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| Wednesday 22 August 2007 | Pre-conference Events |
| Thursday 23 August 2007 | Special Interest Group Meetings Annual General Meeting Welcome Reception |
| Friday 24 August 2007 | Conference Sessions |
| Saturday 25 August 2007 | Conference Sessions Conference Dinner |
| 9:00am-12:45pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ellery Room A&D |
Reference, Access and Public Programs Special Interest Group
Forum: Revisiting who we are and why we matter This year’s forum will focus on capturing local stories, the role of reading rooms, the search for identity and the use of volunteers in archives. Speakers include Daniel Wilksh (PROV), Cathy Flint (NTAS), David Swift (NAA, QLD), Simon Flagg (PROV), Kirsten Thorpe (SRNSW), Sue Newman (SRNSW), Shauna Hicks (PROV) and Christine Yeats (SRNSW). Detailed RAPSIG Programme |
| 2:00pm-5:45pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ellery A&D |
NAA/CAARA Digital Futures Professional Briefing A variety of speakers from CAARA institutions and other organisations will describe current developments and future directions in relation to digital archiving and recordkeeping. Topics to be addressed will include: an update on the work of ADRI - the Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative; digitisation programs and standards; digital preservation approaches and tools; innovative approaches to online access; the Collections Australia Network (CAN) and small archives; and building the business case for digital collections. |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Boardroom I |
Pre-conference workshop Archivists out there: presenting your arguments and yourself powerfully An ASA professional development workshop, presented by Dr Sigrid McCausland, ASA Education Officer |
| 1.00pm 2.15pm 3.30pm Minerals House 58 Hartley St Alice Springs |
Tours of Northern Territory Archives Service Alice Springs
Facilities Come and explore the best little archives in the desert and meet the Archives Queen of the Desert in her own domain. Tours are limited to 10-15 places and must be booked in advance. The tour will last about one hour. |
| 9.00am
– 2:00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ellery Room C |
Indigenous Issues Special Interest Group |
| 9:00am–12:00pm Charles Darwin University Library Seminar Room [TBC) |
University Archives Special Interest Group Followed by |
| Collecting Archives Special Interest Group |
| 9:00am
- 12:00pm St Phillips College [TBC] |
Religious Issues Special Interest Group Schools Archives Special Interest Group [Joint meeting] |
| 1.00pm-2.00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Boardroom I |
Reference, Access and Public Programs Special Interest Group Annual General Meeting |
| 2:00pm
– 4:00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ellery Room A&D |
Electronic Records Special Interest Group |
| 4:00pm–6:00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ellery Room A&D |
Annual General Meeting of the Society At this meeting the Robert Sharman Award recipient will also be announced. Papers for this meeting will be distributed beforehand. |
| 6:00pm
– 8.00pm Alice Springs Convention Centre Ghan Foyer |
Welcome Reception and Award Presentations The reception provides the first opportunity for all delegates to the Conference to get together and to enjoy the local hospitality. This year, the ASA will be launching its new website at this event and the ASA Advocacy Brochure, as well as announcing this year’s Mander Jones awards. |
| 9:00
am–10:30 pm Opening Plenary Session MacDonnell Room |
Welcome to Country Delegates will be welcomed to country by a representative of the traditional owners of Alice Springs |
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President’s Remarks ASA President, Kim Eberhard |
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Conference Opening 'Speaker to be confirmed' |
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Loris Williams Memorial Lecture Alana Garwood-Houng will deliver the second annual Loris Williams Memorial Lecture |
| 11:00
am-12:30 pm Parallel Sessions Ellery Room A |
Indigenous Records [I] Jason Gibson: Creating digital heritage collections in remote Indigenous communities Scott Mitchell: ‘This place is like a cave’: Indigenous sacred knowledge and the Strehlow collection Andrew Waugh: Setting the record straight: The Koorie Annotation System |
| Ellery D |
Recordkeeping Legislation and its impacts [I] Karen Anderson: Something old, something new: Effects of records legislation in Sweden and Australia Greg Goulding: Archives New Zealand perspective Matt O’Mara: Recordkeeping legislation and how it affects government agencies in New Zealand |
| 1:30pm-3:00
pm Parallel Sessions Ellery Room A |
Indigenous Records [II] Terehia Biddle: The Maori Perspective (Archives New Zealand) Panel discussion on the role of Indigenous advisory groups. Panels members to be confirmed. Chaired by Greg Coleman |
| Ellery Room D |
Recordkeeping Legislation and its impacts [II] David Brown: Archival and records management in the digital age Gerard Foley: Managing access: Towards a new regime in Western Australia Dani Wickman: Pacific recordkeeping toolkit for good governance |
| 3.30 – 3.40pm |
Australian National Committee of the Blue Shield In a poster session, Tony Caravella will talk about the Australian Committee of the Blue Shield, described as being the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. |
| 3:40
pm-4:10pm Plenary Session MacDonnell Room |
Education and practice Dr Margaret Pember: Translating theory into practice: The Gwalia Archives Project |
| 4:10pm-4.55pm Plenary Session MacDonnell Room |
Keynote address: Dr Joanna Sassoon: Sharing our story: the archaeology of archives practice |
| 9.00am-9:45am Plenary Session MacDonnell Room |
Keynote address: Dr Karen Anderson: Encouraging the cycle of life long learning |
| 9:45am-10:45am Parallel Sessions Ellery Room A |
Regional Collections: Innovation Jennifer Jerome: Collaboration, communication and challenges in the Tasmanian cultural sector Samara McIlroy: Local government collections and the community: collaborations and connections |
| Ellery Room D |
Oral History Margaret Leask: Complementing a performing arts collection: remembering more than just the good times Megg Kelham: Some innovative uses of oral history in museum exhibitions in the Northern Territory |
| 11.15am–12.45pm Parallel Sessions Ellery Room A |
Scientific Records Kathryn Dan and Andrew Treloar: Forming the archivist’s response to e-research records Sarah Wilson: Managing the records of the Arid Zone Desert Park Ken Johnson and Scott Mitchell: The legacy of Hedley Finlayson |
| Ellery Room D |
Business Archives (I) Baiba Berzins: The business of business records Kim Eberhard: Digital recordkeeping in the private sector: Too much too soon? Case study of a private school Helen McLaughlin: The 3am thought…The future of business records and collecting archivists |
| 1.45pm-3.15pm Parallel Session Ellery Room A |
Sport Sue Coppin: Sporting traditions at the University of Adelaide Matthew Stephens: Sport in the social history of the Northern Territory: When the memories fade Nikki Henningham: ‘Something you could do for yourself’: Women, sport and feminism from the archives |
| Ellery
Room D |
Business Archives II Norman Houghton: Something out of nothing: Digging up the impossible from the corporate warehouse Kirsty McClea: Business archives as chameleons: Changing the appearance of a bank archive Lyn Milton: ‘Zealous and exacting research’…or the relevance of yesterday’s newspaper |
| 3:45-5.00pm Closing Plenary Session MacDonnell Room |
Who are we and where are are we going? Lady Patricia Henley-Not-On-Todd: Thunderbirds and Star Trek: The case of the missing archivists Tony Leviston and Kim Eberhard: The 2007 CAARA and ASA survey of Australian archival institutions 2008 Conference Committee: Invitation to Perth in 2008 |
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