PROVENANCE: Volume 1, Number 2 - January 12, 1996

Adrian Cunningham

The PROVENANCE Electronic Magazine welcomes Adrian Cunningham, as an advisor and correspondent in Australia. Mr. Cunningham is currently the Head of International Relations Unit, National Library of Australia, Canberra.

CURRICULUM VITAE:

Educational qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts (Library Science), 1981
Master of Letters (History), Australian National University, 1993

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1981-1987: Reference librarian, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney 1988: Monographs cataloguer, Australian Bureau of Statistics Library, Canberra
1989-93: Manuscripts librarian,. National Library of Australia, Canberra, with various temporary transfers to other sections of the National Library including Exhibitions, Oral History and Information Services (ie. Reference)
1994: Executive Officer, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University, Canberra
1995: Acting Preservation Officer, National Preservation Office, National Libary of Australia, Canberra
1996-: Head of International Relations Unit, National Library of Australia, Canberra

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association since 1981.
Associate member of the Australian Society of Archivists, 1989-91; Professional member of the ASA since 1991.
Secretary of the ACT Branch of the Australian Society of Archivists, 1990-91.
Convenor of the Australian Society of Archivists Collecting Archives Special Interest Group, 1991-95. In this capacity I was editor of Limited Addition: the Newsletter of the Australian Society of Archivists Collecting Archives Special Interest Group.
Member of the National Council of the Australian Society of Archivists, 1995-
member of the ACT Steering Committee of the Australian Library and Information Association Asia/Pacific Special Interest Group, 1994-
Guest Editor, Personal Papers Theme Issue of Archvies and Manuscripts: Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, vol. 24, no. 1, May 1996.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Historical sources and the tyranny of distance: the achievements of the Australian Joint Copying Project" by Graeme Powell and Adrian Cunningham, in G.E. Gorman, ed., Australian studies: acquisition and collection development for libraries, London, Mansell, 1992, pp. 251-262.
"The Gallimaufry of Colonel Ferdinand Henry Wright: the Powell/Hurley debate, slight return", Limited addition, no. 1, 1992.
"The Archival management of personal papers in electronic form: some suggestions", Archives and Manuscripts: the Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, vol. 22, no. 1, May 1994, pp. 94-105.
Guide to the Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo in the National Library of Australia, Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1995, 31 pp.
"The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau: history and recent developments", Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 26, no. 4, Dec. 1995, pp. 237-242.
"Polynesian Pathways: The National Library of Australia Pacific acquisitions trip, 1995" Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 27, no. 1, March 1996, pp.

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