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ARANZ Conference 2010

The Wellington Branch of ARANZ (Archives and Records Management Association of New Zealand) are delighted to invite you to be a part of the 2010 National ARANZ Conference `Investing in the Future, 2010: Research, Records and Preservation'  in the Capital City, 25-27 August 2010.

What do you think that the archives and records professions need to do now to meet the demands of the future?

The 2010 conference looks to explore opportunities for researchers, communities and organisations to collaborate in the guardianship of knowledge, facilitate researcher engagement and help safeguard our collective past in perpetuity.

We are interested in the following topics :

•  New developments in researcher experience, stories from the front line
•  Online and offline communities; increasing convergence, relevance, and connectivity
•  User investment in archival institutions (Web 2.0)
•  Cooperative preservation - personal, community, organisation (analogue and digital)
•  Disaster preparedness - preventive measures for long term protection
•  Investing in good record keeping now for good archives in the future
•  Public Records Act Audits 2010
•  Measuring record keeping performance
•  Media user engagement and public relations
•  Digital Rights Management and re-use of information
•  Standards - accessibility, control and management of information
•  Advocacy - archivists, librarians, museum curators and information professionals strengthening ties to share resources, knowledge and support networks

ARANZ encourages formats of proposals that may include:

• Traditional (plenary style) presentations (15 minutes to 55 minutes)
• Panel Discussions/Roundtables
• Works in progress (new research, not project reports)
• Workshops (practical session designed to teach or refine skills)

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st March 2010

Guidelines for contributors (PDF 37.9 KB)

Submissions can be emailed to the Conference Convenor: Sean McMahon

Read more about the benefits of Sponsorship or  to become an Exhibitor at the ARANZ Convention (PDF 19.7 KB)

For information on Wellington: www.wellingtonnz.com