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Internet Resources:
The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at the
Australian National University (ANU) maintains the Pacific
Studies WWW Virtual Library:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html
The University of Hawaii Library's Pacific Collection also maintains a
list of internet resources:
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/libdept/pacific/html/internet.html
The University of Auckland Library recently received the Western
Pacific Archive from the British Government.
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/about/speccoll/pr.htm
The
University
of Michigan Library
collaborates with
Pambu in the development and execution of new projects in Islands.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/
Papers
from the Libraries, Archives and Museum session, Pacific History
Association Conference, 2008
Some of Pacific Manuscripts Bureau's partner
organisations:
Ausralian
National
University
sites:
Micrographics Partners:
Association of Commonwealth
Archivists and Records Managers
http://www.acarm.org/
Commonwealth countries share common legal and administrative traditions
as well as common historical experience and a common language; the
Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
provides a vehicle for sharing strategies and for addressing
professional issues of concern to its members. With the rapid advent of
computer technology, the challenges facing records managers and
archivists, in terms of automating records systems and managing
electronic records, are becoming increasingly complex. ACARM is a
valuable vehicle for sharing solutions. It is expected that as more and
more members are able to access the World Wide Web it will be possible
to share solutions electronically.
The Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
was founded in 1984 to provide a link for archival institutions,
archivists and records managers across the Commonwealth. What makes
this link especially important is the common heritage of legal and
administrative systems, and hence of record keeping practices, which
the countries of the Commonwealth share with each other and with the United Kingdom.
In furtherance of its objectives ACARM has established a network of
Commonwealth professionals in its field and has used that network to
develop a practical strategy for solving record keeping problems in
public administration. This has involved a number of developmental
projects concerned with promoting professional education and training
through workshops and the production of training materials. In these
activities ACARM has in recent years worked in partnership with the
International Records Management Trust (IRMT).
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FIJI MUSEUM
http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/fijimuseum.htm
Located in the heart of Suva's
botanical gardens, the Fiji Museum
holds a remarkable collection
which includes archaeological material dating back 3,500 years and
cultural
objects representing both Fiji's
indigenous inhabitants and other communities that have settled in the
island
group over the past 100 years.
In 1908 the Fijian Society was formed with the specific aim of
researching and preserving the country's history and culture. The
formation of a museum was included in this aim. In 1910 the government
approved an annual grant of £25 to appoint a collection caretaker. With
the passing of the Fiji Museum Ordinance in 1929, the museum was
formally inaugurated as a Government Statutory Body with a Board of
Trustees.
The collection remained on display in the Town Hall until 1919 when a
substantial part of the hall was destroyed by fire. The collection was
moved to a variety of venues until the government was persuaded by the
Trustees to build a National Museum.
The current museum was opened in 1955 by the Governor of Fiji, Sir
Ronald Garvey.
Over the years, the museum's reputation was built up as a research
institution by directors such as R.A. Derrick, B. Palmer, and F.
Clunie. Their work along with that of other world renowned scholars was
published by the museum, establishing it as a small centre of academic
excellence. Sadly the lack of funding has restricted the research and
publishing programmes.
The recent employment of key professional staff has enabled the museum
not only to effectively discharge its responsibilities according to
professional museum standards, but also to develop educational
programmes aimed at generating greater support from the community.
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Melanesian
Studies Resource Center, University of California, San Diego
http://sshl.ucsd.edu/melanesia/
UCSD's collection strengths for this area include anthropology,
European voyages of exploration and research, archaeology, linguistics,
and history. A special emphasis is placed on collecting primary source
materials: anthropologists' fieldnotes, government patrol reports,
microfilms of mission records, firsthand accounts of travellers, and
newspapers from the region, etc. The collection also includes many
dissertations and theses.
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PARADISEC
Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures
http://paradisec.org.au/
Australia
lies within a region of great linguistic and cultural diversity. Over
2000 of the world's 6000 different languages are spoken in Australia, the South Pacific Islands (including around
900 languages in New Guinea
alone) and Southeast Asia.
Within the next century this number is likely to drop to a few hundred.
The majority of these 2000 languages and their associated cultural
expressions such as music are very poorly documented. Even in those
languages that have begun to be documented many of the most developed
cultural expressions (such as the dense and highly allusive language
used in song) have never been studied.
PARADISEC (Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in
Endangered Cultures) offers a facility for digital conservation and
access for endangered materials from the Pacific region, defined
broadly to include Oceania and East and Southeast
Asia. Our research group has developed models to
ensure that the archive can provide access to interested communities,
and conforms with emerging international standards for digital
archiving. We have established a framework for accessioning,
cataloguing and digitising audio, text and visual material, and
preserving digital copies. The primary focus of this initial
stage is safe preservation of material that would otherwise be lost,
especially field tapes from the 1950s and 1960s
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The
Pacific Collection, University of Hawaii
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/libdept/pacific/
The Pacific Collection at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton
Library offers materials relating to the island regions of Melanesia,
Micronesia and Polynesia. The Pacific Collection contained over 75,000
volumes in 1994. Approximately 3,000 volumes are added to the
collection each year. The Pacific Collection receives 1,200 journals
and periodicals annually, subscribes to 33 newspapers, and has over
10,000 reel of microfilm materials. In addition, over 350 videotapes
and other audiovisual materials concerning the Pacific Islands are located in the Wong
AudioVisual
Center
in Sinclair Library.
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Pacific
Manuscripts Bureau Sponsor Libraries
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PARBICA
PACIFIC REGIONAL BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES
http://www.archivenet.gov.au/archives/parbica/parbica_main.htm
Formed in 1981, the Pacific Regional Branch International Council on
Archives
(PARBICA) is a volunteer organisation representing government agencies,
non-government organisations and individual members from over 20
nations,
states and territories in the North and South Pacific. It is one of the
ten
branches of the International Council on Archives (ICA), and it covers
the most
diverse and largest geographic area.
American Samoa, Australia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Cook
Islands, Fiji Islands, Guam, Republic of Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Federated
States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand,
Niue
Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pohnpei, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
Tonga,
Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yap.
PARBICA's constitution was adopted in October 1981 at its inaugural
conference
in Suva, Fiji.In addition to supporting the general purposes of the
International Council of Archives, the objects of PARBICA are:
to establish, maintain and strengthen relations between archivists in
the
region and between institutions and professional organisations
concerned with
the custody and administration of archives:
to promote the preservation
and protection of the
archival heritage of the region;
to facilitate the use of
archives through public
education and improved access;
to stimulate and organise
archival activities;
to provide and assist with
formal and informal
professional training; and
to cooperate with other
agencies concerned with the
documentation of human and natural history in
order to benefit all mankind.
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PIALA
Pacific
Islands Association of Libraries and Archives
http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/piala.html
Established in 1991, PIALA (Pacific Islands Association of Libraries
and
Archives) is a regional association committed to fostering awareness
and
encouraging cooperation and resource sharing among libraries, archives
and
museums and related institutions of the Pacific Islands.
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VANUATU CULTURAL CENTRE
http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/vks/vks.htm
The VCC is an organisation that works to record and promote the diverse
cultures of the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu.
The VCC is the umbrella body for the following institutions: National
Museum;
Vanuatu Cultural and Historical Site Survey; National Library; National
Film and Sound Unit.
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ANU
Archives Program and the Noel Butlin Archives Centre
http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/
The University Archives exists to preserve and make available the
archival records of The Australian National University (ANU). The
archives document the unique history of the ANU within the national
context of the development of higher education in Australia and within
the context of ANU's physical location in Canberra, Australia's
capital city.
In 2001 the role and resources of the University Archives were reviewed
and as a result the Australian National University Archives Program
(ANUAP) was created. The University Archives forms one arm of the ANUAP
and the Noel Butlin Archives Centre the other.
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre is a nationally significant collection
of primary source material relating to business and labour. The NBAC
holds archives of industrial organisations, businesses, professional
associations, industry bodies and the labour movement. It makes them
available for research and use by the University and the wider
community.
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State Society and Governance in Melanesia
Project, ANU
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/
The State, Society &
Governance in Melanesia
Project is the leading centre for research into contemporary issues of
governance in Melanesia.
Launched in 1996 the SSGM Project's key objectives are to:
• encourage scholarship on governance and
state-society
relations
• generate dialogue throughout Melanesia
and the Pacific
Islands
on these issues
• assist in bridging policy and research.
The Project's research and outreach focuses on Island Melanesia - Papua
New Guinea,
Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu,
New
Caledonia
and Fiji;
on the culturally-related region to the west including Papua/Irian Jaya
and
Timor; and on the countries of the Pacific Islands
region to the north and east.
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the
Australian
Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade provide financial support to the Project.
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RSPAS The Research
School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/
The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) is the ANU's
centre for research and postgraduate training on the Asia Pacific
region.
The School maintains a research focus on three priority areas of the
Asia Pacific region:
* Southeast Asia,
* Northeast
Asia and the
* Southwest Pacific.
Important research is also conducted on
* South Asia and on
* northern Australia.
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W & F
PASCOE PTY LTD
http://www.pascoe.com.au/
W. & F. Pascoe Pty. Ltd. was founded in 1957 by brothers
Wilfrid and Frank Pascoe. The Pascoes elected from the start to
specialize in the microfilming of newspapers, periodicals and
manuscript type material, and over the past years have established a
close working relationship with the major libraries around Australia.
Today, a significant part of our output is in the area of preservation
microfilming. Libraries look to preservation microfilming as their long
term secure storage medium. (Polyester film has a life expectancy of
500 years in suitable storage conditions).
Having invested in high tech digital equipment in recent years, we feel
that we have successfully integrated both analogue and digital areas of
our organization.
W. & F. Pascoe has always been a family owned company, although
the founder brothers have passed away. Wilfrid's son Michael Pascoe is
now at the head of the company. He is no less dedicated than his father
to quality and service in the library movement.
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Libraries, Archives and Museum session,
Pacific History Association Conference, 2008
A
selection of papers from the Libraries and Archives Museum session at
the Pacific History Association Conference held at the University of
South Pacific, Suva, Fiji on 12 December 2008.
Meredith Batten, National Library of Australia
"Pacific collection at the National Library
of Australia: an update"
Bishop Terry Brown, Retired Bishop of Malaita, Anglican Church of
Melanesia
"Report on Reorganizing the Anglican Church
of Melanesia Archives on deposit at the National Archives of the
Solomon Islands and development of future Anglican Church of Melanesia
Archives"
Mark Carpenter, Assistant Secretary Information Services Branch
& Karyn Gladwish, Director Library Services,Information and
Knowledge Services Group, Attorney-General's Department,
"Libraries at the forefront of the
Australian Pacific Strategy – Law and Justice Sector"
Eleanor Kleiber, Secretariat of the Pacific Community,
"A technical perspective of Pacific history:
Accessing information from regional technical organisations"
Monica Rothlisberger, Director, Divine Word University Libraries,
"Introducing Divine Word University
Libraries"
Paul F. Stuehrenberg, Yale University Divinity Library,
"The Kenneth Scott Latourette Initiative for
the Documentation of World Christianity, A case study in the
preservation and repatriation of documentation"
Karina Taylor, Pacific Archivist, Pacific Research Archives, Australian
National University,
"Pacific photographic collections in the
Pacific Research Archives, Australian National University"
Diane Woods, Field Librarian, Alexander Turnbull Library,
"Recent digital developments at the National
Library of New Zealand"
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