take a good look and provide feedback. Unfortunately the period for public comment closes this Friday which makes it difficult
Read more…I think there will be a few more archivists hanging out at the beautiful Mission to Seafarers more often! A gorgeous building and a great cause.They have archival material that PROV are helping to protect and disseminate.Thanks to all Victorian ASA m
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