Hello all,
I have a large photo stuck to a backing board. I cannot remove the photo from the backing without seriously damaging the photo.
As it’s larger than A3 (it's 51 x 35.5 cm), I’m finding it hard to find a flatbed scanner large enough to accommo
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I'm new to school archives and have been asked to display old Carey Baptist Grammar Scchool uniforms for school reunions and in our museum. Can someone recommend a mannequin supplier?
Thanks in advance.
Helen Wolff
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Following on from the Victorian Term 4 Network meeting on time capsules, I found this, covering several of the discussion points of water damage, public opening and possibly contentious contents.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/time-
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Does anyone have any suggestions for useful professional development I could take, relating specifically to school archives?
I attend the school SIG meetings, which are fine and a good chance to chat with others in the field, but they're not qu
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I have been asked to put together a proposal for a Records Management System. Specifically an EDRMS for use for all records used and created by the College. Huge. Just wondering what other schools use? FileDirector is the
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I have been given permission to furnish a small workroom (about 3m by 3m). I'd like to get some metal shelving, a desk and maybe some kind of higher bench.
Would anyone be able to recommend suppliers? Our librarian kindly recommended some su
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How would you protect/clean/nourish your leather school satchels?
Regards,
Catherine
Xavier College
Hello Friends,
My question today is, would anyone either be able to/or know someone who, can give me a precise translation of our school motto? We have a new Principal and he is certain that the commonly believed translation is not 100% accurate. The
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Since the ASA have moved to this new platform, notifications are not appearing in people's emails, even if selected.
This is probably why Comments and Discussions have not had any responses yet this year.
They are working on in, bu
Hi all, would like to know who is using this and what your thoughts are positive and negative. Also how it compares to other archive databases? Thank you.
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Hello everyone and welcome back to fellow VIC Archivivsts!
A quick question. I have been asked if it is necessary to keep hard copies of historical Student Records once they have been digitised. (Born digital records are another whole pandora's box, I
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This is probably a basic question, but I find myself not being able to interpret the new RRDS with the confidence required to destroy records when I should be able to.
Can I please get some clarification on attendance records? We have paper rol
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If you have undertaken digitisation of your photograph collection, how have you managed your physical collection?
I am considering my options with the thousands of albums that have previously been digitised. These are never used physically, and ar
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I am currently investigating offsite storage for a lot of our paper records and I am hoping that if there are any Catholic School Archivists (Victoria) reading this, that they may be able to suggest which company they use? (Happy
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I am the new Archivist at Blackfriars Priory School (in South Australia). I am trying to conduct some research about what archive management system to get for Blackfriars (as we currently do not use any). I don't have a background in Arc
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I have just been asked to store 5 large boxes of 'stuff' from our Old Collegians Football Club ...their archives.
The RRDS basically says keep Governance type records and member lists. Also records of Group activities (but destroy after 5
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Our school's website is going through a major update and I've been asked to create content for the School History and Archives page.
This is ours right now, it's very text heavy and all the images I supplied haven't been added yet. My ide
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I've discovered a whole heap of old trophies that the school won dating back to 2004!! There are a few more "recent" ones from 2012 but students that would have been part of these teams are no longer at the school. These aren't just sport
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I am wondering if anyone has compiled a definitive list of what should and should not be included on a student file?
Also, would anyone be interested in talking to me offline about their recordkeeping systems and processes of transferring
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I hope you are doing well!
This is a quick 'what do you think?' question. I have discovered many individual head shot formal photos of students from the late 1990s-early 2000s. Some are named, some are not, some are grou
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