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* Archives matter - a new publication available free from the Australian Society of Archivists which promotes the role of archives and archivists in our society http://www.archivists.org.au/

The Australian Society of Archivists, archiveslive! - http://archiveslive.ning.com/ Here you will find resources including discussion groups, conference information and general gossip.

The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library has created an good overview of recordkeeping and archives management http://www.john.curtin.edu.au/society/index.html

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 Society of Archivists http://www.archivists.org.au

McKemmish, S., Piggott, M., Reed, B., & Upward, F. (2005). Archives: Recordkeeping in society. Wagga Wagga, NSW: Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University.

Cunningham, A. (2010). The arrangement and description of archives amid administrative and technological change: Essays and reflections by and about Peter J. Scott. Brisbane: Australian Society of Archivists.

Pearce-Moses, R. (2005). A glossary of archival and records terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp

McInnes, S. (1998). Electronic records: The new archival frontier? Journal of the Society of Archivists, 19(2): 211-220. Summarises how archival principles change in the electronic environment. This article is also relevant to the Appraisal section in Module 3.

Jimerson, R. (1989). Redefining archival identity: Meeting user needs in the information society. American Archivist, 52(2): 332-340.

You are encouraged to join as student members under the Associate membership category for an annual fee of $50 (inc GST). See membership details at http://www.archivists.org.au/about/membership.You can download the formhere: http://www.archivists.org.au/about/membership Note the following from the membership officer: Please do remind students that evidence of student status (copy of student card, etc.) is required for allapplications prior to processing and that after a 12 month period, their membership automatically roles over to Associate Member Regular full rate andthey will need to advise the ASA of continuing study status to receive discounted rate.

I. Maclean, H. Rowell and S. Stuckey -- 'An unnecessary complication': international perspectives on the record group, the series and the fonds' in A. Cunningham (ed) (2010) The arrangement and description of archives amid administrative and technological change : essays and reflections by and about Peter J. Scott. Brisbane: Australian Society of Archivists *** HARDCOPY ONLY *** Also see http://ica2012.ica.org/files/pdf/Full%20papers%20upload/ica12Final00414.pdf

Greer, R.C., Grover, R.J. & Fowler, S.G. (2007). An introduction to the library and information professions. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.