3b The Historian and the Archivist: Collaboration across disciplines in the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1939-1966.
Tracks
Collaboration and Advocacy
| Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Presentation Type
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
Session Information
Unusual Partners: In Session 3 archivists consider archives fundamental to most aspects of human activity; others don’t always realise the vitality of the archival function. The speakers in this session demonstrate that vitality in collaborations with usual – librarians and historians – and unusual – climate scientists and artists – partners. The presentations will also make clear the potential archivists have for pro-active participation, in initiating collaboration and creatively pursuing its implementation.
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Ms Deborah Lee-Talbot
Deakin University
The historian and the archivist: collaboration across disciplines in the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1939-1966.
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The Australian Joint Copying Project is described today by the National Library of Australia as the ‘world’s most extensive collaborative copying project.’ Much scholarship by librarians and archivists to date have focused on the relationships at an organisational level, between the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales, the two leading organisations of the Project. There were other significant relationships that ensured the success of the AJCP- those between librarians, archivists and historians. This paper discusses the role of women such as Phyllis Mander-Jones and Marjorie Jacobs in the AJCP and how they worked within official and unofficial channels to ensure research sources were able to be brought to Australia.
