People telling stories

  • Sonya Sherman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2014.911690

Abstract

There are stories that take seven days to tell... there are other stories that take you all your life... The truth about stories is that that’s all we are. (Thomas King)1

In the late-1980s and early-1990s, some amazing things happened in archives and records theory. Confronted by the rise of electronic records and a challenge to re-imagine accepted models, some clever people did just that.

Author Biography

Sonya Sherman

Sonya Sherman is the Principal Policy Officer (Information) in the NSW Department of Finance and Services. She is responsible for whole-of-government information management policies and standards; promoting and facilitating use of and access to government data and working in close partnership with NSW State Records Authority. Sonya has previously carried out reference and recordkeeping roles at the National Archives of Australia, the UK National Archives and the Cayman Islands National Archive – specialising in electronic records management, software evaluation and digitisation – and providing consulting services to public and private sector organisations across the Caribbean. Prior to this she worked in public libraries and records management administration roles.

Published
2014-07-30
How to Cite
Sherman S. (2014) “People telling stories”, Archives & Manuscripts, 42(2), pp. 204-208. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2014.911690.
Issue
Vol 42 No 2 (2014): Special Issue: Reinventing Archival Methods
Section
Reflection articles

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