8:30 Registration and refreshments9:15 Considering the future of your information
Where will your records be in the next ve years? Ten? Twenty?
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Hundred?Examining what can be done now to preserve the asset of information
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Turning frameworks and theories into practical implementation
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Narelle Haken, Records Ofcer,
NSW Motor Accidents Authority
10:00 Convincing both senior management and employees of digitalpreservationPreparing a business case for the advocacy of digital preservation
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Demonstrating the risks and repercussions of not employing an active
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preservation strategyManaging your organisation’s culture for the preservation of digital
ó
assetsEncouraging employees to take responsibility and accountability for
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information they create
Nathan Turner, e-Resources Librarian,Parramatta City Library
10:45 Morning refreshments and networking11:15 Building support for digital preservation: The Department of Family andCommunity Services’ approachAligning the evidence base to practice
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Disposal authorisation and accounting for the unique aspects of
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evidenceEmbedding disposal into system design
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Engaging in State Records Digital Archives project
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Christine Macqueen, Corporate Records and EDRM Project Manager,Department of Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability andHomecare
12:00 Interactive discussion: Resourcing for the future
Hear a short presentation from Cassie Findlay then discuss how your organisation can be properly resourced for good preservation methods.
Exploring your options for good preservation: what is really needed?
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Ensuring employees have the required education and training
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Gaining the required resources on a limited budget
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Facilitated by: Cassie Findlay, Project Manager, Digital Archives,State Records Authority of NSW
12:45 Networking lunch1:45 Policy and strategy for digital preservation
What specic things should be in a policy for preserving information?
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Looking to the future before implementing a policy
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Using policy to protect private information and avoiding another
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Wikileak
Gary Cox, Senior Manager, Records Management,The Westpac Group
2:30 Preservation metadata and its importance to digital preservation
Dening preservation metadata against other types of metadata
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Creating and maintaining consistency in metadata
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Ensuring everyone in the organisation uses the same terminology for
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reliable and trustworthy metadata
Andrew Waugh, Senior Manager Standards and Policy,
Public Records Ofce of Victoria
3:15 Afternoon refreshments and networking3:45 Information security in a time of uncertaintyKeeping your information private, regardless of the multiple storage
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methods
Examining the ramications of a lack of information security and
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insecure storage methodsProtecting your information on multiple devices and technologies
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Using metadata for protection of privacy
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TBA
4:30 Digitisation of CPA Australia’s corporate archives: a case studyEngaging the various stakeholder groups
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Which artefacts should be digitised: the assessment process
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Copyright and access issues
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Classication and storage of digital artefacts
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Dr Kerry Gutowski, Knowledge Manager,CPA Australia
5:15 Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of connected forum
The future and your organisation’s information
Chairperson’s opening remarks
Chris Godden, Director,Executive Assurance
9:00
Strategy, security and certainty for preservationBorn-digital information preservation
CONNECTED FORUM
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Where is technology heading? How can information be better maintained and managed for future use? Who needs to be involved in maintaining this information?
M
any
thousands
of
digital
records
are
created
everyday
,
on
technologies
that
May
or
May
not
even
exist
in
the
future
. r
egardless
of
how
iMportant
or
valuable
inforMation
is
,
it
’
s
useless
if
it
’
s
unable
to
be
accessed
. t
he
digital
“
containers
”
of
today
’
s
inforMation
have
short
life
spans
,
so
what
happens
to
the
inforMation
they
hold
when
they
becoMe
obsolete
and
non
-
existent
? h
ow
can
that
inforMation
be
used
for
the
future
? h
ow
can
it
be
accessed
? w
e
face
a
digital
dark
age
,
where
inforMation
is
inaccessible
and
locked
within
a
technology
that
’
s
obsolete
or
dead
. t
his
one
-
day
foruM
will
confront
the
following
issues
:e
ncouraging
senior
ManageMent
of
the
iMportance
of
digital
preservation
and
the
reasons
behind
needing
an
overarching
governance
structure
r
esourcing
for
long
terM
inforMation
preservation
c
hanging
the
organisation
’
s
culture
for
better
preservation