• Keeping Archives - edited by Judith Ellis (ISBN 1-875589-15-5) First published in 1987, Keeping Archives is now in its second edition and occupies a unique place within the archival literature being distinguished by a number of 'firsts'. It is the first comprehensive work by multiple authors which focuses upon management decision-making for all archival functions. That is, it provides systematic planning by presenting checklists of decision criteria and considerations for readers to select from in devising policies, programs and facilities appropriate for their individual needs. The practices, policies, procedures and forms presented within Keeping Archives are hybrids representing a consensus of the best features of many examples, rather than promoting the ideas of any one practitioner or institution. Keeping Archives is also unique in the clarity of its explanations of complex matters such as policy development, personnel management, disposal scheduling, repository planning, relationships among finding aids and documentation programs.
Copies of Keeping Archives may be ordered
from the currrent publisher D.W. Thorpe
Contact Details:
D W Thorpe customer service
+61-3-9245-7389 or
email customer.service@thorpe.com.au
http://www.thorpe.com.au
or by contacting the Australian Society of Archivists at http://www.archivists.org.au
• Documenting the Future: Policy and Strategies
for Electronic Recordkeeping Regimes in the NSW Public Sector by
David Roberts, Sydney: Archives Authority of NSW, July, 1995.
Available on the State Records Authority of NSW website at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publicsector/erk/dtf/tofcont.htm
• State Records Authority of NSW And National Archives of Australia. DIRKS Manual: Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems provides government agencies with practical guidance on managing business information and records. It complies with the eight-step methodology recommended in the Australian Standard for Records Management, AS ISO 15489 2002. The DIRKS Manual is primarily for use by Commonwealth government agency information and records management project teams and consultants.Available at http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/dirks/dirksman/dirks.html
• Government Recordkeeping Manual - Available via the NSW State Records Authority website at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publicsector/rk/manual.htm. In particular examine the documents held under the headings below to discern what the State Records Authority has set out for itself and what progress it has made in achieving the desired outcomes. Also note any emerging issues or particular challenges that the State Records Authority has flagged as significant.
- Compliance with Part 2 of the State Records Act
- Design and implementation of recordkeeping systems[DIRKS]
- Electronic recordkeeping
- Government Recordkeeping Manual
- Promoting a recordkeeping culture
- Recordkeeping Metadata
- Records Management Survey Reports
You may find it useful to read Catherine Robinson's excellent paper Changes within the Archives Authority of New South Wales presented at the Australian Society of Archivists 1999 Conference. Available at http://www.archivists.org.au/events/conf99/robinson.html
• Selected Essays in Electronic Recordkeeping
in Australia. Ellis, Judith A., editor, Canberra: Australian Society
of Archivists, 2001. An introductory text bringing together the most up
to date information and advice on the challenges of electronic recordkeeping.
Twelve Australian authors have contributed their knowledge and practical
experience to this book.
Available by contacting the Australian Society of Archivists at http://www.archivists.org.au
• The Records Continuum: Ian Maclean and Australian
Archives First Fifty Years. McKemmish, Sue and Michael Piggott,
editors, Clayton, Vic: Ancora Press, 1994.
Availability inquiries to Prof. Sue McKemmish sue.mckemmish@sims.monash.edu.au