Archive for the Digital 2.0 Category

Remembrance Day 2009

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

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Quick poll: do your readers use gloves when accessing archives

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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CAN Special Event: Developing a social media strategy for archives

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

Are you looking for new ways to promote your collections or thinking about establishing an interactive online presence for your organisation? This could be the seminar for you.

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Congratulations to State Records and the Land & Property Management Authority – a job well done in preserving history!

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Christine Yeats

State Records NSW and the Land and Property Management Authority were joint winners of the Mander Jones Award

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Satisfaction Survey 2009 – we need you!

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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Online Photographic Search: Poll Results

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

The poll results are in. Perhaps not surprisingly Search engines such as Google or Yahoo topped the poll with 33% of the vote.

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Digi Man strikes again! [video]

Posted 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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The criminal underworld of Sydney in the 1840s [video]

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. [...]

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What online tools do you use to search for photographs?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

Do you search for photographs online? Why not take our latest poll?

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…and the Friday poll results are in

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Anthea Brown

Our first Friday poll asked the question:
What is your social media platform of choice?

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