Corporate Memory offers high quality services to a range of clients to enable them to effectively manage their information, data and records (whether hardcopy or digital).

We are a South Australian service provider with local knowledge and expertise. Our team has over 60 years combined experience working in the information management sector. We have previously worked at State Records South Australia and in agencies.

We have delivered on a range of projects, including records disposal schedule review and development, preparation of records for transfer to State Archives, reduction of onsite and offsite storage of records.

With both governance and hands-on experience, we deliver quality results and value for money, giving you the peace of mind that the work will be done right first time.

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Collection management

Compliance assessment

Deaccessioning

Governance assessment

Historical research/writing

Policy writing

Available to work in regional areas

Available to work interstate

Appraisal

Arrangement & Description

Business Continuity Planning

Business System Management

Collection Management

Compliance Assessment

Conservation/Management Plans

Film/Video Collections

Governance Assessment

Information Technology

Multimedia Research

Policy Writing

Preservation

Project Development

Project Management

Publications/Editing

Risk Assessment

Sound/Audio Production

Volunteer Training

Level 1/15 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2000

Postal address: PO Box 1275, Darlinghurst, NSW 1300

02 9267 3700 / 0411 245 985

Fax 02 9267 1988

Kerry Gordon, Director of Recordkeeping Innovation Pty Ltd, has worked as a consultant in the archives and records management sector since 1986. She has designed and implemented improved information governance and records systems in organisations across education, health, finance, mining and manufacturing, government and industry associations. Kerry has extensive experience delivering digital transition strategies and EDMS implementation, recordkeeping compliance, change management, developing policy, procedures and guidance, recordkeeping tools, classification, retention and access and security. She delivers regular training sessions on all aspects of recordkeeping for State Records NSW and for clients.

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Arrangement & Description

Business system management

Collection management

Compliance assessment

Deaccessioning

Feasibility studies

Governance assessment

Industry research

Policy writing

Project development

Project management

Risk assessment

Strategic/business planning

Available to work in regional areas

Available to work interstate

Dr Mike Jones is an award-winning archivist, historian, and collections consultant based in Melbourne, Australia.

For more than fifteen years Mike has collaborated with GLAM sector institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) and heritage organisations of all sizes, and with governments, community organisations (including First Nations communities), academics, businesses, and families on archival, collections and public history projects.

He has helped clients establish archival programs and get control of their records and histories; provided advice on the development and implementation of new approaches to cataloguing; prepared significance assessments, reports, and recommendations to support strategic planning and organisational capability development activities; and provided training and workshops.

Mike’s widely-cited publications—from consultant’s reports and blog posts to book chapters and a full length monograph on museum archives—and extensive national and international experience as a presenter and keynote speaker demonstrate his sector profile, and his reputation as a clear and effective communicator.

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Arrangement & description

Collection management

Critical writing

Deaccessioning

Digital stories

Education/writing

Exhibition curator

Film/video collections

Grant applications

Historic site interpretation

Historical research/writing

Human resource management

Indigenous services

Industry research

Multimedia research

Oral history

Policy writing

Project development

Project management

Public programs

Publications/editing

Significance assessment

Sound/audio production

Strategic/business planning

Volunteer training

Website development

0413 217 513

Fax 02 9267 1988

Barbara Reed has been a consultant in the fields of records, archives and information management since 1985. She is active in professional arenas, including the teaching and training environments. She has played a major role in the development of Australian and International standards for records management, digitisation, recordkeeping metadata and others.

Offering a range of services, specific archival projects have varied from strategic approaches for large scale digitisation to working on personal archives for individuals, families, communities and organisations. Experience ranges from establishing archival control systems, using a variety of specialised archives software or working from basic spreadsheets, tailored solutions are designed to suit specific needs.

She is able to provide advice on preventative preservation and long term sustainability including dissemination of information about specific archives (as appropriate). Work has included preparing documentation for submission to many national collections, including national and state collecting libraries, national and state archives in addition to undertaking stand alone projects.

She is able to provide advice on preventative preservation and long term sustainability including dissemination of information about specific archives (as appropriate). Work has included preparing documentation for submission to many national collections, including national and state collecting libraries, national and state archives in addition to undertaking stand alone projects.

Key professional skills

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Business system management

Collection management

Compliance assessment

Deaccessioning

Digitisation planning

Feasibility studies

Governance assessment

Industry research

Policy writing

Project development

Project management

Risk assessment

Significan assessment

Strategic/business planning

Dr Nicholas A. Sparks, BA (Hons) M.LIS (Librarianship), PhD (Cantab), ASA Recognised Professional (ASARP).

I am a cultural heritage consultant, historian and valuer with more than 20 years of experience in libraries, archives, universities, and cultural institutions. I hold a BA(Hons) from the University of Melbourne, and PhD from the University of Cambridge, with further degrees and experience recognised by Australia's peak bodies for librarians, archivists and record-keepers ALIA, ASA, and RIMPA.

I am also an Associate Member of the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia (AVAA) for expertise in appraising and valuing manuscripts, rare books, and archives.

Services include authentication, appraisal and valuation, collection assessments, and collection management. I also assist with acquisition, transfer and loan agreements, preparing Cultural Gifts Program application submissions, and the development of policies, procedures, and collection governance frameworks. Additionally, I provide expertise in identifying, mitigating, and managing risks associated with cultural collections.

Accessioning

Appraisal

Arrangement & Description

Collection management

Condition reporting

Critical writing

Deaccessioning

Digital Stories

Education writing

Historic site intepretation

Historical research/writing

Industry research

Oral history

Policy writing

Project development

Project management

Publications/editing

Significance assessment

Valuer