Hi everyone,
My supervisor and I are looking at ways to incorporate the Archives in classrooms and I'm hoping some of you could share what you're doing at your schools, what has worked and what hasn't worked.
Currently I have a Pre-Prep unit of learni
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I am (very) new to School Archives, and would like to ask about your practices around archiving student information. Do you keep notes for student absences and extended leave applications etc TOGETHER with the student file record? I know
Read more…Can anyone recommend a suitable business in Melbourne to do scanning of books and documents? I can't do it in-house because there's too much and besides, I want searchable pdfs as a result. I would prefer to go with someone who has a history with arc
Read more…Hello fellow School Archivists,
I am new to archiving and am hoping for some advice please. Is there any professional development that I could undertake that is specific to school archiving as opposed to more generalised or alternatively any courses
Read more…I am wanting to set up a second login for Archive Manager. We use a mySql database. Does anyone know how this is done? Is it a mySql function or Archive Manager? Any tips greatly appreciated!
Apologies for posting to this forum for those who don't
Read more…Has anyone been involved with contributing to new procedures/business processes within their school with the aim of improving the quality of records and their management throughout their life cycle?
I have an opportunity to highlight current issues wi
Read more…My school is looking to digitise all their student and staff records and then destroy the source records. They plan to upload all digitised records to their network drive. They have insisted that the only way this will not happen in the future is if
Read more…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
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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
Read more…Hi Everybody, My library is looking at changing to Accessit for their catalogue. I am investigating whether this system would be suitable to create an Archive module in. I am currently using Archive Manager but am looking at a change in order to make
Read more…Hi all,
Sorry if this is a little off-topic, but I know at least some of you are involved with college alumni as well as archives.
Does anyone have any good recommendations for database software to handle our alumni contact information? We're looking f
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Our learning office has 'tidied up' and sent me several years worth of Illness and misadventure documentation for years 11 and 12. Does anyone have any advice as to how long something like this should be kept for. I am not 100% sur
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I am wondering how many school archivists are also responsible for your school's records as a continuum - from pre-creation - compared to those that appraise records and manage archives? Does your school also employ a Records
Read more…I am looking for recommendations regarding the preservation and framing of an old embroidered pillow sham circa 1943! Any recommendtions please?
Read more…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
Read more…Here is a question I have been pondering: Once a student has left school, and is over 18, are we legally and ethically able to make images of their time at school publicly available i.e. via the school website? Should we wait a period of time before
Read more…By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2017 10:04 AM ET Last Updated:
Hello folks
I have been working as an Archivist in a Catholic School for around 9 months now, and it is very much a case of learning on the job. Our Archives are about to be rehoused and, due to the sheer volume of items we store, I am under pressure
Read more…Does anyone have any experience of off-site storage providers in the Sydney area? I am interested in both general off-site storage and specialised storage for photographs, negatives and film.
Many thanks,
Prue
Read more…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
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