Australian Society of Archivists
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 first biennial conference was held in 1977.[7]
Journal edit
The Society publishes a professional and scholarly journal called Archives and Manuscripts (three issues per year, currently published through Taylor & Francis).[8][9] Editors included:
- Mander-Jones, Phyllis
- Horton, Alan Roy
- Gibbney, H J (Herbert James)
- Sharman, R. C. (Robert Charles)
The original title was: -
- Archives and manuscripts : the journal / of the Archives Section of the Library Association of Australia.
- Sydney : the Association, 1962-1976.
- With vol. 6, no. 6 (February 1976) it became the journal of the Australian Society of Archivists.[10]
Conferences edit
Annual conferences of the society include the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture, honouring Loris Williams,[11] and the Mander Jones Awards.[12]
Notable members edit
- Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM - former Director-General of the National Library of Australia
Publications edit
- Bettington, Jackie; Eberhard, Kim; Loo, Rowena; Smith, Clive (2008), Keeping archives (3rd ed.), Australian Society of Archivists Inc, ISBN 978-0-9803352-4-8
External links edit
- Official website
- Archives and Manuscripts journal homepage
References edit
- ^ "History of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Australian Society of Archivists Incorporated, Papers of Robert Sharman, retrieved 27 September 2018
- ^ Sharman, Robert Charles; Reid, Stuart; 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 2018
- ^ "Chronology of the history of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Archivists meet In Canberra". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 777. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 May 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Archives and Manuscripts". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ Frequency varies - Two numbers a year, 1955-1971, then 4 numbers a year, 1972-1975
- ^ from NLA catalogue entry Library Association of Australia. Archives Section; Australian Society of Archivists (1962), Archives and manuscripts : the journal, the Association, retrieved 7 October 2021
- ^ 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
- ^ "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