VALA2004 Session 4 Quenault

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Electronic and Live: Online Reference Two Years On

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Managing Digital Objects
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 15:10 – 15:40

Howard Quenault

VERS Program Director, Public Record Office Victoria
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au

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Abstract

From a single acorn a great oak grows. This phrase encapsulates the journey, so far, of the Victorian Electronic Records Strategy; better recognised these days as VERS. From its inception in 1995 the ideas formulated and contained in the report ‘Keeping Electronic Records Forever’ were the starting point to an ongoing collaborative effort between the Victorian State Government, Industry and Academia to find a practical way to deal with digital records. After giving a brief background on the VERS strategy to set the appropriate context, this paper draws together the major contributing factors for the continuing impetus of the program:-

  • developing the vision,
  • strategic planning,
  • lessons learnt from practical implementations,
  • VERS Centre of Excellence,
  • developing the digital archive, and
  • the future of the program.

VALA2000 Session 10 Gibbs

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Electronic Records – Problem Solved?: the Victorian Electronic Records Strategy and the future of electronic record keeping in Victoria

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Archiving
Friday 18 February 2000, 11:20 – 12:50

Ross Gibbs

Director Public Record Office Victoria
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au

Justine Heazlewood

Business Development Manager, Victorian Electronic Records Strategy, Public Record Office Victoria
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au


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Abstract

In 1998 Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) initiated a project to examine the capture and long term preservation of the electronic records of the Victorian Government. The project team built a system which successfully demonstrated that it is possible to capture electronic records with existing technology and from existing systems in such a way that electronic records can be preserved in the long term. Further work was begun in 1999 in the Victorian Department of Infrastructure where a project to implement a Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS) compliant system is now well underway. In addition this year the PROV will release an electronic record keeping standard which will apply to all Victorian government agencies. These initiatives will change the way the corporate memory of Victoria and will enable future generations to access their history.