Apologies for cross-posting. This message was sent through on the Archives and records management google list<br><br><ul><span>Cassie Findlay <<a href="mailto:findlay.cassie@gmail.com" target="_blank">findlay.cassie@gmail.com</a>></span> Sep 19 04:27PM +1000
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Colleagues<br>
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We would like to invite you to a major professional workshop, co-presented<br>
by the Australian Society of Archivists and the Recordkeeping<br>
Roundtable, *Reinventing<br>
Archival Methods*.<br>
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The digital deluge is upon us: On 13 July 2012, the *Sydney Morning<br>
Herald*reported that globally, the amount of data created, collected,<br>
and shared<br>
in 2009 was 800,000 petabytes. By 2020 this figure will be 35 zettabytes<br>
(one zettabyte is equivalent to 260,000,000,000 DVDs). The world is getting<br>
more complex. With rapidly evolving business systems, cloud environments,<br>
expanding application and software development and information profusion,<br>
we are in an environment where a stable archival heritage will be difficult<br>
to create, let alone sustain. The evidence suggests that our professional<br>
methods are not coping with the scale and complexity of contemporary<br>
recordkeeping challenges, and they are failing us at a time of critical<br>
risk. We need to do something about it and we need to do it now.<br>
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This is not the first call to reinvent our professional practices. In 1986<br>
David Bearman first argued that our core methods of appraisal, description,<br>
preservation and access were fundamentally unable to cope with the volumes<br>
of information that archivists were required to process. He called on the<br>
profession to completely reinvent its core methods. While much has been<br>
done in the intervening 25 years, as a profession our methods are still<br>
ill-equipped to deal with the volume, fragility and complexity of<br>
contemporary archival records.<br>
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In November in Sydney, leading thinkers and practitioners Professor Sue<br>
McKemmish, Barbara Reed, Chris Hurley, Dr Tim Sherratt, David Roberts,<br>
Cassie Findlay and Dr Kate Cumming, along with journalist and ABC Radio<br>
presenter on RN's 'Future Tense', Antony Funnell, will lead a discussion on<br>
the current state of our professional practice and the external forces<br>
shaping the future that we need to understand, while Dr Richard Lehane, Dr<br>
Joanne Evans and others will present case studies on current initiatives<br>
designed to reinvent our professional practice and methods. Other<br>
presenters to be announced.<br>
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In this two day workshop, we will explore how we can fundamentally reassess<br>
our methods and determine what can be done to create a stable archival<br>
record of the 21st century.<br>
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Workshop details<br>
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*When:* 9:30 - 4:00pm, 29 and 30 November 2012<br>
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*Where: *Australian Technology Park, Redfern<br>
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*Cost: *$300 ASA/RIMPA/ALIA members, $375 non-members (lunches, morning and<br>
afternoon teas will be provided)<br>
Registration<br>
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You can register for Reinventing Archival Methods* *online at<br><a href="https://www.archivists.org.au/events/f/Event/16/" target="_blank">https://www.archivists.org.au/events/f/Event/16/</a> Registrations will be<br>
limited to 50 participants so please do not delay!<br>
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If you have any enquiries about the event, please email<br><a href="mailto:events@archivists.org.au" target="_blank">events@archivists.org.au</a><br>
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Full program details for the event and finalised speakers will be available<br>
via <a href="http://recordkeepingroundtable.org" target="_blank">recordkeepingroundtable.org</a> and <a href="http://www.archivists.org.au" target="_blank">www.archivists.org.au</a><br>
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Follow the workshop or contribute to its discussions on Twitter via<br>
#archmethods<br>
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We encourage all participants to read David Bearman’s landmark essay, *Archival<br>
Methods*, accessible via<br><a href="http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/archival_methods/" target="_blank">http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/archival_methods/</a><br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Cassie Findlay<br>
Australian Society of Archivists<br>
Recordkeeping Roundtable<br><p> </p></ul>
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