Just a quick reminder that the ASA plans to increase membership fees and you, as an ASA member, have the opportunity to vote on this issue (via Proxy, if you're not attending the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Canberra on 15 October).
If you're like
Read more…Does anyone know of any schools that are collecting audiovisual material ie interviews from past students as part of their archival collections and how they are being used eg. used as part of their school website ?
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Thank you Steve for the excellent discussion at the meeting at Loreto Mandeville last Thursday. At Genazzano we are in the process of updating our RDS and have referenced the above schedule.
It would be wonderful to have a professionally written upda
Read more…Hi everyone. I'm wondering what other schools are doing in regards to retention?
“Student Records” – are essentially permanent in ASA Schedule for Independent Schools.That is fine but it’s a lot of paper files to store (costs/ space). And how often
Can anyone recomment a small vacuum with adjustable suction, suitable for use on delicate items such as uniforms, but also able to handle somewhat larger jobs? Many thanks for your suggestions.
Judy
Read more…Hi everyone. Can anyone recommend a good dehumidifier, or offer advice on how to select one? I know that it's important to be able to easily clean the machine, so as not to cause mould problems. Size is also a consideration as the hallway where I'd l
Read more…As ASA members, you will have received notice of the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held in Canberra on 15 October 2013.
One agenda item which impacts us all, regardless of membership type, is the setting of Membership Subscription Fees.
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I’d like to open a discussion on the minefield that is photos and their availability/use/publication.
From a few conversations I’ve had on this topic it seems to be a hugely complex area. I’m interested in your opinions / practices / policies on mak
Read more…I have been asked to identify the attached crest, or possible school crest. The person seeking identification believes the letters to be PGS although I think they may be C rather than G. The background is navy and the lettering white. It is not a Pul
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I have been allocated a generous budget (up to $3,000) to purchase a high end, A3 flatbed scanner and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.
I would like it to be super fast and a file/transparency adapter would be good but is not esse
Read more…Happy New Year to you all!
It looks like our archive may be moving in February. Does anyone have experience of a removalist company that specialises in moving archives and fragile objects?
We have around 200 archive boxes, but also some large/ heavy/
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Just interested to know if there are Schools out there that have been registered for the cultural gifts program?
Kind regards
Melissa Campbell
Read more…I am interested in the experiences of other Schools in regard to the commissioning of School histories.
It has been suggested that we need a set of guiding principles in order to select either an author or a company that may specialize in the research
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I currently have an enormous amount of material to be transferred to my archives (due to administration renovations and the cleaning out of a shed which had been used to store old records). The good news was that I am securing old records that I had
Read more…Dear Colleagues: We recently obtained quotations from two qualified conservation providers for the restoration of several paintings that date from the early 1900s. The quotes are significantly different - the first estimate is approximately $1500 per
Read more…I'm wondering what other schools do with the records which are submitted for the registration/accreditation process? The Records Retention Schedule - Non Government Schools recommends permanent retention of the submission/report but what about all th
Read more…Congratulations to Ms Marg Knapton, Archive Manager at St. Margaret's School for a successful Archives Exhibition celebrating 85 years of the School. Nearly 100 visitors in three days!!
Read more…I was recently on holidays in Tumbarumba down near the Snowy Mountains. There I was lucky enough to be introduced to Ron and Catherine Frew, two retired local teachers, who have done much in this community to research and publish the rich history of
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Have any of you ever used Picassa for managing photos? I am told that it is free and excellent - but that it does have the complication of doing 'stuff' with your profile, although apparently it is not too hard to work around that. Before I look in
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I would love to hear from any of you who have gone through the process of having your artefacts / museum objects / archival collection assessed by a valuer. Is there such a person who does this?
After a meeting which was held to discuss th
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