Role changes criticised in merger move

August 3, 2020 — 5.14pm

By Linda Morris

As we all know, the fundamental purpose of the NSW government's archives is to maintain the records of government, to ensure records are created, to keep a paper & digital trail of those records, to preserve records and most importantly, to ensure th

These three letters were published in the Sydney Morning Herald today, all opposing this proposed merger, they are in response to an article in the SMH yesterday about this issue

Historic mistake

It is ‘‘just nuts’’ to amalgamate archives (‘‘Historian

Recording, Narrating and Archiving the First World War

Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 July 2018

Keynote Speakers:

Michael Piggott, AM School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University

Professor Joan Beaumont Australian National University

Professor M

Quoting from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-24/sacred-aboriginal-objects-returned-to-central-australia/8736876

Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums

ABC News - AM, by Steven Schubert, 24 July 20

How cow pat came to symbolise women's defiance and become part of Museums Victoria collection

Updated Fri at 5:35pm

PHOTO: The official "icon" from the gathering was the irrigation shovel with the "accidental" co

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JANUARY 9 2017 - 4:48 PM

A piece of Braidwood's Chinese history to feature in major exhibitio

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DECEMBER 11 2016 - 12:00 AM

Stephen Jeffery

Trove has relied on contributors to pay for the upload of new d

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OCLC Research

Faceted controlled vocabularies? Join our new discussion list!

10 August 2016

We are pleased to announce the debut of a new electronic discussion list hosted by OCLC.

FACETVOC-

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Grief and Glory: World War One Photographs

Melbourne photographer Michael Silver, assisted by the Anzac Centenary Majo

Quoting from PSnewsonline Edition Number 473. Updated Tuesday, 15 September 2015

http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/473/news/museum-protects-exhibits?utm_source=aps473&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news1&utm_campaign=newsletter_aps

Museum protects exhibits

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Quoting from Edition Number 4271, Updated Friday, 19 September 2014

Museums urged to go digital

The CSIRO has warned that Australian museums must innovate or risk becoming "digital dinosaurs".

Digital innovation in the sector is "inconsistent and isolat