A meeting place for people who manage archival collections
Posted on October 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
If you find yourself bleeding all over your precious documents or family heirlooms, do not despair, speedy action will probably result in little or no permanent damage occurring.
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Posted on September 1, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
This is a roundup of some interesting links that we’ve stumbled across over the last month or so. If you’re interested in Archives 2.0, Conservation, Archival Processing and Research tools click here.
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Posted on July 31, 2009 by Bill Speirs
The most important aspect of the Temora Community Archive Project is that through it, Temora has developed a way to effectively preserve and manage its unique community records over the long term. We worked on the assumption, that if the community had a better alternative…they would use it. They do.
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by Anthea Brown
At State Records we have a small Digitisation Program. Budget constraints, staff resources and an archival collection significant in both historical value and size means we can’t digitise everything. Sound familiar? Small as it may be, the program has an important function within our organisation for it assists in the preservation of records and increases [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
If you have large documents like plans, maps and posters the best way to store them is …..
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
This is the first of a planned series of posts providing handy conservation tips.
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Many State archives have been badly damaged during their lifetime. The damage may have been caused by poor storage practices, unfortunate disasters, or bad handling in the past.
State Records refers to these archives as being “Too fragile to issue” and these archives cannot be accessed either by staff or readers until they have been treated [...]
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