Query of the month – Coronavirus precautions when handling documents
Not surprisingly with everything happening at the moment, we had a query from an agency asking if there were any other recommended precautions people should be taking when dealing with paperwork coming...
View ArticlePublic records from private couches and kitchen tables
If you check out our advice on business continuity planning… actually if you do a quick internet search on it… it’s all about disasters (natural or otherwise) resulting in brief interruptions to the...
View ArticleVideo: Recordkeeping and Vulnerable Persons – an Overview
This video provides an overview of the work done by QSA to bring together a guideline and the new authorisation around the protection of vulnerable persons in regards to recordkeeping. It’s a quick way...
View ArticleVideo – Vulnerable persons and records we need to keep
This video takes a closer look at the 3 new disposal authorisations developed for the protection of vulnerable persons in regards to recordkeeping. For more information, see the News – Release of...
View ArticleQuery of the month (part two) – Minimising the risk of COVID contaminated...
Covid-19 is understandably impacting on our working day, including the way we manage and handle records as discussed in our previous blog on coronavirus precautions when handling records. We’ve had a...
View ArticleBuilding a positive, innovative and collaborative recordkeeping culture
Under the Records governance policy, agencies must ensure records management is supported across all areas and all levels of the business by fostering a positive, innovative and collaborative...
View ArticleVideo: Working from home and recordkeeping – Tips from QSA
This video looks at highlighting some of the key things in regards to recordkeeping when you’re working from home, what you still need to do, and things to think about that might be a little...
View ArticleVideo: Using the vulnerable persons guideline
This video, part 4 in the vulnerable persons video series, takes a look at recordkeeping around vulnerable persons. This video will look a bit more closely at what the guideline includes and how it can...
View ArticleEvent: Webinar on vulnerable persons and recordkeeping
On the 20 May 2020, Queensland State Archives and GWI* will be hosting a webinar to discuss Vulnerable persons and recordkeeping. The webinar will consist of a presentation by QSA and GWI on vulnerable...
View ArticleQuery of the month: Assessment and proof of identity records as part of a...
We recently had an interesting query about what records should be kept on someone’s personnel file, in particular things like proof of identity, recruitment and selection documentation, right to work...
View ArticleVideo: The benefits of recordkeeping in government
This video provides a quick overview of the information in the joint publication with the Queensland State Archives and the Crime and Corruption Commission Public records: Advice for all employees of a...
View ArticleAnd that’s a RAP
If you’ve ever transferred records to us here at QSA, you would have received a Restricted Access Period notice from us. Affectionately known as RAPs in our part of the world, they are crucial to the...
View ArticleNews: QSA launches new ArchivesGateway portal for agencies
Queensland State Archives (QSA) has launched its new secure self-service portal for agencies–ArchivesGateway. ArchivesGateway is designed specifically for agencies and the services QSA provides them....
View ArticleMixing your records… Don’t do it!
You can mix your drinks or your ingredients for a cake, but don’t mix your records. That is, don’t mix your personal, private, party-political, constituent, or electoral communication or information...
View ArticleQuery of the month: Defensible process for contact information records
As agencies continue to respond to the ever-evolving challenges of COVID-19, we recognise the need to implement new business practices and manage associated recordkeeping requirements. Since the...
View ArticleDigitising audio-visual records – magnetic media
One of the greatest challenges for archives is caring for records that are in one of many audio-visual formats. Here at QSA we have video and audio records dating from around the 60s through to the...
View ArticleA farewell to ArchivesOne
For those of you who may not know, June was the month we introduced our new Archival Management System, ArchivesSpace. June was also the month we bid farewell to our former Archival Management System,...
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A stinker of a problem – Film and vinegar syndrome
Do you hold photographic records dating from around 1910 – 1990’s? If you do, then there’s a good chance that your negatives, slides or transparency film is suffering from a condition commonly called...
View ArticleMOG blog post #729
Here at QSA, an ongoing discussion we have is about how profoundly things have changed in the records and information landscape over the last couple of decades. More digital, less paper, decentralised...
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Come with me on a journey… to the Preservation room
Whenever anyone comes on a tour of QSA, they usually say that the Preservation Lab was their favourite part… and I can totally understand why. So, what happens in the Preservation Lab and why it is so...
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