Today, on World Digital Preservation Day the ASA encourages you all to visit the DPC Blog to read about how others are tackling the theme of 'Breaking Down Barriers'.
In 2021 the theme ’Breaking Down Barriers’ is an opportunity to demonstrate
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Archives and Manuscripts Sigrid McCausland Emerging Writers Award
Congratulations to the 2020 recipient of the Archives and Manuscripts Sigrid McCausland Emerging Writers Award - Judit Gutiérrez-de-Armas.
The award recognises the work of emerging wr
Dear colleagues
Just a reminder that applications for the College Archivist role at Newington College in Sydney, as advertised on the Employment page of the Society's website, are open till next Friday, 10 September.
If you're interested in a fulfillin
The ASA is seeking expressions of interest for a review of archival university education trends addressing the following focus areas:
- Trends in university education in Australia and internationally in archives and records
- Sustainable business models
State Records and the State Library of South Australia are calling for expressions of interest from members of the South Australian Aboriginal community to join a joint Aboriginal Reference Group. The Group is being established as part of our commitm
At a time when the National Film and Sound Archive is about to acquire a new CEO and new Board chair, I felt it timely to post some thoughts on the NFSA's current situation in an "Inside Story" article. It can be accessed at https://insidestory.org.
In 2021, Ancestry is launching its digitisation Grant Program for Australia and New Zealand and submissions are now open.
The aim of this program is to encourage and allow holders of original historical content collections (of any size) to achieve a
The Australian Society of Archivists' (ASA) Council unanimously endorsed the International Council on Archives’ (ICA) Tandanya Adelaide Declaration at its meeting on Friday 14 May 2021.
While already signatories to the Declaration, Council hopes that
Join us virtually on 3 May, as we celebrate the launch of Information Awareness Month (IAM) for 2021! Proudly brought to you by National Archives of Australia (NAA), IAM will be officially opened by Director General David Fricker (NAA) and newly ap
The ASA Council extends our support to members and their families, colleagues and organisations during the ongoing flood crisis in New South Wales and hopes that everyone is safe during this time. Our latest news item includes information about resou
In 2020 did you have any of the following published:
✅ a publication contributing to the Australian archives profession?
✅ a collection of essays on recordkeeping/archival theory or a monograph on archival theory/practice?
Or did you develop:
✅ a web
UPDATE: Applications for our annual Loris Williams Memorial Scholarship have now been extended from 30 April 2021 to Sunday 16 May 2021.
The scholarship is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying in archives and records at either
The Call for Presentations for the 2021 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference has been extended to 1 April 2021.
The conference theme invites you to reflect on the challenges and issues of undertaking oral history in troubling times, and to cons
As part of the SEAQCF – Southeast Asia Queer Cultural Festival 2021: Be/Longings, Queer Indonesia Archive has launched three incredible and ambitious digital exhibitions of some of the materials they have been collecting over the last year.
Please t
Hi everyone.
I am currently a student (part-time) starting my second to last year of study. I have never worked in an archives having worked in the manufacturing/warehousing sector my whole life. If any one happens to know of someone in that line of
There is one week until the 2021 #ArchivesAmplified Conference Call for Papers closes on Monday 15 February 2021.
If you’ve been thinking about presenting, now is the time to submit your proposal.
✅ Traditional papers
✅ Panel discussion or debates
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