Author Archives: Cassie Findlay
Reinventing Archival Methods
A two day workshop, Sydney, 29 – 30 November 2012 Reinventing Archival Methods is a co-presentation by the Australian Society of Archivists and the Recordkeeping Roundtable Sorry, this event is now full. The digital deluge is upon us: On 13 … Continue reading
Stilgherrian on information release; orderly and disorderly
Transcript of talk by Stilgherrian from the Freedom of information? panel discussion held in Sydney on February 29 2012. Thanks Cass, thanks everyone. Yes, it’s somehow appropriate we start this, I think, with the disorderly side of accessing information because what I’d like … Continue reading
Tim Robinson on privacy, FOI and recordkeeping
Transcript of talk by Tim Robinson from the Freedom of information? panel discussion held in Sydney on February 29 2012. I’ve suddenly thought of… some years ago, just after the State Records Act was introduced I was at a retreat, at a couple … Continue reading
The Hunting of the Snark (Looking for Digital “Series”)
On Friday 25 October 2011, 40 archivists from across Australia and New Zealand attended our workshop, Drawing insight and inspiration from tradition: Digital recordkeeping and the Australian series system. Our starting point for the workshop was Peter Scott’s series system and … Continue reading
Philip Dorling on leaks, whistleblowing, archives, access to information and the behaviour of governments
Transcript of talk by Dr Philip Dorling from the Freedom of information? panel discussion held in Sydney on February 29 2012. Just as I was walking across the very wet car park this evening I was reminded of just how fragile information can be, … Continue reading
Are mechanisms for information access that we have now supporting a just and functional society? If not, what else?
Transcript of opening remarks by Cassie Findlay from the Freedom of information? panel discussion held in Sydney on February 29 2012. A year on from The Recordkeeping Roundtable’s first event; ‘After Wikileaks, is is all over for The Archives?’, we return … Continue reading
Freedom of information? discussion panel: podcasts
On a very wet Wednesday evening in February, we heard from three fascinating speakers in our Freedom of information? panel discussion on orderly and disorderly methods of information access and release, government secrecy and what needs to change. Our speakers … Continue reading
Freedom of information? A panel discussion on orderly and disorderly methods of information access and release, government secrecy and what needs to change
A panel discussion with Dr Philip Dorling, Tim Robinson and Stilgherrian. ATP Innovations, Australian Technology Park, Redfern, Sydney. Please note the date of this event has changed, it is now being held on Wednesday February 29, 5.30 for 6pm – … Continue reading
The cardigan continuum
Some enterprising UK based colleagues have set up an archives / records reading group with this teaser: Do you find it difficult to find someone to talk to about the implications of social media for the concept of authority? Do … Continue reading
Recordkeeping Roundtable 