A meeting place for people who manage archival collections
Posted on November 9, 2009 by Anthea Brown
On the whole the preferred choice of glove is nitrile. I’m curious to know whether your readers have a ‘glove preference’ when accessing your archives? Or if readers are required to wear them?
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Posted on October 14, 2009 by Anthea Brown
You may wonder how an archives can contribute to saving the planet? Well, here we will introduce you to the newest building at the Western Sydney Records Centre which can boast of being world class in using the latest innovations in environmental technology.
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Posted on October 6, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Yes, it’s that time of year again and the State Records Satisfaction Survey is now available. If you have visited our reading rooms or used our online resources in the past year we’d love to hear from you.
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Posted on September 30, 2009 by Anthea Brown
By no means exhaustive, how could it be? Too many archival websites, too little time. Below is a broad spectrum of interesting reading and viewing from around an archivally themed internet.
Continue ReadingPosted on September 11, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Remember him? We previously posted a link to the YouTube video featuring Digi Man in “Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster: An Animation”
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Posted on September 10, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Next Monday sees the introduction of a new series of posts “Moments in Time…” and a new blogger….Rhonda Campbell our photographic expert!
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Posted on September 5, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Scandals, Crime and Corruption: History Week 2009 will be a wild journey through the dark shadows of our past. Discover the scandals, crime and corruption that have shocked us over time and shaped our history, sometimes in unexpected ways.
In keeping with this criminal theme we have put together this entertaining video Registry of Flash Men. [...]
Posted on September 4, 2009 by Anthea Brown
It is a light-hearted look at some of the procedures and policies we have in place to make State archives accessible in the reading room at Western Sydney.
Continue ReadingPosted on August 20, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Our first Friday poll asked the question:
What is your social media platform of choice?
Posted on August 7, 2009 by Anthea Brown
I’ve just installed this Wordpress survey plugin from Memedex and thought the best way to test it out was to create a poll for you!
It’s a simple one question poll and should only take about 3 seconds of your time. Click an option then “Vote” and view the poll results.
[memedex:pollid#490152]
The text on the poll seems [...]
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