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5 September 2006 NZETC publishes initial research into founding documents of the Pacific Island nations Commissioned by UNESCO Apia office, the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre is developing the UNESCO Pacific Islands Memory of the World Register (see 15 June news item). The Centre has issued an initial list of documents and is calling for suggestions on other documents to include and their priority. To see the list go to the draft list. |
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17 July 2006 Intriguing map of Memory of the World published in Wikipedia An informative and intriguing map showing documentary heritage inscribed on the International Memory of the World Register by country has been published in Wikipedia. To see the original go to Memory of the World Programme. (2006, July 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:40, July 17. |
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1 July 2006 amwlist launched The Australian Memory of the World program has launched an email discussion list amwlist. The list is the forum for the discussion of all aspects of the Memory of the World program, primarily in Australia but also in the Asia-Pacific region and at the world level. To subscribe to amwlist go to http://www.amw.org.au/amwlist/amwlist.htm. |
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15 June 2006 Inaugural meeting of the IFAP Pacific Regional Committee The inaugural meeting of the UNESCO Information For All Program (IFAP) Pacific Regional Committee was held on 2 May 2006 in Wellington, New Zealand. The meeting discussed and agreed to adopt three strategic priorities identified by the IFAP; Information Preservation, Information Literacy and Information Ethics. These priorities would help to guide the development of a workplan for the Committee. The meeting focused on "Information Preservation in the Pacific" and endorsed a proposal to establish a Pacific Memory of the World register. A project to register the "founding documents" (e.g. treaties, instruments of Independence, etc.) of Pacific Island nations was discussed and also agreed to. Another candidate for registration is the Pacific missionary archives. PARBICA and the National Library of New Zealand agreed to assist in carrying out the project. More ... |
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1 June 2006 Report on Significance 2006 now available In April and May 2006, the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World program held two workshops on significance and Memory of the World. Ros Russell's report on the two workshops is now available. To read it go to http://www.amw.org.au/significance06/workshopReport2006.htm |
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1 May 2006 Adelaide workshop a success Feedback has been very positive about the Adelaide significance workshop held last month. Led by Ros Russell 30 participants identified compelling arguments to advance a hyothetical collection as significant. Then they put forward the significance of their own collections. The program expresses its gratitude to the State Library of South Australia and the National Commission for UNESCO for their support. For more information go to http://www.amw.org.au/significance06/significance06.htm |
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27 March 2006 Memory of the World announces 2006 Significance workshops Following up on the three workshops held in 2005, the Australian Memory of the World program announces two further workshops for 2006; Wednesday 12 April at the State Library of South Australia in Adelaide and Tuesday 9 May at the State Library of Western Australia in Perth. To register go to ,http://www.amw.org.au/significance06/significance06.htm |
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20 February 2006 Murder, Mayhem, Memory In a ceremony at State Records NSW former Senator Chris Puplick AM announced the latest inscriptions on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. Inscribed were 'Convict Records' (State Records NSW), 'Convict records' (Archives Office of Tasmania), 'Ned Kelly papers' (Public Record Office Victoria), and 'Yirrkala drawings' (Berndt Museum, University of WA). http://www.amw.org.au/presentationCeremonies/presCeremonyFeb06.htm |
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01 January 2006 Port Phillip Association records added to Australian register in 2005 The Port Phillip Association records are important records of contact between European settlers and the local Kulin people and, in particular, the 'treaty' signed between John Batman and the Kulin remains relevant to on-going debates on land rights and reconciliation in Australia. http://www.amw.org.au/register/amw_reg06.htm |
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21 November 2005 Asia Pacific Memory of the World Committee formed Meeting in Manila from 6-9 November 2005, representatives of 15 Asia-Pacific countries agreed to form an Asia-Pacific Regional Memory of the World Committee. In due course it will also create a regional register. The Bureau is shown (left). More ... |
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31 October 2005 Call for nominations for the Australian Memory of the World 2006 Register extended to 4 November The deadline for submitting nominations for items to be inscribed on the Australian Memory of the World Register for 2006 has been extended by one week to Friday 4 November 2005. More ... |
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1 September 2005 Call for nominations for the Australian Memory of the World 2006 Register Nominations are now being accepted for items to be inscribed on the Australian Memory of the World Register for 2006. Nominations close on Friday 28 October 2005. More ... |
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19 August 2005 UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme discussed in Oslo The Memory of the World Programme was the theme of the UNESCO Open Forum at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Conference organized from 14 to 18 August in Norway's capital Oslo. And Australia was well represented. More ... |
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1 July 2005 Ros Russell appointed Rapporteur of the Memory of the World International Advisory Committee (IAC) Meeting in the Chinese city of Lijiang (one of the giant welcome banners is shown left ...) Ros Russell from the Australian Memory of the World Committee has been appointed Rapporteur of the IAC Bureau. More ... |
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21 April 2005 Final Workshop Report published After three successful consultation workshops on Significance, Ros Russell and Linda Young have published their final report.More ... |
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2 March 2005 Draft Significance Manual available Making the draft Significance Manual available on the Australian Memory of the World website brings this Workshop alive and to the whole of Australia. Start reading the Manual here... |
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1 March 2005 Significance Workshop Newsletters available Newsletters written to update and inform participants at this month's Memory of the World Significance Workshops are now available on this website. Read the Newsletters here... |
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31 January 2005 Australian Memory of the World website to be archived in Pandora The National Library of Australian has selected the Program's website to be archived in Pandora, Australia's Web Archive. Find out about the Pandora project... |
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29 January 2005 Bookings open for Memory of the World Significance workshops Bookings are now being taken for the Melbourne (4 March), Canberra (8 March) and Sydney (18 March) workshops. Information and booking... |
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23 January 2005 Memory of the World announces Melbourne Significance workshops With support from the Australian Commission for UNESCO and Public Records Office Victoria the Melbourne workshop will be at PROV on Friday 4 March. Information and booking ... |
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1 January 2005 Memory of the World announces nomination workshops Ahead of the next call for items to be inscribed on the Australian Register, the Australian Memory of the World Program announces three workshops on significance, nominating items and the Australian Program. The first workshop will be held on Monday 7 March at AIATSIS. Information and booking ... |
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23 December 2004 More news from the Lost and Missing Australian Documentary Heritage project Harvey, Lloyd and Lodge report on their activities since August and set out their program of work for the first quarter of 2005. Full report ... |
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18 December 2004 Memory of the World Asia Pacific Regional Register founded Asia celebrates its first national Memory of the World Registers at ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. Full story ... |
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21 September 2004 Harvey and Howell publish paper at ALIA Conference Ross Harvey and Alan Howell, two members of the Australian Memory of the World Committee, write about the Program in a paper presented at the 2004 ALIA Conference. Link to the full paper ... |
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10 August 2004 New items added to the Australian Register Nine new items were inscribed today on the Australian Register announced at a ceremony at the State Library of Victoria. Link to updated Register ... |
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6 April 2004 Lost and Missing Register starts to take shape Read the latest report on the project to uncover Australia's lost and missing documentary heritage. Full report ... |
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