Australian Society of Archivists

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Members vote, at the society's 2016 Annual General Meeting

The Australian Society of Archivists is a professional organization of archivists in Australia.

The Australian Library Association had an archives section between 1951 and 1973.[1][2]

Significant persons in the starting of the society include Phyllis Mander-Jones, and Robert Sharman who became the editor of the journal Archives and Manuscripts [3][4][5]

The inaugural meeting of the Society was held at the Australian National University in April 1975.[6]

The Society publishes a professional and scholarly journal called Archives and Manuscripts (three issues per year, currently published through Taylor & Francis).[7]

Annual conferences of the society include the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture, honouring ,[8] and the Mander Jones Awards.[9]

Notable members[]

Publications[]

  • Bettington, Jackie, ed; Bettington, Jackie, 1968-, (editor of compilation.); Eberhard, Kim, (editor of compilation.); Loo, Rowena, (editor of compilation.); Smith, Clive, (editor of compilation.); Australian Society of Archivists (2008), Keeping archives (3rd ed.), Australian Society of Archivists Inc, ISBN 978-0-9803352-4-8CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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References[]

  1. ^ "History of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ Macmillan, David S. (David Stirling); Fischer, Gerald Lyn. Archival concepts and commandments; Library Association of Australia. Archives Section (1957), Australian business archives, Archives Section, Library Association of Australia, retrieved 27 September 2018
  3. ^ Sharman, Robert (November 1985), "Thirty years of 'Archives and Manuscripts' -Series of seven parts- Part 3: Periodical fits of morality", Archives and Manuscripts, 13 (2): 118–126, ISSN 0157-6895
  4. ^ Australian Society of Archivists Incorporated, Papers of Robert Sharman, retrieved 27 September 2018
  5. ^ Sharman, Robert Charles; Reid, Stuart, 1953- (Interviewer); State Library of Western Australia; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History (1995), Robert Sharman interviewed by Stuart Reid for the Battye Library collection, retrieved 27 September 2018CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Chronology of the history of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Archives and Manuscripts". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  8. ^ Australian Society of Archivists. General Meeting; Australian Society of Archivists (2006), Agenda and papers for the sixteenth annual general meeting : Port Macquarie, 19 October 2006, The Australian Society of Archivists, retrieved 27 September 2018
  9. ^ "Don Boadle wins Mander Jones Award for AARL Article.(archives)(Brief Article)(Illustration)", Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 31 (4): 210, 1 December 2000, ISSN 0004-8623
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