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Issue 29: 3 June 2013 Can't see any images? Click here to view this newsletter online. Issue 29: 3 June 2013 Issue 29: 3 June 2013 Dear Members, There is a flurry of activity in the many of the Branches with 2013 National Conference upcoming workshops, visits and seminars. This week I am looking forward to visiting the Lutheran Archives and Australian College of Queensland School Archives Educators Archives in Adelaide with the South Australian Branch. SIG Term 2 Meeting Next Tuesday 11 June will provide an opportunity for me to talk with Sydney based members when the NSW Branch meets to University Archives added to consider data resulting from the Membership Survey in 2012. UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register Branch committees can make a huge difference to the membership through the activities they organise but it can seem like a thankless task which falls on too few shoulders. Please Feedback on future consider helping out with your Branch Committee as we head workshops in Tasmania towards AGMs for the various Branches and Special Interest Groups. New people joining committees (even if they served Selected Essays in Electronic previously) really does help renew the enthusiasm and energy of Recordkeeping in Australia those who are currently serving. While we are all too busy and time poor; it undoubtedly benefits all of us when we take on an Membership Matters active role in our Society. Registrations for our key national event have opened. The ASA Featuring A&M Editorial National Conference from 15-17 October in Canberra, will be Board Member - Anne-Marie the archival highlight of the year. Not only do we have a Conde heightened sense of anticipation given the lapse of time since the last major ASA Conference in 2010, but the Conference Call for articles and reviews Committee led by Michael Piggott has done an exceptional job for upcoming issues of of bringing together an engaging program. You can find more Archives and Manuscripts details about the conference here. Featuring ASA Member - The As you think about coming to Canberra in October, you could also Australian Turf Club consider whether you'd like to nominate for the ASA Council. There will be several vacancies for the new Council including the role of Vice-President. It is equally important for Council to have 2013 Conference Workshops fresh members and new perspectives as well as the Branches in Canberra and SIGs. I would love to hear from you if you are considering a nomination so please make contact me via email or call me (08) ASA email address 8313 5830 / 0420 959 261. Jobs advertised on Archives Kylie Percival Live President 2013 National Conference Registration is now open for the 2013 National Conference. The theme, Archives: The Future, will be explored by a strong line up of speakers including international representatives Eric Ketelaar from The Netherlands, Karen Anderson from Sweden, Mark Crookston from New Zealand; and from Australia, the Heads of the National Collecting Institutions and well known Australian practioners. The South Australian Branch Visit event promises interesting papers and thought to the Lutheran Archives and provoking discussion and debate about how Australian College of Educators the profession and archival institutions can best Archives on 4 June. adapt, move forward and remain relevant. Early bird closes on 31 August and registration arrangements include a special offer for institutional members registering five people to receive a free registration. For more information about the Conference, including a draft program, click here. Queensland School Archives SIG Term 2 Vic School Archives SIG Term 2 Meeting Network Meeeting and 2013 AGM The second meeting of 2013 for the on 5 June at Mentone Girls' Queensland School Archives SIG took place Grammar School. on Friday 17 May in Ipswich. The day began with a guided tour of Gooloowan, which was built in mid-1864 for the prominent Ipswich retail magnate and MP Benjamin Cribb. He and his first wife Elizabeth arrived in Moreton Bay from England in 1849 and opened a shop in Bell Street, Ipswich, and later in Queen Street in Brisbane. He became a notable citizen of Queensland, representing Moreton Shire District in the NWS Parliament before separation and in 1861 was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He helped found Ipswich Grammar School and his son was one of the first pupils. His firm Cribb and Foote became famous throughout Queensland. The beautiful two-story, six bedroomed brick NSW School Archives SIG Term mansion remained in the family until 1988. The 2 Professional Development Day present owners, Dr and Mrs Isbell have on 6 June at PLC Sydney retained much of the original furniture and fittings, including ladies and men's bathrooms (with 1m-deep cast-iron baths), servants' wing and an intact 19th-century library. Even the hand-operated lift which catered for a disabled Cribb family member is still in working order. The present owners made our group very welcome, gave us an informative tour of their home and provided us with morning tea. To continue with the Benjamin Cribb link, the group then went on to Ipswich Grammar School which this year has produced The Story of Ipswich Grammar School 1863- 2013 to celebrate its 150th year. The author of Religious Collections SIG - the book and local historian, Sophie Church, Western Australian Meeting who works on a part time basis at the school on 20 June at St Brigid's Convent. looking after the School Archives, gave us a tour of the school, explaining its stages of development. This was followed by lunch in the school museum which is housed in the original school building. Sophie then spoke to the group about her work for the last three years researching and writing the book of the history of the school and the reasons for a thematic rather than a chronological approach. A discussion about future topics for meetings and planning of a PD with David Clements from Dataflair, the company that produces the software "Archives Manger" concluded a thoroughly enjoyable and informative meeting. South Australian Branch Our next planned SIG meeting will be at the A chat with Michael Piggott - Queensland Museum and Somerville House on Archives and Societal Thursday 29 August, although a few of our Provenance - Australian members will be attending the ASA PD Course Essays on 20 June at the on Digital Record Keeping on a Limited Budget University of Adelaide. at Queensland State Archives on 29 May. Denise Stephenson Queensland School Archives SIG Convenor University Archives added to UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register The significance of the University of Adelaide's history as a story inextricably entwined with the cultural fabric of South Australia was recognised Archival Provenance Explored at a UNESCO Inscription Ceremony on 14 May by Chris Hurley & Michael 2013. This event formally added the University Piggott Archives' earliest records to the UNESCO Two of Australia's leading archival Australian Memory of the World Register. The thinkers will be in South Australia inscription acknowledges the cultural and to consider the paradigms of historic value of the University Archives for the provenance on 21 June at the benefit of current and future generations. University of Adelaide. Click here to register and find out Photo: Andrew Cook (Archives Officer), Kylie more information. Percival and Sue Coppin (Collections Archivist). Further information, including details of the records, can be found here. Kylie Percival University Archivist & Manager, University Archives, Records & Collections Archival Digitisation (Advanced) Workshop - Perth Feedback on future workshops in Tasmania 2 July at the National Archives of Australia, East Victoria Park. The ASA would like to seek your feedback on Click here to register and find out future workshop formats, venues and subject. more information. The following is a list of the current workshops that could be delivered by the ASA in Tasmania: 1. Digital recordkeeping on a limited budget (half day) - This half-day practically oriented session is geared to organizations with limited or no budget allocated for digital recordkeeping. 2. Digital recordkeeping best practice (full day) - This one-day session is geared to medium and larger organizations and outlines best practice Introduction to Archives & professional approaches to digital Archival Programs Workshop - recordkeeping. Adelaide 3. Describing archives in context (half 22 July at State Records South day) - By the end of this course, Australia, Adelaide. participants will have a deeper Click here to register and find out understanding of Australasian more information. descriptive practice, its flexibility and its applicability in different contexts; understand the components of series system implementation; and have the knowledge to implement the series system in their organisations, whatever their size and type. Please complete our quick on-line survey More detailed information on the workshops can be found here. Your feedback is valuable to us and will assist Introduction to Accessioning with programming future events. Workshop - Adelaide 22 July at State Records South David Bloomfield Australia, Adelaide. Tasmanian Branch Convenor Click here to register and find our more information. Selected Essays in Electronic Recordkeeping in Australia A must-have publication for every archivist, bringing together a number of essays exploring the Australian approach to electronic recordkeeping. ASA Member special price - $5 (+ P&H) 2013 National Use your ASA membership card to obtain the special price Conference Selected Essays in Electronic Recordkeeping in Australia is a collection of writings of individuals Canberra who have not only thought long and hard about what we called the 'electronic records 15 - 18 October 2013 problem', but who are addressing the practical solutions that need to be put in Special Interest Group meetings place. on Tuesday The authors represent a broad cross-section ASA AGM and Mander Jones of thinkers and practitioners from across Awards on Tuesday Australia.
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