Reviews

Edited by Adrian Cunningham

Abstract

Christopher Hitching for the National Council on Archives, Archives - the Very Essence of Our Heritage, Phillimore, Chichester, 1996. 80 pp. ISBN 1 8607 7018 5 (available from Phillimore and Co. Ltd, Shopwyke Manor Barn, Chichester, West Sussex, England PO20 6BG; price: 17 Pounds Sterling including postage).

Alan Howell, Heather Mansell and Marion Roubos-Bennett (Compilers), Redefining Disasters: A Decade of Counter-disaster Planning, Proceedings Wednesday 20-Friday 22 September 1995, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 1996. 260pp. ISBN 0731066022. (available from Conservation Access, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie St, Sydney 2000).

Open Government: A Review of the Federal Freedom of Information Act 1982, ALRC & ARC (Australian Law Reform Commission Report No 77; Administrative Review Council Report No 40) Sydney, 1995. 270 pp. ISBN 0 642 24477 4. Text of the report also available at: http://uniserve.edu.au/alrc/report77/ ALRC77.html

Public Accounts and Estimates Committee [Victoria], Inquiry into the Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Government Printer, Melbourne, 1996. ISBN 0730692175.

Archives Authority of New South Wales, General Records Disposal Schedule for Administrative Records, 1996.

Anne R. Kenney and Stephen Chapman, Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, 1996. 198 pp. (looseleaf); ISBN 0 916 58202 3. (available from Dept, of Preservation, 214 Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-5301).

School Records: Their Management and Retention, Society of Archivists Records Management Group, London, 1995. ISBN 0 902886 52 5. (available from Society of Archivists, Information House, 20-24 Old Street, London, EC1V 9AP, UK.)

Nancy McCall and Lisa A. Mix (Eds), Designing Archival Programs to Advance Knowledge in the Health Fields, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1995. xxiv+232pp. ISBN 0 8018 4761 3. (available from Thejohns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218-4319, USA).

The XIII International Congress on Archives, Beijing, 2-7 September 1996: Organising a Conference Chinese Style

National Metadata Seminar, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 6 March 1997

Evidence and Accountability in the Electronic Communications Environment, Seminar organised by the Australasian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators, New South Wales Branch, Sydney, 14 February 1997.

Labour and Business Archives as Cultural Heritage and Collective Memory, Forum held by the Library Society of the State Library of New South Wales and the Industrial Relations Research Centre of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 19th October 1996.

Seventh Australian Library History Forum, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 12 October 1996.

Recordkeeping Educators’ Forum, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 12 December 1996.

John Murphy, Curator, Possessed: An Exhibition of Treasures, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 March to 29 June 1997.

Ageing with Attitude: The Private Lives of Museum Objects, a temporary exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW, October 1996-March 1997.