Tag: national-archives-of-australia

Agencies told to get cracking on interoperability and standards.

Digital skills now an absolute must for all public servants.

Digital information management.

Data worth more than technology.

The NSW government is pushing ahead with the full scale digitisation of the state’s archives and records after the latest state Budget tipped in another $22 million to further regional online access to historical repositories.

The International Council on Archives has elected Australia’s very own top record keeper David Fricker as its President for the next four years, drawing upon his deep experience in making public sector information managers more digitally savvy.

The uncharted landscape of the digital world has led the National Archives of Australia to create a new training course to help information managers deal with the new challenges in the digital economy.

By Paul Hemsley They say rust never sleeps, but the Queensland government has thrown its weight behind an ambitious project to create lasting digital three-dimensional back-ups of heritage-listed structures and…

By Paul Hemsley The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has said it will school government agencies about how to best manage and preserve valuable digital records to eliminate risks involved…

By Paul Hemsley The head of the National Archives of Australia, David Fricker has imposed a disposal freeze on records relating to child sexual abuse in possession by Commonwealth agencies…