This, from the Aussie listserve (apologies to those who have seen it), has
been sitting in my Inbox for ages. Having just got around to looking at it,
I thought others might like to look, particularly in view of recent
discussions on this list. It is an interesting initiative. Food for thought
for the SofA's soon to be revamped website?
Regards
Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lesley Wallace [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY THROUGH ITS RECORDS VIRTUAL LAUNCH
>
> To AUS-ARCHIVISTS
>
> The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library at Curtin University of
> Technology
> is pleased to launch its new UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY THROUGH ITS RECORDS
> website at http://john.curtin.edu.au/society/ - an educational resource on
> the importance of recordkeeping to society. This major new web resource is
> part of the JCPML's ongoing endeavour to contribute to the development and
> promotion of archives.
>
> Understanding Society Through Its Records is a "world-first" resource that
> explains the concepts and universal importance of recordkeeping to
> personal
> life and to business and government. Using graphics and interactivity, it
> distinquishes records from other forms of information and demonstrates the
> "work" they perform as the "documentary glue" holding society together.
> The
> site features:
>
> · explanations of the principles and concepts for managing all forms of
> purposefully recorded evidence for as long as required.
> · a sensible and accessible framework for understanding recordkeeping in
> most environments- offices and repositories, collecting and in-house,
> large
> and small, traditional and electronic.
> · images, references and links to print and online readings selected from
> across the Australian, US, Canadian and International Council on
> Archives (ICA) literature.
> · summaries of the best of English-speaking practice and showcases
> Australian contributions to recordkeeping knowledge and practice.
>
> Please consider this virtual launch as an OPEN INVITATION to all of you to
> visit our site at http://john.curtin.edu.au/society/ and give us your
> feedback on the usefulness of what we have presented. As this site is an
> ongoing project, we invite you to volunteer your ideas and creativity to
> the
> compilation as it develops. We are also interested in snippets,
> anecdotes,
> cartoons, press cuttings, scenarios, jokes, recipes, scandals, pictures
> (preferably all copyright cleared before you send them to us!) -- anything
> you might have or dream up in your own creative minds -- that you think
> would help people better understand and appreciate archives and
> recordkeeping.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you!
>
> (Email: [log in to unmask] or use the Guest Book option on the
> website)
>
> Kandy-Jane Henderson (Archivist, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library)
> Ann Pederson (Visiting Fellow in Recordkeeping Studies in the School of
> Information Systems, Technology & Management at the University of New
> South
> Wales and the author of this web resource!)
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