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Annual Report
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ASAP's AimTo improve access to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage by helping to preserve records and artifacts and communicating the existence of this heritage to a wide audience. ASAP's ObjectivesIdentification and PreservationASAP aims to play an active role in the identification of records and artifacts of historical value that add to our understanding of the history of Australian science, technology and medicine. ASAP is proactive in the identification of valuable materials and in acting to prevent their loss. DocumentationASAP provides professional archival, historical and records management services, with the aim of helping to manage and document those records significant to our scientific, technological and medical heritage, for both individual clients and the wider community. CommunicationASAP communicates the significance of Australia's scientific, medical and technological heritage to both the general and research communities, and aims to present the history of Australian science to an international audience. ASAP also promotes the importance of sound records management and archival practice to scientists and technologists to further their understanding of the importance of their own records and heritage. Participation
ASAP works to encourage cooperative links between heritage institutions
with the aim of fostering understanding, interaction and the development
of shared goals. We also seek to develop international relationships
with related bodies in order to ensure that our work meshes with
similar work being performed overseas, and to assist the professional
development of our staff. |
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Published by the Australian Science Archives Project on ASAPWeb, 23 January 1998 |