The next event for the Tas Branch will be a follow-up visit to the Hutchins School Archives.
You may recall a group of us visited last year prior to the Archives undergoing a major upgrade. This will be our opportunity to see how things have worked ou
An interesting article about 20 recently discovered photographs of prisoners at Port Arthur circa 1870s, and NLA publication about these men and the photographs.
It is not entirely clear from the article where these images were/are located - perhaps N
Australian photographer Tim Page needs a home for his photo archives. His collection comprises 750,000 images amassed during a 45 year career starting in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s and continuing through the present day. See the attached sto
I put out a press release today on the beaut ‘Shake Your Family Tree’ events that the National Archives are running. In the process, I couldn’t resist mentioning the black sheep of the family – my great-great-uncle Robert Bec
Fantastic article from National Geographic.
Books and records underpin all aspects of life in past and present day Timbuktu.
Now, a digitisation project to protect them for the future...
I have been having great fun with this application. It is very easy to use.
Congratulations to all on the successful launch of ArchivesLive and the refreshing and interesting content generated by the many users. I am currently working with the RSL WA State Archivist Naomi Jones on the RSL Living History Project. We are hopin
Joanna Sassoon drew attention today (on the Archives & Records Australia listserv) to this terrific essay pubished in the Literary Review of Canada, January/February 2011 edition.
I am sure the Ning readers will appreciate the essay too.
Twitter has been abuzz with digital humanities (aka DH) discussions over the last week as the Modern Language Association (#mla11) and the American Historical Association (#aha2011) held their annual meetings. Amongst interesting debates on the futur
In this blog post, Harold Jarche talks about the benefits of redesigning work processes to increase tranparency and effectiveness - 2 of the key benefits we highlight as outcomes of good records management.
Jarche also notes the value of social medi
Last night the 7.30 report ran a story "Getting off the Web" which discussed how some jurisdictions are looking at increasing an individual's "right to be forgotten" as well as the difficulty you can experience deleting yourself from facespace etc
I watched the final episode of Witches: Myth, Mystery And Truth on SBS 2 this evening. Interestingly "(t)he Nazis established a secret task force to prove that witches celebrated an ancient 'Aryan' religion." Utilizing, of course, archives from all o
Something RMs have been talking about for years: that you can outsource the storage of records but not the responsibility for managing records. Organisations still need to know which legal and business requirements apply to their data, in order to fu
For those of you who weren't able to make it along to hear Bethany Nowviskie while she was in Australia, here are links to a couple of her talks.
The latest issue of CIO magazine provides a slideshow of timely tips - things to avoid at your office Christmas party. Pretty standard stuff overall, but OMG, was photo number 8 taken at an Archives conference dinner?
7.30 report - Kerry O'Brien's Farewell
the credits roll and the top of the list is...Archivist! Rod O'Hara congratulations on some top archival footage
I've just received sad news that James McKinnon will be stepping down from the role as Minutes Secretary of the ASA Victorian Branch Committee. I have sent him our warm thanks for all of his efforts over the years and wish him well.
This leaves us wit
