Part of a public record: Metadata matters - it tells us how/when an e-document was created, accessed, modified or transmitted http://bit.ly/gpzDkZ
"...Until recently, no [USA] federal court had considered the important issue of whether metadata is p
A good article in a non-archivey publication :-)
Seeing Forever: Storing Bits Isn't the Same as Preserving Them - digital photos and videos are great but don't expect your grandkids to see them.
The PROV Implementing a Storage Programme Guideline is now available on the Public Record Office Victoria website. We hope that you find this Guideline to be clear, relevant and practical. Please click on the link below to view the document via our b
The PROV Continuous Improvement Guideline is now available on the Public Record Office Victoria website. We hope that you find this Guideline to be clear, relevant and practical. Please click on the link below to view the document. PROV would like to
Public exposure drafts of the following Victorian Recordkeeping Standards documents are now available for your comment. The Public Record Office Victoria are very keen to get your feedback on these draft documents to ensure they are clear, relevant a
There are still some spaces left in both these workshops.
On May 2nd Preservation Australia will be running our regular May Day workshop ‘Disaster Combo’. This day is structured to provide participants with the tools to really get started on their Di
We are very pleased to annouce that Adrian Cunningham has been appointed to the new position of Director, Digital Archives Program at Queensland State Archives.
Adrian commences on 9 May and we look forward to welcoming him to QSA.
On May 2nd Preservation Australia will be running our regular May Day workshop ‘Disaster Combo’. This day is structured to provide participants with the tools to really get started on their Disaster Preparedness Plan. The morning session looks at th
Bookings are now being taken for the Implementing a Storage Programme Briefing.
The session is a free one hour presentation aimed at Records Managers, Corporate Services Managers or Information Managers who have responsibility for records storage faci
Our very own Ross Latham, Tasmanian Archivist, on the news tonight!
William Buelow Gould's Sketchbook of Fishes was added to the Memory of the World register last night
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The following message was posted on ICA's listserv this morning by Yumiko Ohara of the National Archives of Japan:
Dear colleagues,
Thank you so much for your warm message to Japanese archival community.
We are devastated by the horrendous disaster in N
The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) is pleased to announce the 2011 recipient of the NFSA Cochrane-Smith Award for Sound He
10 March 2011
SC029/2011
Joint Media Release
Robert Lawrie, Manager of the New South Wales Parliamentary Archives, is due to leave that position on Friday 25 March 2011 (the day before the NSW Election!), taking extended leave until his retirement in August 2011.
Robert reports that his employe