{"id":54,"date":"2022-04-11T12:27:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:00:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Curtin University Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We preserve records about<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>our activities in tertiary education;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>our corporate and business activities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>our Curtin community;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>our heritage and history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block accordions\" role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n        \n\n    <div class=\"accordions__container\">\n                     <div class=\"accordion\">\n    <button class=\"accordion__heading accordion__toggle\" aria-controls=\"research-and-access\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research and access<span class=\"ico ico-chevron-fat ico--deep-blue\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M10.91 30.41l-2.82-2.82L19.67 16 8.09 4.41l2.82-2.82L25.33 16 10.91 30.41z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n    <div class=\"accordion__content content\" id=\"research-and-access\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>We are able to support researchers with access to materials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/collections\/\">our collections.<\/a> Please note that content is continually added to the site while we progress with processing our collections. Contact us to assess your query and determine which records may be applicable for your visit.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n <\/div>                     <div class=\"accordion\">\n    <button class=\"accordion__heading accordion__toggle\" aria-controls=\"donating-to-the-archives\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Donating to the Archives<span class=\"ico ico-chevron-fat ico--deep-blue\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M10.91 30.41l-2.82-2.82L19.67 16 8.09 4.41l2.82-2.82L25.33 16 10.91 30.41z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n    <div class=\"accordion__content content\" id=\"donating-to-the-archives\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Donations to the Archives are welcome. We regularly receive enquiries and donations from former staff and students. However, before accepting a donation we check for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is alignment with our collecting, access and sharing aims and goals;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The proposed donation is in good condition and is free of mould, dirt, insects, or other conditions which could detrimentally affect our collections and records;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Copyright and ownership arrangements are clear.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Archives_Collecting_Statement.pdf\">collecting statement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n <\/div>                     <div class=\"accordion\">\n    <button class=\"accordion__heading accordion__toggle\" aria-controls=\"more-information-on-how-we-acquire-records\" aria-expanded=\"false\">More information on how we acquire records <span class=\"ico ico-chevron-fat ico--deep-blue\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M10.91 30.41l-2.82-2.82L19.67 16 8.09 4.41l2.82-2.82L25.33 16 10.91 30.41z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n    <div class=\"accordion__content content\" id=\"more-information-on-how-we-acquire-records\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>This statement describes how we ensure records are appropriately appraised before adding to the Curtin University Archives<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ArchivesAS.pdf\">Read this statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n <\/div>                     <div class=\"accordion\">\n    <button class=\"accordion__heading accordion__toggle\" aria-controls=\"volunteering\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Volunteering<span class=\"ico ico-chevron-fat ico--deep-blue\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M10.91 30.41l-2.82-2.82L19.67 16 8.09 4.41l2.82-2.82L25.33 16 10.91 30.41z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n    <div class=\"accordion__content content\" id=\"volunteering\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Would you like to volunteer? Contact us to see what opportunities we have: informationmanagementandarchives@curtin.edu.au<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n <\/div>            <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block block--no-indent article-overlay \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Article overlay\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/86996_099_13_Campus-Lake-1290x500.jpeg\" class=\"article-overlay__image\" alt=\"\">\n        <div class=\"article-overlay__inner\" data-overlay-offset=\"default\">\n                            <h2 class=\"article-overlay__title\">From then to now: Curtin University<\/h2>\n                                        <div class=\"article-overlay__content content\">\n                    <p>When the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) began teaching students in 1967, it drew on a rich history of technical education to offer to a booming post-war population.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                        <ul class=\"article-overlay__links pink-links last-mb0\">\n                                                                    <li>\n                                                            <span class=\"ico ico-arrow ico--gray\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M15.71 2.29l-1.42 1.42L25.59 15H3v2h22.59l-11.3 11.29 1.42 1.42L29.41 16 15.71 2.29z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n                                <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/history-facts\/history\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Follow the university&#8217;s journey<\/a>\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We preserve records about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[34,13,17,14,16],"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-archive","tag-collections","tag-curtin-university","tag-digital-archive","tag-wait"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}