National Archives of Australia - Annual reports

Implementation guidance and trainingmaterial for Principles and FunctionalRequirements for Records in ElectronicOffice EnvironmentsA major activity led by the Archives on behalfof the International Council on Archives is aproject to develop implementation guidelines andtraining material based on the Council’s 2008suite of publications, Principles and FunctionalRequirements for Records in Electronic OfficeEnvironments. These products are being developedby a multinational working group, which met atthe Archives in Canberra in April 2011, and will bereleased during the 2012 Congress.National Archives of theRepublic of IndonesiaUnder the auspices of a memorandum ofunderstanding with the Arsip Nasional RepublikIndonesia (National Archives of Indonesia), theArchives was invited to present a three-daytraining program in Indonesia on its approach torecords management.In May 2011, Archives staff members Kerry Moirand Mark Semmler delivered the training programentitled ‘Managing government records: the currentAustralian approach’ at Bogor, Indonesia. Thirtyparticipants attended the training program.The training covered the role of the Archiveswithin the Australian Government, and recordsmanagement principles and practices. Participantswere particularly interested in the continuummodel of records management, the relationshipbetween the Archives and other bodies, andtaking a strategic risk-based approach torecords management. Feedback indicated thatall participants found the training to be ‘effective’or ‘fully effective’.Other strategic activitiesIn August 2010, the then Director-General RossGibbs delivered a speech on ‘The disconnectbetween information technology and informationmanagement’ at the fourth annual Technologyin Government and the Public Sector Summit.The summit aimed to assist communicationbetween information and records managementprofessionals, and information and communicationstechnology professionals.In March 2011, Margaret Chalker, AssistantDirector-General, Government InformationManagement, delivered an address on socialnetworking and new kinds of records ingovernment at the TRIM User Forum conference.She also spoke on records managementin a changing legislative environment at theAustralian Government Solicitors NationalInformation Law Conference.In May 2011, Archives staff delivered presentationson the role and value of information standards atthe Institute of Information Management annualconference. Margaret Chalker presented thekeynote address on ‘Waving, not drowning: ridingthe digital wave’ at the conference.Archives staff also spoke on informationmanagement opportunities and challenges at theAustralian Computer Society conference, andwere part of the organising committee for a keymetadata conference – Meta 2011 – held in May.In addition to the training, meetings were heldwith Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia officersto discuss ongoing links between the twoorganisations.Appendixes 115