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FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES INC

 

E-BULLETIN No. 65 – 2 May 2010

 

Hon Editor, Dr Ruth S. Kerr

 

 

1)  Intellectual property rights

 

2)  Heritage Register place boundaries

 

3)  Archaeological work in Australia

 

4)  Sale of historic photographs

 

5)  Symposium – “Between Creation and the Collections Institutions”

 

6)  Land and Property Management Authority (NSW) heritage portal

 

7)  Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World Newsletter

 

8)  Consider joining the online Australian Historical Societies Support Group

 

 

1)  Intellectual property rights

 

On 10 April 2010, a conference was held in Wellington New Zealand, as part of a grassroots effort to raise the profile of concerns surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Key note speakers were Michael Geist and Kim Weatherall.

 

ACTA is an agreement that will increase intellectual property rights enforcement. It is under negotiation by the United States, European Union and Japan, with countries such as Australia involved at a lower level of input.

 

The outcome, styled the ‘Wellington Declaration’, is a strong statement voicing a set of expectations from the public interest perspective - to inform governments of public concerns to be taken into account in the current round of talks.

 

Participants drafted the Wellington Declaration recognising that ACTA threatens to upset the balance of Australian and New Zealand copyright law, which protects consumers, enabling access to information and is fundamental to the success of the digital economy.

 

The Wellington Declaration is available at http://publicacta.org.nz/wellington-declaration/

 

(Source: aliaaglin@lists.alia.org.au – 12 April 2010)

 

 

2)  Queensland Heritage Register place boundaries

 

A vector dataset representing Queensland Heritage Register place boundaries is now also available for free for download from the Queensland Government’s new Queensland Government Information Service (QGIS) website - http://dds.information.qld.gov.au/dds/.   The dataset is available in both ESRI shape file and MapInfo Tab file formats.  Data Projection is GCS_GDA_1994.

 

The best way to locate this data on the QGIS website is to use Search method 2 and enter the keyword “heritage”.

 

This dataset is updated monthly following meetings by the Queensland Heritage Council on new entries in, removals from, and amendments to the Queensland Heritage Register, so users should download new versions regularly.

 

(Source: asha-bounces@flinders.edu.au – 8 April 2010)

 

3)  Archaeological work in Australia

 

Many members of historical societies are also members of other professional groups such as Archaeology and Professional Historians Associations and Anthropology and Architecture and Engineering.

 

If you used archaeological skills in paid employment during 2009 and work in Australia, the Australian National Committee for Archaeology Teaching and Learning invites you to complete the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2010 survey.

 

You can access the survey online at:

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KTTMC3C

 

This survey aims to build a profile of archaeology in Australia and define key archaeology learning and training issues. It builds on data collected in a similar survey undertaken in 2004/2005 to provide information on longitudinal trends in professional archaeology in Australia.

 

This survey is being carried out under the auspices of the Australian National Committee for Archaeology Teaching and Learning (ANCATL), which includes representatives from the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA), Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA), Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA), Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. (AACAI) and World Archaeological Congress (WAC).

 

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SURVEY BY 1 July 2010

 

(Source: asha-bounces@flinders.edu.au – 12 April 2010)

 

4)  Sale of historic photographs

 

On May 23rd, 2010, Leonard Joel will offer over 200 Australian and International photographic works, including a significant collection of industrial and architectural photographs from the estate of Wolfgang Sievers.  The sale will also feature important work from Man Ray, Max Dupain, John Eaton, Alfred Gregory, Ansel Adams and Carleton E. Watkins.

 

(Source: aus-archivists@archivists.org.au – 13 April 2010)

 

5)  Symposium – “Between Creation and the Collections Institutions”

 

An invitation to a symposium

 

Anyone working with original art or cultural heritage may find this symposium of value.  Closing date for registration is Monday 17th May.

 

 ‘Between Creation and the Collections Institutions’- Symposium

Melbourne Convention Centre

Thursday 3rd June 2010

 

An initiative of the Professional Picture Framers Association

 

This symposium will discuss methods for preserving the nation’s art and cultural heritage which has not yet found its way into the country’s galleries, museums, libraries or archives. 

 

The symposium will focus on two main areas:

 

1.      New art – works by emerging artists, photographers, needle workers, sculptors, etc. These works should be preserved for the benefit of both the creators of the art and future generations – today’s creations are tomorrow’s heritage. 

2.      Existing heritage – heritage not presently held in major public collections. More Australian art and heritage is held by individuals and small associations than is held in the nation’s major collections.  Many regional collections are maintained by volunteers who have little support and have limited knowledge of preserving and displaying art and heritage.  The symposium is designed to assist these volunteers.

A major objective of the symposium is to gather and share information and knowledge which will allow organisations to function effectively in an environment of limited funding.

 

Further information is available from:

PMA Australia, Unit 9, 14 Frenchs Forest Road, Frenchs Forest, NSW, 2086

Phone:  02 9454 2444   E-mail:  pmaaustralia@pmai.org   Fax: 02 9454 2454

Or

Quentin Webster  (e-mail) quentin@framingmatters.com.au   

Phone 02 6239 4349

 

(Source: aus-archivists-bounces@archivists.org.au – 13 April 2010)

 

6)  Land and Property Management Authority (NSW) heritage portal

 

Land and Property Management Authority (NSW) has developed a new website - www.baseline.nsw.gov.au.  It has been designed as a heritage portal and online exhibition space for our collection.

 

It includes a surveying heritage tour of Sydney, significant sales lithographs and an online exhibition of 1810: Expanding Sydney to celebrate the bicentenary of Macquarie's first year of his governorship. (It is also on display at the Museum of Sydney.)

 

The online exhibition, Land For Sale, combines museum theory, archival theory and online technology to highlight the significance and beauty of these records.

 

Feedback is welcome.

 

Contact: Nicola Forbes, Manager | Corporate Records Information Services

T: 8236 7172 | M: 0428 400 097 | E: nicola.forbes@lpma.nsw.gov.au Land and Property Management Authority | Level 5, 1 Prince Albert Road | Sydney NSW 2000 www.lands.nsw.gov.au | www.six.nsw.gov.au | www.stateparks.nsw.gov.au | www.caravanandcampingnsw.com.au |www.baseline.nsw.gov.au

 

(Source: aus-archivists@archivists.org.au – 14 April 2010)

 

 

7) Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World Newsletter

 

Following the National Archives of Australia proposed regional office closures controversy the following link and data on records management in preparation for future history and genealogist researchers is timely and useful.

 

The April 2010 issue of the Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World Newsletter is now online and free at the following websites:.

 

HOME PAGE

 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/news-events/007001-1000-e.html 

 

APRIL 2010 ISSUE

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/007001/f2/007001-100400-e.pdf  

 

On December 29, 2009 President Obama signed an Executive Order on declassification that makes significant changes in the handling of classified documents. It also breaks important new ground in setting parameters as to how agencies share classified information and introduces the principle that no information may remain classified indefinitely and calls for the review of extended classified documents, 50 years after their creation, with two limited exceptions. The Order also redefines the phrase "need to know" as it pertains to classified documents.

 

Previously, it was the originator of the document who determined the "need to know" status. However, with the new Executive Order, it will be the potential recipient's mission that will be the dominant factor in defining "need to know."  Another feature of the Executive Order is the creation of the new National Declassification Centre, to be located at the National Archives Records Administration (NARA), which will be responsible for streamlining the declassification process.

 

One of the challenges the Centre faces is to work through a backlog at NARA of more than 400 million pages waiting to be declassified by December 2013.

 

Additional articles in this month's issue include:

 

1. Public Records Act audits to begin in mid-2010 New Zealand - General News

2. Culture Minister: Libraries "must modernise" to secure future United Kingdom - General News

3. Former Information Commissioner: Top data protection issues: Data cleansing and keeping records up to date United Kingdom - General News

4. Victoria to implement Government 2.0 procedures throughout public service Australia - General News

5. Research could assist in the preservation of books Global - General News

6. White House reveals email archiving plan  United States - General News

7. Sanctions imposed for deleting information from BlackBerrys United States - Florida - General News

8. Web Harvest 2010 New Zealand - National Library

    Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives

9. Web Continuity Program United Kingdom - National Archives

    Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives

10. Data.gov.uk (Includes Video Interview) The United Kingdom has unveiled its own version of an open source database for its citizens called Data.gov.uk, which is a site that provides official data to the public free.

   Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives

11. Video Presentation: The BFI Film Archive: How Do They Do It?

   United Kingdom - British Film Institute

   Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives

12. Information Management Policy Toolkit / Records Management Toolkit United Kingdom Products and Tools from Around the World

13. The "Metadata for Digital Content" Group United States - Library of Congress

    Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives

14. Cloud Computing FAQs

   United States - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Products and Tools from Around the World

15. Sources: A Database for Irish research Ireland - National Library Products and Tools from Around the World

16. Records Management: User Expectations, Market Trends, and Obstacles Global - Studies and Surveys

17. ARMA International Maturity Model for Information Governance Guidelines

18. How to Optimize Your Records Management Program (Video) United States - Articles, White Papers, Presentations, Reports

19. The Norwegian National Digital Library Articles, White Papers, Presentations, Reports

 

(Source: aus-archivists@archivists.org.au – 23 April 2010)

 

8)  Consider joining the online Australian Historical Societies Support Group

 

The online Australian Historical Societies Support Group, through an arrangement between the Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, is one of the My Connected Community (mc2) groups initiated and funded by the Victorian Government’s Connecting Communities policy. 

 

The Australian Historical Societies Support Group offers participating historical societies, like-minded bodies and their members a variety of free, easy to use Web-based services which they can use to communicate with each other across the nation and the world on any topic that is of interest or concern to their organisations.  

 

The mc2 website provides easy access to online technologies now available for communicating between group members. Features of mc2 include a forum, an events list, space for sharing files, space for sharing photos, a links page and a chat room.

 

Details on how to join the Group are available at the FAHS website at: http://www.history.org.au.  Follow the “Support” and “Support Group” links from the home page.

 

(Source: FAHS Council)