Emulation as a preservation strategy
Emulation involves recreating the behaviour of old hardware environments on a current computer, which enables obsolete software to be installed and run.
Archiving Australian Government websites
Australian Government websites are Commonwealth records and must be managed in accordance with the Archives Act 1983.
Army – Second World War: 1939-45
Find and view army service records for Australian servicemen and women from the Second World War in our collection.
Principle 6: Business information is accountably destroyed or transferred
Keep business information for as long as required after which time it should be accountably destroyed or transferred.
Distributed custody policy
This policy sets out the conditions and arrangements under which Commonwealth archival records may be held by institutions other than the Archives.
Data exchange
Data exchange is the transformation or restructure of the data to suit the new system.
Digitisation specifications for paper records in agencies
The National Archives has developed specifications for digitising paper records.
Supplying digital copies of records
Ordering digital copies of paper records in our collection database.
Case study: Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia publishes their data catalogue pages with Schema.org markup, using JSON-LD.
Reconciliation Action Plan 2014-15
The National Archives' Reconciliation Action Plan represents an exciting opportunity to find new ways of working together to make records of cultural, historical and personal significance available in culturally sensitive and appropriate ways.
Preserving magnetic media
The term 'magnetic media' is used to describe any record format where information is recorded to and retrieved from a coated matrix that can be magnetised.
Born-digital file format standards
Born-digital files are files that are created and managed in digital form. Born-digital files created from the date of issue of these standards must comply.
Records affecting the rights and entitlements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Records disposal freeze: Records affecting the rights and entitlements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - Details of the records disposal freeze issued in 1996
Data governance and management
Data governance and management activities give you broad oversight of your data assets, along with managing them to achieve goals.
The 2000 Cabinet papers in context
Background to the 2000 Cabinet papers by Dr Chris Wallace, University of Canberra
Publications
Our annual reports, corporate plan and reconciliation action plan.
Minimum metadata set
The minimum metadata set identifies 9 properties required for the efficient and effective management of your business information.
Principle 2: Necessary business information is created
Create business information that is fit for purpose to effectively support business needs.
Preserving maps and plans
There are a variety of methods for preserving maps and plans.
Preserving objects
How to preserve objects made from wood, textiles, plastic, metal or other materials.