Connecting: Past, Present and Future
The 2014 joint ARANZ/ASA conference committee warmly invites you to join us from September 29 – October 3 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The conference theme, Connecting: Past, Present and Future takes its cue from the built environment of Christchurch – a city renegotiating its relationship with its past, creatively engaging with its present landscape, and in the process of reinventing its future after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The theme also acknowledges that the continued success and relevance of our profession requires us to renegotiate and reinvent our relationships in a changing profession; to make connections across professional and sector boundaries; to connect with the range of communities and users who need and use the records for which we are responsible and whose activities require documentation; and to connect with those who require our skills to support government and organisational commitments to good governance.
It is a great time to be an archivist or records manager. The joint ARANZ / ASA conference provides an exciting opportunity for archivists and records managers from across Australasia to connect with each other and share our challenges and solutions.
It is also a great time to come to Christchurch. The excitement and energy of the city reinventing itself recently influenced The New York Times to place Christchurch second on their list of places to go in 2014.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/01/10/travel/2014-places-to-go.html?hpw&rref=travel&_r=1
Stay tuned to the ARANZ and ASA websites, listservs and newsletters for more information.
Archives and Records Association of New Zealand website: http://www.aranz.org.nz/Site/events/Conferences/2014_ARANZ_ASA.aspx
Australian Society of Archivists website: http://www.archivists.org.au/page/Learning_and_Publications/Conference/2014_Conference/
A call for papers for follow in the coming weeks.
Many thanks from the conference committee:
Tom Norcliffe and Adelaide Parr (co-chairs) Mark Crookston Erin Kimber Jo Condon Aaron Braden