M. Piggott (2012) "Themes in Australian Recordkeeping, 1788 - 2010", Chapter 2, Archives and societal provenance : Australian essays, Chandos Publishing. http://link.library.curtin.edu.au/p?pid=CUR_ALMA51110902610001951
Subjects: Archives -- Australia -- History ; Libraries and society -- Australia ; Archives -- Collection management -- Australia ; Archives -- Australia ; Libraries -- Australia ; Records -- Australia -- Management
Description: "Records and archival arrangements in Australia are globally relevant because Australia's indigenous peoples represent the oldest living culture in the world, and because modern Australia is an ex-colonial society now heavily multicultural in outlook. Archives and societal provenance explores this distinctiveness using the theoretical concept of societal provenance as propounded by Canadian archival scholars led by Dr Tom Nesmith. The book's seventeen essays blend new writing and re-workings and combinations of earlier work and comprise the first text to present a societal provenance perspective to a national setting. The book is divided into four sections. The first part looks at the historical context of archives in Australia; the second part covers the institutions involved in the Australian archival story; the third part discusses the formation of archives; and the fourth part considers the debates surrounding archives in Australia. The book concludes with a consideration of the notion of an archival afterlife." --backcover.
Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus (AGIFT)
"The Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus (AGIFT) is a three-level hierarchical thesaurus that describes the business functions carried out across Commonwealth, state and local governments in Australia" (quote from above website).
National and State Libraries Australasia vision for the future
Quihampton, W. (2011). Re-imagining Libraries: Delivering services in a digital world. Presented at the ALIA Information Online, Sydney, Australia. Retrieved from http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2011/papers/paper_2011_A14.pdf
Hallam, G. C. (2008). Nexus: An investigation into the library and information services workforce in Australia.
Final report. Retrieved from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/12908/
Piggott, M. (1998). The history of Australian record-keeping: A framework for research. Australian Library Journal, 47(4): 343-354. Presents a case for more research into the history of archives in Australia.
Piggott, M. (1998). The history of Australian record-keeping: A framework for research. Australian Library Journal, 47(4): 343-354. Presents a case for more research into the history of archives in Australia.
State Library of Western Australia. (2009, February 1). Creating and keeping your digital treasures: February 2009. . Retrieved October 20, 2010, from http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/digital_treasures
NATIONAL AND STATE LIBRARIES OF AUSTRALASIA'S LIBRARY HACK PROJECT
Warren, M., & Hayward, R. (2012). Hacking the nation: Libraryhack and community-created aps. VALA 2012: eM-powering eFutures. Presented at the VALA 2012: eM-powering eFutures, Melbourne Australia: VALA: Libraries, technology and the future. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-session-12-warren
Hutley, S., Joseph, M., & Saunders, P. (2001). Follow the eBook road: eBooks in Oz public libraries. In Endless Possibilities. Presented at the ALIA Public Libraries Conference, Melbourne Australia: Australian Library and Information Association. Retrieved from http://conferences.alia.org.au/public2001/hutley.joseph.saunders.html
Hutley, S., & Harwood, W. (2002). Ebook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? In e. Presented at the VALA, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pdf/34HutHor.pdf
This "L Plate" presentation was presented at the VALA: Libraries, Technologies and the Future Conference in February 2010. The notes underneath each slide explain them very nicely. It gives you an idea of what is considered "L Plate" material at a professional conference.
Hagon, P. (2010, February). Library Mashups and APIs. Presented at the VALA 2010 Conference. L Plate Session, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/paulhagon/library-mashups-and-apis
General Disposal Authorities (GDAs) by SRO WA
Familiarise yourself with the following 5 GDAs for State government agencies. Online MSWord versions are possible.
1. General Disposal Authority for Administrative Records (2003, amended 2006);
2. General Disposal Authority for Human Resource Management Records (revised 1999, amended 2001, 2006);
3. General Disposal Authority for Financial and Accounting Records (1996, revised 2006);
4. General Disposal Authority for Local Government Records (revised 2010);
5. General Disposal Authority for Source Records (2009).
Note: That similar publications are available from the other SROs in Australia, please find your State's GDAs and review them.
Preserving Australia's Heritage: A Starter Kit for Community Groups. Published in 2004, this kit provides much valuable information and practical advice from the National Library of Australia. http://www.nla.gov.au
Questioning the purpose and functions of a modern state library. Well worth reading to get an idea of one state librarian's vision of what Australian state libraries could be doing.
Wright, J., & Cowell, J. (2014). ALICE: are we ready for a startup? Presented at the VALA 2014: Streaming with possibilities, Melbourne Australia: VALA: Libraries, technology and the future. Retrieved from VALA2014-Session-15-Wright-Paper