Hi, I work for a hospital archives and we're celebrating our centenary next year. We want to create a time capsule and I'm looking for ideas of what to put in it. We no longer produce hard copy annual reports or newsletters, so it's a challenge. I on
Read more…The Australian Government has released a full response to the Tune Review (The Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia). Read it here: https://www.ag.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-08/government-response-to-the-tune-re
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Apologies for cross-postings and I hope it is OK to share in this forum.
We are conducting an international research project assessing records professionals’ perceptions of their professional identity. At present, howeve
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has 6 beautifully carved leather arm chairs to pass on to others.
They were originally used in the Hughes Room, then the President’s Meeting Room (now Anne Kolbe Room).
They have a leather back and seat with w
Read more…The idea for a book about the College collections had its origins in a Heritage and Archives Committee meeting in 2017. The College centenary was 10 years away, but there was concern that Wyn Beasley’s two seminal books about the College, Portraits a
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Please join archives expert Margot Note in this hour-long informative webinar on metrics and reporting.
In this session, Margot will cover a range of topics and will offer her perspective on the benefits of using a CMS to gather and re
Hi everyone,
This is an invitation to “Implementing Collections Management Systems”, the next webinar presented by archives expert Margot Note.
In this session, Margot will cover topics related to system implementation, including administration, migrat
Read more…The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS), in collaboration with the Encoded Archival Standards Section Steering Committee, will be hosting a June webinar as part of the upcoming major rev
Read more…Hello, I am looking for a copy of the Records Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non Goverment Schools from the year 2000. Does anyone have a copy that they can share with me? I need to check on some retention guidelines from that time.
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The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum have 2 large display cases to pass on to others.The cabinet measurements are approx. 148cm width, 192cm height and 58cm in depth,. Storage cabinet under the display area. One or two glass shelves a
Read more…The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS), in collaboration with the Encoded Archival Standards Section Steering Committee, will be hosting an April webinar to introduce proposed changes t
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The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum have 2 small display cases to pass on to others.The small case measurements are 59cm length, 89cm wide and 95cm height. Storage cabinet under the display area. You will need to be able to collect bet
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After advice regarding the digitisation of permanently retained personnel records. We are looking at the complete digitisation of this collection and have created standards which we have researched and considered to be acceptable to create an
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You are invited to "Ask Me Anything about Grants", a webinar presented by museum expert Rachael Cristine Woody.
For this session, we’re delivering an innovative format in which registrants can submit up to 3 of their most pressing grant
Read more…Hello I am seeking for some advice about silverfish control.
During the lockdown, kind maintenance people clean up school and anything historical brought back to the archive storage room for me.
Two month later when I finally allowed to go to school I
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I am seeking some advice / information about professional indemnity insurance cover.
I have been working as a consultant / contract archivist and historian for several years now, but for the first time this week I have had a new client include in
Read more…I'm planning to come up with a Records Management Committee, we are currently finalizing a new File Plan for the whole organization, so i was thinking it would be good to start a committee and have one person who deals with records from each departme
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The Access to Memory (AtoM) Foundation is holding its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on October 16 at 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. BST (4:00 p.m. UTC). The meeting agenda is attached to this message. Interested parti
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I have a large number of framed official photographs taken of previous local authority elected members.
The frames are, in most cases, cheap stationary shop bought types. However the photographs have been framed with non-archival card mat
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I have a JVC HR-S7600EU VHS Tape Recorder for sale, a "pro-sumer" VCR model that is a favourite for VHS preservation professionals across the world. The model is PAL-encoded and includes TBC (timebase corrector) with 2 mb of memory.
I originally
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