Famous People: Famous Collections
Issues of significance in the establishment and access to person specific collections in libraries, archives, galleries and museums
Program
Sunday 14 September 2003
Welcome Reception to be held in the University Library, Catherine Helen
Spence Building, City West Campus, University of South Australia.
The welcome reception is sponsored by Fuji Xerox Australia and will provide
the opportunity for conference delegates to view the Bob Hawke Prime
Ministerial Library, the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library digital collection and meet
conference key note speaker Phil Reed.
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library's digital collection 'Bringing Australia Together' has been developed as a collaborative project between the Library and Fuji Xerox, utilising Docushare, Fuji Xerox's knowledge sharing software.
Monday 15 September 2003
- Welcome and Opening Address Hon RJL Hawke, Former Prime Minister of Australia
- Keynote Speaker, Phil Reed, Director Cabinet War Rooms, London
Winston Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms Yesterday and Today- Phil Reed will provide an overview of the Cabinet War Rooms in London, its significance as a place of working history from yesterday through to its role today as an archive, museum and cultural centre. The role and link with the Churchill Archives and the Churchill papers controversy will be addressed as will other related issues in hosting a public place to a very famous person.
- Graeme Powell, National Library of Australia
Were they worth the effort?- Collecting personal papers even when they are gifts still attract a high cost for the National Library of Australia. This paper will examine some of the issues of why we do it and for whose benefit.
- David Colquhoun, Alexander Turnbull Library/National Library of New
Zealand
Documenting New Zealand - Personal papers and the changing shape of the national manuscripts collection- Since opening in 1920 the Alexander Turnbull Library has collected personal papers, as part of its role as New Zealand's national research library. For many years personal papers made up nearly all of the Library's manuscript collection, and the collection reflected the views of the Library's founders, supporters and funders about what was worth preserving. In recent decades the Library's manuscripts collecting interest has broadened. That growth has brought some new challenges.
- Cameron Hazlehurst
The Churchill Papers and their "owners": private and public claims - Dr Kym McCauley, Lecturer, Information and Knowledge management,
University of Technology, Sydney
Private Conversations /Public Access: The US Presidential Tapes Conference- In February 2003 the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum hosted the first National Presidential Tapes Conference in Boston. Having attended the Conference Kym�s paper will develop and expand upon some of the issues that emerged. Does the US experience have implications for user access to multimedia content in person-specific collections of key political figures in Australia? How to balance opposing views about taped recordings of private conversations and are they an invasion of privacy or an invaluable record of decision-making at the highest levels of leadership?
- Maggie Shapley, Acting Assistant Director-General, Public and Reader
Services, National Archives of Australia
Famous People in the National Archives of Australia- From Governors-General, Prime Ministers and Ministers to writers, explorers and sporting personalities, the famous and infamous are all documented in the National Archives. But there are also many not-so-famous Australians, whose 'uncommon lives' will feature in a new website to highlight the extraordinary lives of ordinary Australians.
- Tikka Wilson, Acting Websites Content Manager, National Archives of
Australia
Australia's Prime Ministers Website- The Australia's Prime Ministers portal website draws on the National Archives collection of prime ministerial records, photographs and personal papers about each of Australia's 25 Prime Ministers. Launched in November 2002 by Prime Minister John Howard the website has been created in association with the National Archives of Australia and other portal partners.
Tuesday 16 September 2003
- Paul Brunton, State Library of NSW
Matthew Flinders A Curators Voyage of Discovery- This curator has travelled many journeys to bring to life in print, electronically and visually the collection of Flinders material held at the State Library of NSW. Having travelled across the world to source and secure many more historic treasures Paul Brunton has also travelled the path of digitisation to provide greater access to the collection and via various exhibitions he has brought Matthew Flinders on a journey into the 21st century.
- Jock Murphy, State Library of Victoria
Ned Kelly Now- The major Kelly archives will be described including a look at them in the context of issues around how they were created, where they are held and how they are authenticated with particular attention to the Jerilderie Letter. This paper will also look at the impact that the public's interest in Kelly has had on the archives.
- Blanche d'Alpuget, Author and Biographer
The Dark Ages of Research- Does anyone remember what life was like before PCs, Internet and mobile phones? Even the Filofax was waiting to be invented? says Blanche d'Alpuget acclaimed author and biographer of two famous people, Richard Kirby and RJL Hawke. The conduct of research in an era not that long ago is in direct contrast to the electronic environment of today.
- Phil Reed, Director Cabinet War Rooms, London
Raising Funds to Raise the Profile- How does one extend in a given space and provide not only modern facilities for conferences and educational purposes but integrate them within a museum space that sits in 1940's time warp of a once secret underground wartime headquarters. With the new museum due to open in 2005 the Cabinet War Rooms is in the midst of an exciting project what can we learn from this experience?
- Tracy Bradford, Project Officer, TAFE NSW
The Best Laid Plans...how to minimise the risk of disasters and respond when things go wrong- What to do when there is a disaster in our archives, gallery, library or museum. It's not rocket science but common sense linked with collection planning and management strategies to ensure that risk minimisation and disaster control is in place for all collection managers. With a practical approach and a strategy in place your collection can be saved should a disaster strike
- Prime Ministerial Libraries Panel
Representatives from each of the Prime Ministerial Libraries will provide an update on their collections, current planning and future developments.- Prudence Anderson, Whitlam Institute
- Kandy-Jane Henderson, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library Curtin 6 Years On - Sue McKnight, Deakin Prime Ministerial Library
- Margaret Goedhart, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library
Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations
- Summary and Conference Closure
Elizabeth Ho, Director, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre - Dr Alan Bundy, Director, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library and University Librarian
For further information contact the Conference Convenor
Jenni Jeremy
Academic Librarian
University of South Australia Library, Magill Campus
St Bernards Road
Magill, South Australia 5072
Ph +61 8 8302 4457