Australian Society of Archivists

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Sharon Huebner & Kooramyee Cooper
Koorie Culture and Technology: A digital archive project for Victorian Koorie communities
The ability to meld Koorie culture and technology relies on a relationship of trust with community members and a willingness to listen and hear the voices of Koorie individuals and communities. This paper gives a voice to some of the complexities of this ambition through personal stories about identity, community, and the role technology can play to create a sustainable digital community archive. The stories reflect the need to preserve the rich and diverse culture of Koorie communities, when there exists a history of displacement from land, family and culture; and how pride in who you are and where you come from is connected to sharing cultural history and knowledge.

Leisa Gibbons
Cultural film heritage and independent film production in Australia
This article addresses issues of recordkeeeping for cultural heritage in the Australian Film Production Industry. The idea of film as a medium for stories, as well as a story itself, introduces the potential friction that exists between commercial assets as also being cultural assets. The Australian film industry's heavy reliance and competition for Government funding has nurtured a particular culture. The nature of this is explored against the recent developments in digital technologies, giving filmmakers access to new tools and cheaper materials, which potentially sidestep the funding cycle. Issues concerning what these film assets are and who is responsible for preserving them is discussed in relation to the expansion of the use of digital technologies.

Rick Snell & Peter Sebina
Information Flows: The real art of Information Management and Freedom of Information
In this article, some of the key paradoxes and riddles of the Information Management and Freedom of Information relationship are explored. Joseph Stiglitz's ideas of information economics are applied to demonstrate why records management and F01 are not only compatible but essential partners in an information age. In the last decade the number of countries with some type of F01 legislation has increased from a small handful to over seventy countries. Yet this outbreak of transparency is bound to disappoint unless records management, F01, privacy and archives are understood as interplay between several different information systems. The direction, timing and quality of information flows becomes the key issue and the avoidance of stagnancy an important objective.

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Michael Piggott
Archivists and historians; archives and history

 

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