Experience

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  The Royal Melbourne Hospital

  • Australia
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Archives Manager

    • Aug 1994 - Oct 2023

    Management of the Royal Melbourne Hospital's archival facility and its associated record keeping services including financial and strategic planning; development of policy, procedures and systems; management and cataloguing of data and records; research for internal and external clients; exhibition research, design and installation; digitisation of collections; appraisal, sentencing and disposal according to Public Record Office Victoria standards; and the provision of advice on records management principles and process for the organisation.In 2008, as part of the Pubic Affairs team at Melbourne Health, I was also involved in a series of year-long promotional events and activities on the history of the Royal Melbourne Hospital during the hospital’s 160th anniversary. This lead to our team being awarded both the Victorian and National award in the Public Relations Institute of Australia’s ‘Golden Target Awards’ in the Special Event/Observance Category in 2009.Compiler of the book 'Portraits of Care: A pictorial journey of The Royal Melbourne Hospital - yesterday, today and tomorrow', published in 2014; and numerous exhibitions including the virtual displays: A Celebration of Partnership: 50 years of The University of Melbourne's Departments of Medicine and Surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital; A peek into the controversial life of eccentric surgeon, James George Beaney; and Timeline of Cancer Research and Treatment. Awarded a PROV, Local History Grant in 2016 for the project: 'Medical Voices: Oral Histories of RMH senior medical staff'.

  • Patient Information Project Officer

    • Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

    Project managed from inception to implementation the Patient Information Brochures system at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. The outcomes of this information management project are improved processes, system and tools for the creation, review and access to consistently branded, well-written and comprehensive information about services and health conditions/treatments that are targeted to, and understood by, patients and/or carers.Finalist in the Public Record Office Victoria Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards in 2013 for work on the Project. Also nominated for the Melbourne Health Chief Executive's Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Non-Clinical Area in 2012.

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  Sacred Heart College Geelong

  • Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  • Archivist

    • Jun 2002 - Aug 2003
    • Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Establishment, management and operation of the Archives Department. This included policy and procedure development, the identification and appraisal of archival records, cataloguing of collections, the provision of a reference service to stakeholders and the preparation of exhibitions.

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  State Bank of Victoria / Commonwealth Bank of Australia

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Senior Archivist

    • Jan 1989 - Feb 1992
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Major responsibilities included: formulation of retention/disposal schedules for Bank departments in accordance with Public Record Office Victoria and Bank requirements; development and implementation of a policy covering collection, storage and display of museum items; identification of the Bank's archival records; appraisal and cataloguing of collections; and the provision of a reference service.

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  BHP

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Archivist and Records Manager

    • Dec 1984 - Dec 1988
    • Melbourne, Australia

    As Records Manager responsible for development and implementation of records filing classification systems; training staff in the use of these systems; and development of general retention/disposal schedules. Archivist responsbilities included: appraisal, cataloguing and indexing of records; research to both internal/external researchers; maintenance of a semi-current records repository, including disposal of temporary records; maintenance of photograph and audio visual collections; compilation of administrative histories and indices; and preparation of exhibitions.

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  Various Companies

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Librarian and Archivist

    • Jan 1983 - Dec 1984
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Whilst undertaking postgraduate studies, I worked for a number of organisations in Sydney as a part-time or contract Librarian and Archivist undertaking a range of duties such as: accessioning, cataloguing, indexing, reference, customer service, interlibrary loans, and audits of holdings. Relevant employers were: University of New South Wales in both their main Menzies Library and their Australian Graduate School of Management Library; the Department of Defence Regional Library at Victoria Barracks; the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; and the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.