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J. Michael Brittain (Editor), Introduction to Information Management, Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt Universily-Riverina, Wagga Wagga, 1997. 325pp. ISBN 0 949060 36 4. Available from Centre for Information Studies, Locked bag 660, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678.

Frank G Burke, Research and the Manuscript Tradition, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. and The Society of American Archivists, Chicago, 1997. 309 pp. ISBN 0 810833 48 4.

Shelley L. Davis, Unbridled Power: Inside the Secret Culture of the IRS, Harper Business, New York, 1997. 284pp. ISBN 0 88730 829 5. Hardcover. Available through www.amazon.com.

Anthony Eccleston (Editor), Contracting Out of Recordkeeping Services in Government, Proceedings of a seminar conducted by the ACT Branch of the Records Management Association of Australia, March 1998, RMAA ACT Branch, Canberra, 1998. vii + 91pp. ISBN 085918 027 1. Available from GPO Box 2591, Canberra, ACT, 2601.

Livia Iacovino, Things in Action: Teaching Law to Recordkeeping Professionals, Ancora Press, Melbourne, 1998. ix+276pp. ISBN 0 86862 028 9. Available from School of Information Management and Systems, Monash University, Caulfield, Vic. 3145.

Jay Kennedy and Cherryl Schauder, Records Management: A Guide to Corporate Recordkeeping, 2nd edition, Longmans, South Melbourne, 1998. 313pp. ISBN 0582 81007 8.

Eric Ketelaar, The Archival Image: Collected Essays, edited by Yvonne Bos-Rops, Hilversum Verloren, 1997, 125 pp. ISBN 90 6550 565 2.

Ted Ling, Solid, Safe, Secure: Building Archives Repositories in Australia, National Archives of Australia, Canberra, 1998. 144pp. ISBN 0 642 34403 5. Available from Publication Sales, National Archives of Australia, PO Box 7425, Canberra Mail Centre, ACT, 2610.

James O’Toole (Editor), The Records of American Business, The Society of American Archivists, Chicago, 1997. 411pp. ISBN 0 931828 45 7. Available from the Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 6065, USA.

Lesley Richmond and Alison Turton (Compilers), Directory of Corporate Archives, 4th edition, Business Archives Council, London, 1997. 114pp. ISBN 0 950864 53 6. Available from the Business Archives Council, Clove Building, 4 Maguire Street, London, SE1 2NQ, UK.

William Twining and Emma Varndon Quick (Editors), Legal Records in the Commonwealth, Dartmouth Publishing Company, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1994. xi + 332 pp. ISBN 1-85521-448-2.

Australian Law Reform Commission, Australia’s Federal Record: A Review of the Archives Act 1983, AGPS, Canberra, 1998. 430pp. ISBN 0 642 30536 6.

Electronic Commerce: Building the Legal Framework, Report of the Electronic Commerce Expert Group to the Attorney-General, 31 March 1998. Available at: http: / /www.law.gov.au/aghome/advisory/ eccg single.htm1 

Gatekeeper: A Strategy for Public Key Technology Use in the Government, Office of Government Information Technology, Canberra, 1998. 144pp. ISBN 0 642 32032 2 Also available on the Web at http:// www.ogit.gov.au/

European Commission Insar Supplement III, Guidelines on Best Practices for Using Electronic Information: I low to Deal With Machine-readable Data and Electronic Documents, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1997. 60pp. ISBN 92 828 2285 0. OOPEC catalogue number CM AC 97 S02 EN C. Sales in Australia through Hunter Publications, PO Box 404, Abbotsford, Victoria 3167, telephone 03 9417 5361, fax 03 9419 7154. Also available on the Web at http://www2.ccho.lu/dlm/en/gdlines.html

Public Record Office Victoria, General Disposal Schedule for Common Administrative Records, Melbourne, 1996.

Queensland State Archives, General Disposal and Retention Schedule for Administrative Records, Brisbane, 1997.

Department of Information Management, RMIT Business, ARIJT on Computing and Communications Vol. 2, No. 2, 1940 - July 1997 (CDROM), July 1997. Platform: WinSPIRS (Windows SilverPlatter Information Retrieval Software).

Into the Future: On Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age, a film by Terry Sanders, Commission on Preservation and Access and American Film Foundation, 1997. Available in 60 minute and 30 minute VHS versions from the American Film Foundation for $US 59.50 and $US 39.50 respectively (plus shipping and handling). Contact details are: American Film Foundation, PO Box 2000, Santa Monica, CA 90406.

Place, Interface and Cyberspace. 1998 Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists, Fremantle, 6 - 8 August 1998.

Working With Knowledge. International Archives Conference, Canberra, 6-7 May 1998. Organised by the Australian Science Archives Project.

Preserving Yesterday, Managing Today, Challenging Tomorrow, 14th National Convention of the Records Management Association of Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 14-17 September 1997.

Nan Bowman Albinski, Australian Literary Manuscripts in North American Libraries: A Guide, Australian Scholarly Editions Centre & National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1997. xv + 262pp. ISBN 0642106908.

Margaret Chambers (compiler), Finding Families - The Guide to the National Archives of Australia for Genealogists, National Archives of Australia in association with Hale 8c Iremonger, Canberra, 1998. 300 pp. ISBN 0 86806 648 6. Available from Hale 8c Iremonger, PO Box 205, Alexandria, NSW, 2015.

S.G. Foster, Susan Marsden and Roslyn Russell (compilers), Federation: the Guide to Records, Australian Archives, Canberra, 1998. 377pp. ISBN 0 642 28301 X.

Ekarcstini O’Brien, (Compiler), Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook Part 8: Miscellaneous Series 3rd ed., National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1988. xix + 252 pp. ISBN 0 642 10696 7.

National Archives of Australia Guides to Commonwealth Records: Guide No. 1 Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians in NSW, written and compiled by julie Stacker and Peri Stewart, revised 1997, 80pp. Guide No. 2 Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: A Guide to the Records of the Royal Commission, 1987-1991, written and compiled by Peter Nagle and Richard Summerrell, revised 1997, 92pp. Guide No. 3 The Sinking of IIMAS Sydney: A Guide to Commonwealth Government Records, written and compiled by Richard Summerrell, new edition 1997, 190pp. Guide No. 4 Papua New Guinea Records 1883-1942: Microfilm Collections, compiled by Peter Nagle, 1998, 136pp. Guide No. 6 Parliament House Canberra, 1927: Records Relating to the Design, Construction and Opening of the Provisional Parliament House, written and compiled by Gay Hogan, 1997, 74pp. Guide No. 8 Record Collections in the Victorian Office: A Concise Guide, compiled by Celia Blake, 1998, 76pp.

Gerald K. Haines and David A. Langbart, Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to its Records and Classification System, Scholarly Resources, Wilmington, DE, USA, 1993. xviii+348 pp., including index. ISBN 0 8420 2338 0. $US60.00. Available from Scholarly Resources, 104 Grcenhill Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19805-1897, USA. Telephone 1 800 772 8937.

Catherine Thomas, Alphabetical Listing of the University of New England Archives, 1993. Revised and updated by Dr E.M. Bridle, 1995.

Concise Guide to State Archives from the Riverina and Murray Regions, Charles Sturt University Regional Archives, 1997. 110pp.

Steve Howell (Compiler), Dead Reckoning: IIow to Find Your Way Through the GenealogicalJungle of Western Australia, The Library and Information Service of WA, 1997. 126pp.

Guide to the Sources of Asian History: India, Volume 3.3, States/Union Territories, National Archives of India, New Delhi, 1995. 183pp.

A Guide to the Contents of the Kenya National Archives and Document Service: Part 1, Republic of Kenya, March 1995. 217pp.