Information Awareness Month

The purpose of Information Awareness Month (IAM) is to increase public awareness of the breadth of the information industry through a series of events all through the month of May. Showing the importance of properly maintaining good records and information as it relates to everyone from global Corporations through to small business and even the homemaker - to "connect information and people" .

IAM is a collaborative event between various bodies within the records, archives, library and information management community and this commonality of purpose reflects the fact that the various bodies are recognised as some of the most widely respected professional bodies in the information management community within not only Australasia but worldwide. It is hoped that over time other industry Associations globally will embrace Information Awareness Month.

For information on all IAM activities, visit the website: http://www.informationawarenessmonth.com.au/

Information Awareness Month events at Public Record Office Victoria

Wednesday 7 May
Web-generated Records - BOOKED OUT

Are you struggling to ensure that good records are kept of your organisation's web-based activity?

Do you need advice or information about available technologies - and how to make good technical choices from a recordkeeping perspective?

Can you separate the record from the mass of information and content online?

Public Record Office Victoria is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a free seminar on all these aspects of web-based activity and more as part of Information Awareness Month. The seminar will cover all the material in PROV's recently issued Advices to Agencies on Web-generated Records (20a and 20b) and provide ample opportunity for discussion.

Time: 11.00 am - 12.00 noon followed by light lunch (concluding 1pm )
Speakers: Kathy Sinclair and Andrew Waugh (PROV)
Location: Department of Infrastructure Theatrette,
Level 5, SX1, 121 Exhibition Street .

Cost: Free

NOTE: access to the SX1 building is tightly controlled by access barriers, requiring prior visitor registration. Registrants will need to be entered into the theatre's registration system and will need approximately 15 minutes to collect passes from the registration area. So, last minute registrants may have difficulty getting in and those who simply "show up" may find themselves out in the cold.

Please register by email to Andrea Rae at andrea.rae@prov.vic.gov.au by 1 May 2008.

Tuesday 13 May
Footprints Book Launch - BOOKED OUT

Time: 9 am breakfast, commencing the launch at 9.30 am until 10.30 am
Location: Victorian Archives Centre, Conference Room

Cost: Free, but bookings are essential

For more details, please contact James McKinnon at james.mckinnon@prov.vic.gov.au.

Thursday 15 May
Sir Rupert Hamer Awards Ceremony

Each year the Public Records Advisory Council (PRAC) offers the Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards, recognising excellence and innovation in records management in the Victorian public sector.

The Records Management Association of Australasia, as the professional body representing the records management industry in Australia , is the major sponsor of the awards with additional sponsorship provided by the Australian Society of Archivists.

Time: 5 pm – 6.30 pm
Location: Queens Hall, Parliament

Cost: Free (catering provided)

For more details, please contact James McKinnon at james.mckinnon@prov.vic.gov.au, or click on the following link http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/rmham.asp#2007awards

Tuesday 20 May
Good Records – Good Business – Good Governance Showcase

Considering using PROV's Good Records – Good Business – Good Governance Recordkeeping Awareness Program to raise awareness of roles and responsibilities of non-RM staff in your own organisation?

PROV will be presenting their Good Records program for those keen to see what the program looks like “in action”. The presentation will be followed by the opportunity to ask questions of the program's designer about how it can be used to meet your own recordkeeping training needs.

Time: 10 am -1 pm
Presenter: Michelle Tolliday
Location: Victorian Archives Centre
99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne

Cost: Free (tea and coffee provided)

To register, please contact Tanya Mamo at tanya.mamo@prov.vic.gov.au (please note that the places are strictly limited in this event, so register early to avoid missing out). For more details about the Good Records – Good Business – Good Governance Recordkeeping Awareness Program, simply click on the following link http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/records/training/courses.asp#GR

Friday 23 May
Law & Order: Helen Hart Strikes a Blow for Women's Suffrage

Helen Harris OAM presents the Festival Address in which she links the Festival theme of Law and Order with the issue of women's suffrage. It commemorates both the centenary of women's suffrage in Victoria and an attempt by a pioneer suffragist to horsewhip a local newspaperman in 1886, which resulted in legal action.

Time: 7.30 pm
Presenter: Helen Harris OAM
Location: Old Castlemaine Gaol (parking and entrance at rear)

Cost: Free

Bookings essential. Contact Public Programs at PROV on 9348 5675 or ask.prov@prov.vic.gov.au.

Download registration form at:

http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/Seminar_Series_Feb-Jun_2008_Brochure.pdf

Tuesday 27 May
Records Management Network Meeting

Time: 2 pm – 5 pm , followed by finger food and networking (concluding at 6 pm )
Location: Treasury Reserve, ground floor, 1 Macarthur Street , Melbourne

Cost: Free

To register, please contact Andrea Rae at andrea.rae@prov.vic.gov.au. For more information about the Records Management Network, simply click here.

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