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Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections

Roslyn Russell, Kylie Winkworth

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2010
ISBN 97 80977544363 (pbk)

Copyright

This material is copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.

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You may display, print, download, store in cache, and reproduce the material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation.

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This notice will be updated to reflect new contact details in future once administrative changes to Commonwealth agencies as a result of the 2010 election are completed.

Background Note

Following the closure in April 2010 of the former publisher and copyright owner of Significance 2.0, the Collections Council of Australia Limited, the copyright to the material has been transferred to the Commonwealth.

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The printed version and PDF versions of Significance 2.0 are the original work and have not been amended by the Commonwealth. The content of the online edition of Significance 2.0 is the same as the printed and PDF versions. For assistance, minor updates to some information are provided by clearly marked notes in the online edition, and case studies not available in the printed and PDF versions are available in the online edition.

As this material originated with the Collections Council of Australia Limited, the Commonwealth does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the use or reliance on any material in relation to Significance 2.0 or any site linked to the online edition.

In addition, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact on the accuracy of this information, and the Commonwealth gives no assurance as to the accuracy of any information or advice contained in Significance 2.0 or any site linked to the online edition.

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