Display Cases

With our 110th birthday around the corner, we're looking to possibly purchase/borrow some display cases to showcase some of the treasures from our heritage collections during birthday events next year. Can anyone recommend any companies produce and s

Fees or donations for enquiries

Hello everyone

I have recently been hired as a school archivist for the first time and I'm looking for information about if/how school archives charge for enquiries. I know some places request a donation for "substantial enquiries" while others charge

Trophy engraving

I just wondered if anyone could recommend an engraver for school trophies in the Sydney area? 

Many thanks,
Prue

NEW Records Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Govt Schools

Records Retention & Disposal Schedulefor Non-Government Schools- 2nd Edition -

The Australian Society of Archivists is pleased to announce that the new Records Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools, 2nd Edition (RRDS) is now availa

Record keeping in schools: If it’s personal how long should you keep it?

Record keeping in schools: If it’s personal how long should you keep it?

How long should a school store the personal information of its former students?

David Griffiths (Managing Director – CompliSpace)

Although this is a simple question, a simple

ASA RRDS Review - Useful Links

Greetings all School Archivists,

The Vic School Archives SIG held an information session yesterday (Wed 23 August) with Judith Ellis about the review of the ASA's Records Retention and Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools.

Judith will be visi

Recommendations for VHS to DVD/MP4 transfer

Hello all

Just wondering which companies others have used to preserve their old 8 and 16mm film and VHS tapes? We have some old footage which we would love to able to use for reunions as well as preserve for the long term but I'm not sure where to sta

Foundation stone hops to Scotch

Has anyone heard of Brighton College Randwick and its Head Miss Amos?

The Australian Head of Independent Girls' Schools is celebrating their centenary next year.  One of the fouding heads was a Miss Amos of Brighton College, Randwick.  Denise Thomas, who is writing the history of AHIGS, has said:

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Uniform collecting

Hi, there is no formal procedure for acquiring uniforms at MFAC's archive. They just get delivered to me when the uniform shop gets something interesting. They have given me a lot of examples of the original uniform that they had kept. It hasn't chan

Farewell to Barbara van Bronswijk

Farewell to Barbara van Bronswijk

3 Jul 2017

Barbara van Bronswijk has been the School Archivist at both Penrhos and Wesley College for the past 22 years.

As Archivist at Penrhos, when she first started, she was responsible for the collection of obje

EOI: New Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools

EOI: New Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools

The ASA Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from suitably qualified professionals to conduct a major review of the 2007 Retention and Disposal Schedule for Non-Government

"School Days" exhibition at Old Treasury Melbourne by PROV

Exhibition: School Days

Be transported back to olden school days at Melbourne’s Old Treasury Building.

The School Days: Education in Victoria exhibition features classroom stories, school photographs, old text books, and memorabilia straight from the

sword conservator recommendation

Hi, My school has several military swords that are rusty and require some conservation work done to them. Can anybody recommend a business? I am located in Sydney but because I'm having a hard time even finding somewhere via google, I'll try conserva

Access to Memory

I have just seen the AtoM workshop for Vic School archives coming up. Would love it to come to SA! Looking at the demo it looks very interesting. Do many school archivists use this and how do you find it? I am currently using Archive Server but with

Looking for help on aisle width requirements

Hi all,

I've been trying, with no luck, to determine the minimum walkway I need to leave between shelves in an archives storage area. Does anyone here know how to find out?

I'm trying to plan out storage in our archives, which are under renovation, and

Victoria Collections

Happy New Year

I am starting to use Victoria Collections and would be very grateful for any feedback from School Archivists using this resource. I have noticed that many schools only have a couple of records on the site and was wondering if you are ke

Camberwell High School becomes second target of major privacy breach in two weeks

Camberwell High School becomes second target of major privacy breach in two weeks

 

• Ebony Bowden

Joys and challenges for an archivist

Archive Manager

Hi, My IT Department at Matthew Flinders have asked me to investigate what other Archives are doing considering the recent change of Dataflair to SDS. Are people staying with Archive Manager or looking at other alternatives? Or are there other system