Congratulations Nicola Laurent and Kirsten Wright!

Yes, especially on the real impact of CDR. I have 3 key issues with CDR: (1) it is more a Right to Consumer Data for business than empowering for people (2) it frames us as simply consumers, not citizens (3) it will increase exposure of (and risks) to personal info

And with a koala stamp AND a gumleaf cluster to boot. Terrific Nicola Laurent

Reminder: join us tomorrow night (Tuesday 6th at 6.30pm for the 2022 Monash Whyte lecture honouring Dr Frank Upward. on line and in person. Register:monash.edu/it/events/2022…

Thank you @ausarchivists for all the hard work getting all of A&M online with no restriction on access, and publishing the first open access issue! Huge achievement publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa/…

The recording (audio and video) of the Whyte panel discussion on Frank Upward's contribution to information science, archives and records is available on monash.edu/it/events/2022…

Highly recommended podcast featuring Dr Rose Barrowcliffe highlighting just how unprepared archives (and by extension society) is/are for truth telling.

The new Victorian redress scheme for historic abuse is a wonderful outcome for CLAN Venezuela, and all survivors. Congratulations to all. Unstinting advocacy. See powerful testimony by Leonie Sheedy and Frank Golding theage.com.au/politics/victo…

Simon Froude, Director General NAA asks what has changed in archives practice since release of watershed Bringing Them Home report? I'd answer, in part, that we now have leadership from our vibrant young Indigenous scholars and colleagues #HereWeAre2022

An uncomfortable keynote from Kirsten Thorpe #HereWeAre2022. Which is good; we should be uncomfortable. Some very serious questions about control of archives and implications about giving up fundamental archival principles and practices.

.deb verhoeven and I on the latest troubles facing Trove and our big collecting institutions theconversation.com/troves-funding… #SaveTrove #fundTrove

Enjoyable time chatting with Frank Golding and Arjun Ramachandran about how to improve recordkeeping to uphold the rights of children in out of home Care and in doing so working towards transformative participatory recordkeeping. Thanks Cassie Findlay

Fully Fund Trove - Sign the Petition! chng.it/FF4wVskM via @ChangeAUS

Very, very sorry to hear today of the recent death of Emeritus Professor Don Schauder, ex Monash Faculty IT and earlier Dept Library, Archives, Records. A wonderful, generous colleague.