The State Records Office of WA is in the final stages of developing a new web application that will allow government agency staff (and records consultants working with agencies) to prepare and submit disposal authorities online. The system - the Onl
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Hi folks,
for all those ASA members who fought so long and hard across the nation to save the Hobart, Adelaide and Darwin offices of the NAA, I'm glad to let you know that the new joint Search Room of the NAA and the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Off
New environmental guidelines for Museums and Galleries wins top overall MAGNA Prize and Sustainability Award
The MAGNAs are a new awards program by Museums Australia recognising excellence in the categories of exhibition, public programs and sustaina
Good little quote from Prof McMillan about the value of information in the Canberra Times - if information is our only asset why do we have more governance and control around staff mobile phones when information assets created and mananged by staff a
I am very pleased to advise that the General Conference of the 36th Session of UNESCO on 8 November adopted the Universal Declaration on Archives.
This document is an important promotional tool providing the non-archivist with an understanding of the
See the above link for an article in the local Penrith newspaper
about the Open Day at Kingswood
Also below for photos of t
Sadly it is too true...funny though
Hi everyone
Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria - issue 10 - 2011 is now online!
Accessible at: http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance
Featuring 12 articles on Victorian history and cultural heritage based on research in
Rush out and buy a copy of The Daily Telegraph newspaper today!!!
In today's edition (11.10.11) of The Daily Telegraph newspaper there is a fantastic double page spread feature on "Archiving", pp. 26-27, Classmate section.
The article features/ mention
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Browning burns diaries http://nyti.ms/mUaZzW Reichl discovers her mother, self http://lat.ms/bVvkL4 Value of records
transcends a lifetime
I'm really interested in these 2 views and not sure where I stand.
In one story, Browning is burning he
Promotional video from the Information Commissioner's Office
“I came to the library to get some information, not to have a conversation with the librarian” bit.ly/rnVXD9
"If no one knows what the photos are, no one will value them enough to preserve them"
Remember when we had photographs: http://bit.ly/r2O0iB
PROV are committed to working with stakeholders across Victoria to develop high quality Standards that are relevant and implementable for goodrecordkeeping. As part of this commitment, we will be holding consultative forums in Melbourne next week to
State Records NSW is having an Open Day on Friday 28th October, 10am to 4pm at the Western Sydney Records Centre, 143 O'Connell St, Kingswood, NSW, 2747.
Details of the event can be found at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/openday
Some of you might be interested in recent posts on the University of Adelaide’s Archival Allsorts blog. The blog was set up to highlight some of the more interesting records held by the archives, from the obscure or quirky, to the more obviously sign
The PROV Recordkeeping Standards Project is due to conclude on 30 September. As part of the closure process we will be producing a report that includes a series of recommendations regarding the development of future Standards products by PROV and the
It is with great pleasure that the State Records Office of WA announces Eating the Archives.
SROWA invites you to pick up your fork and join us in Eating the Archives - an event and online exhibition that forms part of the Commonwealth Festival Pert
For those of you who know ASA NSW Branch member Baiba Berzins, and maybe knew her husband the late Dr Peter Loveday (1925-2011), I am sure you will be very interested to read the following obituaries about Peter's fascinating life and career, which B