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34 REPORT CASE STUDY: ON PERFORMANCE DISCOVERING MILDENHALL’S CANBERRA WEBSITE OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 DISCOVERING MILDENHALL’S CANBERRA WEBSITE The Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra website, launched in August 2011, was produced by the museum in collaboration with the National Archives of Australia. William James Mildenhall joined the Commonwealth Public Service soon after it was established, in 1906. In 1921 he took up the position of Paymaster and Collector of Public Monies in the Canberra office of the Department of Works and Railways. Mildenhall was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and began taking photographs for the government in his own time, in return for the cost of photographic supplies. In 1926 he was appointed as the official photographer and information officer of the Federal Capital Commission, the agency formed in 1925 to oversee Canberra’s development. His 10 years as official photographer coincided with a defining stage in Canberra’s growth as Australia’s capital city. The National Archives of Australia holds a collection of more than 7,700 photographic images (on glass plate negatives) taken by Mildenhall in the 1920s and 1930s. A significant part of the collection—more than 1,000 of the photographs— documents the largest construction project in the young capital, the construction of the provisional Parliament House. Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra allows the community to engage with the creation of the Old Parliament House building and the early development of Canberra. As well as providing access to a significant collection of photographs, by enabling users to add data to the photographs, the website also contributes to an evolving record of local history. Users of the website can participate by: • adding geographic data to the images to provide more accurate location information; in turn, this assists other users to access images via a mapbased interface • leaving comments on individual images, suggesting amendments to the collection metadata or adding context to the images through stories of their own knowledge or experience of the places photographed • tagging ‘favourite’ images (the use of tagging has assisted the museum to sort the collection by subject and has proven to be a valuable tool in helping to make popular categories of content readily accessible) • adding historical or current images, providing a ‘then and now’ view of the particular area. As well as enriching the website experience, the information added to Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra is expected to make a significant contribution to the celebration of Canberra’s centenary in 2013. The site can be accessed at mildenhall.moadoph.gov.au.
REPORT ON PERFORMANCE 35 Australian Prime Ministers Centre activities The Australian Prime Ministers Centre aims to: • raise public awareness of Australia’s prime ministers • support access to prime ministerial material in archives, libraries and other collections • provide a national focus for prime ministerial research and scholarship. To meet these objectives, the centre provides a public research centre and reference service, collaborates with institutions that hold prime ministerial material, and manages a relevant research program. Research and reference services The centre meets the research and information needs of staff, volunteers, researchers and visitors by providing access to a wide range of material on Australia’s democracy, and research assistance. It is open to the public five days a week and offers a remote inquiry service. Table 9 shows trends in the use of the research centre over the past three reporting periods. Table 9 Use of Australian Prime Ministers Centre research services, 2009–10 to 2011–12 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Visitors 3,500 3,000 2,320 Reference desk inquiries 360 280 255 Phone/email inquiries 54 110 92 As in previous years, the target of responding to inquiries within 10 working days was achieved in all cases. The inquiries received during the year related to Australia’s democracy, general political history, the building, prime ministers, and former parliamentarians. The Australian Prime Ministers Centre produces a series of information leaflets, Prime Facts, which are available free of charge. During the year, approximately 80,000 copies of Prime Facts were distributed to visitors; a further 72,192 copies were downloaded from the museum’s website. This indicates a shift in user preferences towards the electronic format, when compared to the 112,000 hard copies and 13,000 electronic copies accessed in 2010–11. Collaborative activities The centre collaborates with other research and collecting agencies that hold significant collections of source material on Australia’s prime ministers. The main activity during the year was coordinating and providing secretariat support for the annual Round Table of Prime Ministerial Research and Collecting Agencies. This group fosters cooperation and collaboration among member agencies in such areas as collection development, travelling exhibitions and public programs. The annual meeting was held in September 2011 at the Chifley Home in Bathurst; the location was chosen to raise awareness of prime ministerial homes which operate as house museums. Research program The centre’s research program provides a national focus for research and scholarship on the history of Australia’s democracy, with a focus on prime ministers. The program has two categories: fellowships, which support research by established scholars and cultural practitioners; and summer scholarships, which encourage students to develop an interest in prime ministerial studies at the beginning of their careers. Applications are assessed by an independent selection panel comprising representatives from academic institutions, cultural agencies and the museum. Recipients receive funding to undertake research, as well as access to office space, meeting rooms, research assistance and the collection. Fellows and summer scholars submit a report on their research projects for publication on the museum’s website. Fellows are also required to present seminar reports on their research and make progress towards an academic, creative or bibliographic outcome which may be completed at any time during or after the scholarship period. Six 2011–12 fellows and three summer scholars were supported. Details of the recipients and their research are listed in Table 10. OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12
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