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Digitising collections - UTS Library staff visit the State archives

Submitted by Kirsten on Tue, 11/12/2012 - 08:51

A group of UTS Library staff recently visited State Records New South Wales (NSW) for tour of the Western Sydney Records Centre (WSRC) facilities and repository. The day provided a wonderful opportunity for UTS Library staff to hear more about the State archives approach to preserving their collection – both in digital and paper formats.

Monica Galassi - The “Objets Ambassadeurs”: Reflections around the shared Cultural Patrimony

Submitted by Monica on Fri, 16/12/2011 - 15:03

Italian version: Monica Galassi - Oggetti Ambasciatori: Riflessioni intorno alla “patrimonializzazione condivisa”

Among the conferences organized by the University of Verona, the one of 30th and 31st of March was really interesting and absolutely essential for the ATSIDA outreach in Italy. Shared cultural patrimony, extra-European heritage, claim of identity, repatriation and digital repatriation are only a few of the subjects raised from the discussion. Thanks to the organizers, Anna Paini and Matteo Aria, this conference was a good opportunity to discuss these complex issues with an interdisciplinary researchers.

Monica Galassi - The Anthropology Museum of Padova

Submitted by Monica on Fri, 16/12/2011 - 10:02

Italian version: Monica Galassi - Museo di Antropologia di Padova

The Padova University Museum Center offers important opportunities for gaining knowledge not only for students, but also for local people and visitors that crowd together in the city of the famous St. Antonio. Just a few steps from the Basilic, close to the beautiful Botanic Garden, the curator of the museum welcomed me and gave me the chance to keep in touch with an important and largely unknown collection. The Anthropology Museum of Padova University holds  more than 20000 objects divided in four units (the Osteotological, Palaeethnological, Ethnographic and Oriental Arts collections) that have been preserved thanks to the interests of the researchers that were engaged in the field in the second half of the 19th Century.

ATSIDA presentation at the Native American Roundtable on Archives

Submitted by Kirsten on Thu, 22/09/2011 - 15:22

ATSIDA presentation at the Native American Roundtable on Archives, Society of American Archivists Annual Conference

Kirsten Thorpe, ATSIDA Project Officer, recently attended the Society of American Archivists Conference (SAA) in Chicago. Kirsten was invited by the Native American Archives Roundtable to do a presentation on ATSIDA and to exchange information on the Australian landscape in relation to protocols for archives and libraries. The Roundtable serves as a forum for creating dialogue on mutual respect for the record, and is made up of members of the profession who have an interest in Native American archival issues.

Monica Galassi: Rituals of Life - The spirituality and culture of Aboriginal Australians through the Vatican Museums Collection

Submitted by Monica on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 16:43

Italian version: “Rituals of Life”: la cultura e la spiritualità degli aborigeni australiani attraverso le collezioni Vaticane

Rome is always a surprise. During a hot and sunny day in May, the Vatican Museums strut themself in all their glory. Attempting to avoid the crowd, I go in the Ethnologic section to visit the Aboriginal culture exhibition “Rituals of Life”: The Spirituality and Culture of Aboriginal Australians: the Vatican Museums Collection.

ATSILIRN 2011 Conference

Submitted by Kirsten on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 13:01

The 2011 conference of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network (ATSILIRN) took place in Melbourne at the State Library of Victoria on the 7 and 8 July 2011. The theme of the 2011 Conference was ‘BIG: big ideas, big collections, big picture’ drawing speakers from the Library and archive profession who work with Indigenous collections.

Monica Galassi - The Museum of World Cultures of Genova and the Object’s Voice

Submitted by Monica on Mon, 04/07/2011 - 15:55

Italian version: Il “Museo delle culture del Mondo di Genova” e la voce degli oggetti
Entering the garden, going up to the castle, every noise of Genova keeps quiet. I can hear just the macaia, that see me slow up to the entrance of the museum. Raised on Montegalletto Hill, originally the castle was born to be the house of the Captain Enrico Alberto D’Albertis. He offered the property of the building to Genova only in 1932, after his death. 

Staff Profile - Ryan Stoker

Submitted by rstoker on Fri, 10/06/2011 - 13:39

My name is Ryan Stoker. I work as a seconded Digital Preservation Officer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA) at UTS.

Carved Trees: Aboriginal Cultures of Western NSW

Submitted by Kirsten on Thu, 09/06/2011 - 13:05

Ryan Stoker and I visited the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on 2 June 2011 for a guided tour of the exhibition Carved Trees: Aboriginal cultures of western NSW.

Connecting with International communities

Submitted by emulhollann on Tue, 07/06/2011 - 10:01

Our Digital Preservation Officer, Elizabeth Mulhollann, is currently in Canada to represent ATSIDA at two international conferences.