Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

During the final week of DAM2012, Richard Lehane talked about State Records’ Open Data Project and the development of a web API to State Records’ catalogue, Archives Investigator. The API won a Mander Jones Award for the best finding aid to an archival collection held by an Australian institution or about Australia. The fourth and […]

State Records staff were asked these key digital recordkeeping questions in November: Is a scanned signature legally admissible? Are scanned records legally admissible? What are the 5 most compelling arguments I can use to explain why storing records in file shares on the IT network is not a good idea? What type of information fields […]

After two wonderful weeks of digital awareness raising, we began the third week of DAM2012 with an update on State Records’ Digital Archive. Cassie Findlay, the Project Manager for the digital archives project, talked about the progress that the team has made so far as well as some of the pilot migration projects currently underway. […]

Week 2 of DAM2012 started with a challenging and inspiring presentation by Kate Cumming on the issues that are threatening our ability to maintain an archival record of contemporary society. In this presentation, first delivered at the ICA Congress in Brisbane, Kate described some of the threats to archives in current recordkeeping environments. After making […]

Last year we blogged about our Digital Awareness Month initiative. Digital Awareness Month (aka DAM) is an internal professional development program aimed at raising State Records employees’ awareness, knowledge and skills in the area of digital recordkeeping. Each year during DAM we promote various issues and exciting new developments in this area through a series […]

From the nature of our enquiries this month, it seems that the NSW Government’s ICT Strategy is really encouraging people to consider their information management requirements. In particular, it seems to be getting people to consider the management of their social media systems and the information that is produced within them. It is excellent that people […]

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameslaing/3766091432/ As a profession we urgently need to start mythbusting. I think we need to start countering the negative myths and stereotypes that are surrounding our role because persistent myths and stereotypes about records management are starting to threaten business information. These stereotypes are also threatening records and information management as a profession. In […]

Here is a quick overview of the key digital recordkeeping issues that State Records staff have dealt with in September. If you have any comments on the advice we have provided,  please do get in contact and tell us! We love to get your feedback.

Each month we report on the digital recordkeeping enquiries we receive in the Government Recordkeeping area at State Records. We want to share information about what recordkeeping issues are being discussed in the NSW public sector, publish the advice we are giving to government agencies about digital recordkeeping issues, help others who may be facing similar […]

We are delighted to report that the work of State Records NSW was recently recognised in a number of professional awards.