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2005 National Conference

Simply the Best: Women's collections in galleries, libraries, archives and museums

28 - 30 September, 2005

Conference aims

Simply the Best will explore the issues involved in collecting the papers of women in our cultural institutions and how our institutions at local, regional, national and international levels can best build on this knowledge to ensure their future existence.

The issues facing female collections will include:

Katie HolmesKeynote speaker - Dr Katie Holmes

A journey though Australian women's archives

Dr Katie Holmes, historian, writer and lecturer in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne is the keynote speaker at this years Hawke Library conference. Katie's research interests began with the study of letters and diaries of Australian nurses from World War One. Katie continued with a study of Australian women's diaries from which she wrote her book Spaces in her Day: Australian women's diaries of the 1920s and 1930s. Katie's research interests include women's autobiographical writing, single women, feminist historiography, gardens, landscapes and the role of the garden in enabling women to establish a sense of place Katie's keynote address will encompass research in archival and manuscript collections and issues of privacy in relation to the collection of memory.

Keynote speaker sponsored by Thomson Gale

Thomson Gale serves the world's information and education needs through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in libraries, schools and on the Internet.

Full program

Welcome and Opening Address by the Hon RJL Hawke, Former Prime Minister of Australia

Facilitator: Professor Alison Mackinnon, Director, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies
Alison Mackinnon was appointed Professor of History and Gender Studies in 1997 and is the Foundation Director of the Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies. She has written widely on women's history and shamelessly haunts women's archives and collections. She is currently writing a collective biography of women in the 1950s and 60s for which she draws on collections in Australia and the US, particularly university collections such as the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in the United States.

Full program and speaker topics

Confirmed presentations include:

Volunteer Programs

The Hawke Library at UniSA reserves the right to amend the conference program at any time without prior notification.

ALBOX Australia logoThe BHPML acknowledge conference support from Albox Australia - a product development company specialising in the design of leading edge products for archives and records management (opens in new window)

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