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Research interest in records and archival systems. Records and archives are vital components of our corporate and social memory, providing evidence of identity, rights and obligations, instruments of accountability, and rich sources of value added information. Involved in major research projects and standards initiatives relating to the clever use of metadata in records and archival systems (Clever Recordkeeping Metadata), smart information portals (Breast Cancer Knowledge Online), Indigenous archival services (Trust and Technology), and the nexus between memories communities, and technologies. Interested in working in teams to develop ICT solutions that genuinely meet the needs of individuals, organisations and society, and empower people in their working and personal lives. Directs the postgraduate teaching programs in records and archives at Monash, and has published extensively on recordkeeping in society, records continuum theory, recordkeeping metadata, and archival systems. Foundation Director of the Centre for Organiational and Social Informatics (COSI). PhD in archival systems. Laureate of the Australian Society of Archivists.

Chief research interests are in the European Renaissance, philosophy, critical theory, cultural history, fiction, cinema, and in 19th and 20th century Bengal. Reviews a great deal of contemporary fiction, has worked extensively in the field of translation (from Bengali to English). Last two books are an edited volume of essays, Literature and Philosophy (Kolkata, Papyrus), and a translation, with critical introduction and notes, of Rabindranath Tagore's novel Relationships (Delhi, OUP). Latest published essay is on the urban cinema of Satyajit Ray. Currently working on a book on personal identity in early modern Europe, editing a volume of translations from the 19th century Bengali savant Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, and editing another volume of critical essays on Petrarch (forthcoming from Nino Aragno Editore, Turin). Work at Jadavpur involves teaching in a wide variety of courses (ranging from the philosophy of sport to the representation of death) and academic planning and administration at the Centre. Is collaborating on the creation of a digital archive on early modern travel, especially to India. Presentation at the Prato conference (under the head of 'Formation/Transformation of Memory') arises from the work done over a period of time on women's personal narratives in 19th and 20th century Bengal. These focus on the issues of community, personal identity, representation, and personal transitions from oral to written culture in the context of political nationalism and the partition of Bengal. More details

Worked in the XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) team of the department since November 2004. Graduated with BA (Hons) in Communication sciences (University of Siena, Italy), MA in Applied Computing in the Humanities (King’s College London, UK) and Ph.D. in Book & Manuscript Studies (University of Siena, Italy). Research interests include medieval palaeography and humanities computing, more specifically the research involved in creating digital editions of primary sources. Elected member of the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) council for 2007/2008 term.

Teaching and research interests relate to the design and evaluation of recordkeeping and cultural information systems; the identification and promotion of locally and culturally responsive curricula, pedagogies and research methods for archival studies, especially in the Pacific Rim; and the use of primary sources in elementary, secondary and tertiary education. Current research engagement includes InterPARES2, the Museums in the Online Archive of California Evaluation Project (MOACII), the Clever Recordkeeping Metadata (CRKM) Project, and Pluralizing the Archival Paradigm: A Needs Assessment for Archival Education in Pacific Rim Communities.

Strong interest in the use of new technologies to transform the management and dissemination of university research outputs. Established an electronic press for the university and is the project leader of the Australian Government funded project ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World, which is developing an institutional repository solution for the management of digital assets. Was the CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) representative on the Government’s eResearch Coordinating Committee, which completed its report in May06. Member of the CAUL Executive & the Editorial Board of Australian Academic Research Libraries. Is a faculty member of the CAUDIT Institute. Previously was the Director, Collections and Services at the State Library of Victoria, including member of the Heritage Collections Council and the History Council of Victoria and board member of the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre.

Non-Indigenous person working at Koorie Heritage Trust over the past five years, as part of the Koorie Family History Service, a Stolen Generations service established in 2001 out of recommendations from the 1997 “Bringing Them Home Report” - A national enquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, and as the cultural development coordinator of the Koorie Heritage Archive Project, a digital keeping place of Victorian Koorie cultural heritage materials. Both Projects aimed to: strengthen individuals and communities through knowledge and pride in who they are and where they come from; and to strengthen identity and culture by making available at a community level, family, cultural and historical materials relevant to Koorie people. Part of the journey of healing for Victorian Koorie people has been to listen, record stories, and assist individuals and communities including Koories in custody to access their family and cultural materials. Now also part of the Trust and Technology Project - Building archival systems for Indigenous oral memory, developed by Monash University, Koorie Heritage Trust and Public Record Office Victoria.

Researcher in the Records Continuum Research Group, in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. She has taught in the recordkeeping courses of the Faculty, and developed the legal and ethical curricula. Her research is focused on interdisciplinary perspectives of archival science, law and ethics; in particular ownership, access and privacy of networked electronic records. Livia has collaborated internationally as a Co-Chair of the Policy Research Group, International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES) Project, and as a consultant with the International Records Management Trust. She has been a Chief Investigator, for Electronic Health Records: Achieving an Effective and Ethical Legal and Recordkeeping Framework, an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, together with the Faculty of Law, Monash University and the School of Law , Deakin University. Livia's awards include the Australian Society of Archivists Mander Jones Award 1999, and the Monash University Mollie Holman Medal of Excellence 2003 for her PhD thesis published in 2006 as, Recordkeeping, Ethics and Law: Regulatory Models, Participant Relationships and Rights and Responsibilities in the Online World.

Recent research projects have included evaluating a national learning repository, researching the links between theory and practice in community informatics in Australia, analysing the community's use of the Internet in Victorian public libraries, developing a national academic library network, studying knowledge transfer in an international sporting organisation, monitoring a national survey of the use of information and communications technologies in third sector organisations, co-ordinating the development of a Civil Society Statement to supplement materials developed by the Australian Government for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), consulting on a 3-year project to capture Aboriginal culture for perpetuity electronically, managing a project to identify and model variables invovled in establishing community Internet connections in rural regions, and developing measures for describing the sustainability of community infrastructures.
Other projects relate to Australian publishing, electronic publishing, evaluating the usefulness of library portals and virtual libraries by educational communities, sustainable knowledge management, mapping information-seeking behaviours, and social issues related to knowledge transfer.

Eric is Professor of Archivistics (Archival Science) in the Department of Mediastudies (Archives and Information Studies) of the University of Amsterdam (since 1997). He is currently serving as Acting Head of the Department of Mediastudies. He is a Honorary Professor at Monash University, Melbourne (Faculty of Information Technology). Educated as a lawyer and legal historian, he received his LLM (1967) and LLD (cum laude) degrees from Leiden University. His previous functions were Assistant Lecturer of Legal History at Leiden University, Secretary of the Archives Council, Director of the Dutch State School of Archivists, and Assistant to the General State Archivist. In 1980 he was appointed Deputy General State Archivist. Four years later he moved to Groningen to become State Archivist of that province. He was General State Archivist (National Archivist) of The Netherlands from 1989-1997. From 1997-2001 he was part-time Inspector General of the State Archives Service of the Netherlands and subsequently General Counsel to the National Archivist. From 1992-2002 he held the chair of archivistics in the Department of History of the University of Leiden. He has served the International Council on Archives (ICA) in different capacities over a period of twenty years and in 2000 ICA elected him Honorary President. His teaching and research are concerned mainly with the social and cultural contexts of records creation and use.

Marian Quartly studied at Adelaide and Monash Universities, and her first appointment was at the University of Western Australia. She has taught at Monash since 1980. She has served as editor of Australian Historical Studies, and is currently editing History Australia, the journal of the Australian Historical Association. Her research has ranged across nineteenth century Australia, covering the history of nationalism, the family, religion, and the construction of male and female sexualities. Currently she is investigating the history of gendered white citizenship in the twentieth century, with special reference to cartoons and photographs. Her publications include the jointly authored feminist history of Australia Creating a Nation, reissued in late 2006 by the API Network.

Ramesh is a Assistant Professor in the Information Studies Department of the University of California at Los Angeles and his work involves cross-developing digital systems for memory and communication. Current projects include Emerging Databases, Emerging Diversity (ED2), a digital museum project (NSF-funded) with Cambridge University and the Zuni, a South Asian diaspora/social networks project and ICT development work in India. More details