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  Nick Henderson February 25, 2015 at 4:43pm

  Susan Kennedy, Regarding archiving short films and records from a short film festival, ACMI may be a possibility, though I believe they have an embargo on all material at present - I may be wrong. The NFSA is somewhat more able to take material, particularly film material, though they appear to take more of a museological approach to paper-based archival material, whcih can be frustrating. Some of the university archives may be a possibility, though I am not aware of any notable archival audiovisual holdings across the uni sector.
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  Leisa Gibbons February 12, 2015 at 5:09pm

  Hello everyone, I wonder if anyone knows of an ethnographic study of community archives in Australia? This is a field of study I am particularly interested in - I just finished research on YouTube users in Australia, but it is not an ethnographic study. I am also keen to make connections with researchers doing this kind of work. As far as I am aware there is no research by archival scholars in this area, but there might be from associated disciplines such as anthropology, communication etc. 

  Comment on here or email me please: leisa.gibbons@monash.edu
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  Noela Bajjali January 10, 2015 at 9:51am

  Would ACMI (Aust Centre for the Moving Image) abe a possible place?
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  Susan Kennedy January 9, 2015 at 12:13pm

  Hi

  I was wondering if anyone would have some advice on where I might offer a collection of movies and papers from a short film festival that is no longer running?
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  Helen Laffin January 10, 2014 at 9:07am

  There are so many valuable community archives out there but they struggle to get practical attention from their organisations due to lack of staff, lack of time to apply for project grants and thus, funding which is very competitive. They all appreciate that they are of value. Not sure how this can be resolved
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  Eva Garbutt January 10, 2014 at 7:01am

  Happy New Year to you too Anna! The Archives live site has been brilliant browsing so far - loads of ideas and discussions. It will keep me on my toes!
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  Anna Blackman January 7, 2014 at 9:27am

  Happy New Year Eva,

  Welcome to the group!

  All the best - Anna
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  Eva Garbutt January 7, 2014 at 9:16am

  Really keen to join a Community Archives SIG. I am responsible for both local government and community archives in my institution and would love to have a forum to discuss aspects particular to parts of my collection.
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  Leisa Gibbons November 22, 2013 at 10:26pm

  Thanks for the responses regards Govt. archives representation and a SIG. I was really voicing a concern I recognise about representation at conferences and most archives and records events. Membership is a different matter and it would be great to get people participating more in the ASA regardless. 

  I would like to push ahead with the application related to a Community Archives SIG. And one of the first items on the discussion list would be the definition of community archives, as it has been conceptualised in many different ways - in my experience. 
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  Pauline Joseph November 21, 2013 at 2:02pm

  Just catching up on this Group and note that there are 57 members, which is great.

   

  Thank you Louise for the details on forming a SIG. Looks like we have "more five or more members of the Society wish to form a Special Interest
  Group (SIG), they shall seek the approval of the Council of the Society by
  applying to the Secretary and submitting a statement of their objects".

   

  Let me know where we are with this initiative and how I could assist.