Rachel Tropea [email protected]

Image credit: pampi89, 'Women sitting reading their own books at home', vector image, URL: vectorstock.com/royalty-free-v… (accessed September 2020)

The Critical Archives Reading Group is meeting Wed 10 April, 1pm with author Jordana Silverstein to discuss her article "Files, Families and the Nation: An Archival History, Perhaps". We'd love to see you there! Register at unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Read about the most recent #AusPreserves meetup - New Professionals in Digital Archives and Preservation: australasiapreserves.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-pr…

@ktcmackinnon @assemblingweb Late to the party but I love this @ktcmackinnon

Image credit: S. Peterson, 'Celebrate Pride with LGBTQ+ archives in Wisconsin', PBS Wisconsin, pbswisconsin.org/article/celebr…, 29 June 2023.

Elliot Freeman is running a short survey for their PhD to gather archivists' experiences & opinions of (re)describing LGBTQIA+ records in institutional collections to make them more accessible. Interested? - they'd love to hear from you: monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6J…

Up now on the @IndigArchives blog: the 'Indigenous Referencing Guide for Indigenous Knowledges' produced by CAVAL and Indigenous Archive Collective members (Shannon Faulkhead, Kirsten Thorpe, Lauren Booker, Nathan Sentance & me). indigenousarchives.net/2023/07/12/ind…

In recognition of Equal Pay Day (August 25, 2023), RMIT University Archives is highlighting the career of Annie Mabel Sandes (1881-1966), Foundation Principal of Melbourne’s College of Domestic Economy, 1906 to 1916.

@assemblingweb @ktaines Thank you Kieran! It was a really valuable and enjoyable discussion, and we are very fortunate you could join us.

The letter X will be holding a press conference later today. #TwitterX

The next meeting of the Aus/NZ critical archives reading group will be held on 1 August 1pm AEST. We will be joined by @assemblingweb to discuss his article "Representing Biases, Inequalities and Silences in National Web Archives: Social, Material and Technical Dimensions".

@fromthecenter @LawndalePopUp @HeauxHistory This looks like a great event, are you recording it? If yes, would I still need to register?

How are Chicago archivists, artists and organizers documenting and preserving the histories of Black Chicago? Hear from the IL Chapter of the #BlackPantherParty, @LawndalePopUp, #altspaceChicago, and @HeauxHistory this Sunday: buff.ly/43oIedv

Had a great day campaigning for the Yes vote on Sunday. If you're interested in buying a Vote Yes! for the Voice corflute to display out front of your house or apartment for $10 go to fromtheheart.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Announcing the CFP for a forthcoming special issue of @AandM_Journal: Two sides of the same coin? Exploring the relationship between archival research and practice. More details in the image, and full details here: publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa/… #archives #records #CFP #GLAM #digipres

On this day in 1887, the first classes commenced at the Working Men's College of Melbourne. Image: Construction of Front Section, Building 1, Working Men’s College of Melbourne, 1891, Item No. PH2.1.058, Series S0462, RMIT University Archives

@iPRES_conf @dpc_chat @archivalflip Awesome!!!

Announcing our third and final #iPres2023 Keynote Speaker: @archivalflip! We're delighted to welcome Ricky to iPres as the 33rd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer. Learn more about our keynotes: ipres2023.us/keynote-speake…

Have you heard? Today, Yes23 national spokesperson @thomasmayo23 and award-winning journalist @KerryOBrien launch "The Voice to Parliament Handbook", an easy-to-follow guide on the upcoming referendum. You can grab a copy at lnkd.in/gwvG22AF #yes23

Interested in understanding the risks faced by digital archives? 🧐 We're happy to announce that our award-winning DiAGRAM risk modelling tool is now available, following a lot of work on accessibility and building a long-term home for it👇 diagram.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Please consider submitting a paper and joining us for the latest iteration of the Born Digital Cultural Heritage conference series, run by the Archiving Australian Media Arts consortium: @SwinHASS @RMITGames @ACMI @SLSA @ArtGalleryofNSW @GUArtMuseum @experimenta_ @__ANAT #BDCH23