Australian Society of Archivists

Members vote, at the society's 2016 Annual General Meeting

The Australian Society of Archivists is a professional organization of archivists in Australia.

The Australian Library Association had an archives section between 1951 and 1973.[1][2]

Significant persons in the starting of the society include Phyllis Mander-Jones, and Robert Sharman who became the editor of the journal Archives and Manuscripts [3][4][5]

The inaugural meeting of the Society was held at the Australian National University in April 1975.[6] The first biennial conference was held in 1977.[7]

  1. ^ "History of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ Macmillan, David S. (David Stirling); Fischer, Gerald Lyn. Archival concepts and commandments; Library Association of Australia. Archives Section (1957), Australian business archives, Archives Section, Library Association of Australia, retrieved 27 September 2018
  3. ^ Sharman, Robert (November 1985), "Thirty years of 'Archives and Manuscripts' -Series of seven parts- Part 3: Periodical fits of morality", Archives and Manuscripts, 13 (2): 118–126, ISSN 0157-6895
  4. ^ Australian Society of Archivists Incorporated, Papers of Robert Sharman, retrieved 27 September 2018
  5. ^ Sharman, Robert Charles; Reid, Stuart; State Library of Western Australia; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History (1995), Robert Sharman interviewed by Stuart Reid for the Battye Library collection, retrieved 27 September 2018
  6. ^ "Chronology of the history of the ASA". Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Archivists meet In Canberra". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 777. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 May 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.