Reviews

Edited by Adrian Cunningham

Abstract

Laura B Cohen (Editor), Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts, The Haworth Press, New York, 1997. 215pp. ISBN 0 7890 0042 3 (alk paper). ISBN 0 7890 0048 2 (pbk). Also published as The Reference Librarian, No.56, 1997. 202pp. Individual articles available from Haworth Document Delivery Service.

Richard J Cox, Documenting Localities: A Practical Model for American Archivists and Manuscript Curators, The Society of American Archivists and The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., & London, 1996. 182 pp. ISBN 0 8108 3043 4.

Jacques Derrida, Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression, translated by Eric Prcnowitz, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. 122 pp. ISBN 0 226 14336 8. (available from The University of Chicago Press, International Sales Manager, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA).

Alf Erlandsson for the ICA Committee on Electronic Records, Electronic Records Management: A Literature Review, International Council on Archives Studies No. 10, Paris, April 1997. 118 pp. ISBN 0 9682361 2 X(Also available at: http://www.archives.ca/ica/p-er/ english.html)

European Commission on Preservation and Access, Choosing to Preserve: Towards a Cooperative Strategy for Long-term Access to the Intellectual Heritage, European Commission on Preservation and Access, Amsterdam, 1997. (available from Alex Mathews, Commission on Preservation and Access, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20036-2188, USA).

Janus: Revue Archivistique/Archival Review, Special Issue, 1996, Proceedings of the International Council on Archives Inter-Regional Conference on Archival Development, Tunis, 16-20 May 1995.

Ann-Mari Jordens, Alien to Citizen: Settling Migrants in Australia, 1945- 75, Allen & Unwin published in association with the Australian Archives, St Leonards, NSW, 1997. 306pp. ISBN 1 86448 422 5.

Rosalind Kidd, The Way We Civilise: Aboriginal Affairs - The Untold Story, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1997. vii+389pp. ISBN 0 7022 2961 X.

Trevor Livelton, Archival Theory, Records, and the Public, The Society of American Archivists and The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md 8c London, 1996. 192 pp. ISBN 0 8108 3051 5.

New Zealand Archives Futures, Essays in Honour of Michael Iloare, Archifacts, Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ), Wellington, October 1996. ISSN 0303 7940. ISBN 0 473 04288 6. (Available from the ARANZ, PO Box 11-553 Manners Street, Wellington, New Zealand, for NZD 22.50 plus, for orders from Australia, NZD 6.00 for postage.)

Perspectives on Archival Education in Canada, Archivaria, Vol. 42, Fall 1996, Association of Canadian Archivists, Ottawa. ISSN 0318 6954

Voices: The Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Australia, Autumn 1997. (available from Sales and Distribution, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 2600).

Indigenous Australians: Records of National Cultural Significance. A Report of the Archives Working Group of the Cultural Ministers Council, compiled by the Stuartfield House Consulting Group, Canberra, 1997. ISBN 0 642 25984 4

Statistics Subcommittee of the Australian Council of Archives (compiler), Australian Archival Statistics 1991-95, Australian Council of Archives, 1996. 128pp. (available from ACA, The Executive Officer, Suite 4, 12 Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill, Victoria 3128).

Environmetrics Pty Ltd., Report: Market Research into the Use and, Non use of Archives in Australia by Key User Groups, The Archives Working Group of the Cultural Ministers Council, August 1996. c. 100pp.

Archives Authority of New South Wales, Steering into the Future: Electronic Recordkeeping in New South Wales, Sydney, 1997. 12pp. ISBN 0 731309 111

Australian Archives, Managing Electronic Messages as Records, Canberra, 1997. ISBN 0 642271 100

Australian Historic Records Register Thesaurus, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1996. 167 pp. ISBN 0 6421 0672 X.

Judith Doig, Disaster Recovery for Archives, Libraries and Records Management Systems in Australia and New Zealand, Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 1997. 157pp. ISBN 0 9490 6035 6.

International Records Management Trust, The Return to Democracy: Accountability and Documentary Evidence in The Gambia [Video], UNOPS, July 1997. 28 minutes. (IRMT 28 Russell Square London WC1B5DS.)

Public Record Office of Victoria, Victoria: Buildings and Builders [Interactive CD Rom], Melbourne, February 1997.

Archives and Reform: Preparing for Tomorrow, 1997 National Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists, Adelaide, 24-26 July 1997.

Business Analysis and Recordkeeping: Building Partnerships, seminars organised by the Monash University Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records, Melbourne, April and May 1997.

Electronic Document Management - The New Frontier, speakers’ papers, Melbourne, 10-11 July 1997.

Have Your Records Been Doctored? New Imperatives for Health and Medicine Recordkeeping, conference organised by Australian Science Archives Project and Centre of the Study of Health and Society, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 17 July, 1997.

Old Institutions - New Images, hosted by the John Curtin International Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Fremantle, 29 July-1 August 1997.

Working Meeting on Electronic Records Research, sponsored by the Center for Recordkeeping and Archival Research, University of Pittsburgh and organised by Archives and Museum Informatics, Pittsburgh, 29-31 May 1997.

The Sparrow Starvers: Block Boys 1890-1930, an exhibition of documents from the City of Sydney Archives, Sydney Town Hall, 21 April - 27 June 1997.