About the records

Administrative Information

• The collection is comprised of records from 5 accessions. The codes used to uniquely identify each accession range from ASII1993/0001 to ASII2000/0003.
  
  
• The records have been allocated to 13 series. The codes used to uniquely identify each series range from ASIIS001 to ASIIS013.
  
  
• Through the processing of the records, 9 provenance entities were identified. The codes used to uniquely identify each provenance entity, i.e. records creator or custodian, range from ASIP001 to ASIP009.
  
  
• The inventory covers 323 items, and may include records of continuing value, records sentenced for destruction and records that have been destroyed. The codes used to uniquely identify each inventory item range from ASIA0001 to ASIE0070. The total collection occupies 383 linear cm of shelf space (or its equivalent).
  
  
• The documentation of the records at inventory level started on 24 November 1993. The latest additions were made on 16 March 2009. The latest modifications were made on 9 July 2009. This collection profile was updated on 6 April 2011.
  
  

Scope and Content

The Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Collection contains records spanning the history of the organisation from 1970, when it was formed as the Australian Society of Immunologists, through incorporation in 1988 and the merger of the Society with the New Zealand Society for Immunology in 1991, up to 2000. Strengths of the collection include programmes, abstracts and other documents from Annual Scientific Meetings and Annual General Meetings, as well as newsletters, and membership lists.

Surveying and Mapping the Collection

Arrangement and Description of the Records

In 2000, the archive was retrospectively accessioned by Helen Morgan and one additional item was added. Series were also retrospectively assigned by Helen Morgan on 1 December 2000, based on provenance information and a telephone call with Dr. Ward on that date regarding the two major provenance groupings (Honorary Secretary and Secretariat).

Also in 2000, additional material was accessioned for the collection from the home of Dr. Ward and stored at the University of Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc).

The records of ASI Inc. were transferred from the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre (eSRC, previously Austehc) to the State Library of Victoria in 2007.

Following the transfer of the records, in 2009 eSRC staff undertook a survey of the collection, including the arrangement and description of the records. Some aspects of the Series structure were altered, provenance was refined, and (in collaboration with the State Library of Victoria) the full collection was re-housed to ensure its preservation. At the same time, all provenance, series and item descriptions were reviewed and, where required, edited, rewritten or expanded.

The 2009 edition of the Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Guide to Records has been produced as a result of this work.

Further information about this guide and the records it describes, including transfer arrangements, custodianship and other contextual information, is held in the office files and the Heritage Documentation Management System (HDMS) database at the eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne.

How These Records Can Be Used

Where material from the Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Collection is copied or quoted the source of the material must be acknowledged.

Preferred Citation

For citation of the published guide, an acceptable form would be: Gavan McCarthy, Harry Ward, Lisa Cianci, Helen Morgan, Michael Jones and Ann McCarthy, Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Guide to Records, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, 2008 [URL and date accessed].

Publication History

• HTML Edition, 2009: Gavan McCarthy, Harry Ward, Lisa Cianci, Helen Morgan, Michael Jones and Ann McCarthy, Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Guide to Records, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, 2009
• HTML Edition, 2000: Gavan McCarthy, Harry Ward, Lisa Cianci and Helen Morgan, Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. Guide to Records, The University of Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2000
• Print Edition: Gavan McCarthy, Harry Ward and Lisa Cianci, with Lisa O'Sullivan, A Guide to the Records of the Australasian Society for Immunology Inc., The University of Melbourne Australian Science Archive Project, c.1994

Copyright

The Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Collection is held by the State Library of Victoria. The State Library of Victoria manages any rights (including moral rights) in all material contained in the Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated Records.

All information in the guide to this collection and in the material of the collection itself, served from Australia, is administered under Australian Intellectual Property Laws.

Guide Image

The image seen on the top left hand side of the Guide is the logo of the Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated. Citation: Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated logo, courtesy of the Australasian Society for Immunology Incorporated, http://www.immunology.org.au/. Accessed: 5 March 2009.