Barbara Reed

I've long been an admirer and somewhat a student of the saints--ancient and contemporary. And the longer I study them the more I find such similar qualities and traits--gentleness, groundedness, confidence, hopefulness gratitude, and they rarely grumble.  And always these seem to emerge from pain, brokenness, hardship--experiences that end up with encounters with the Holy Spirit and the deep love of God. I'm convinced that saints are made and not born. Today's interview with Barbara Reed is no exception--she confesses, she laments, and she radiates as she discusses her missionary experiences in Somalia, and her decade long journey with husband Harold through Alzheimer's Disease. 

Barbara Reed  discusses the Australian contribution to records management theory, and in particular the development by Frank Upward and others of the records continuum theory.

[MARA Guest Lecture] The records continuum theory and its more familiar representation in model form, is offered as an alternative to the linear representation of recordkeeping in the lifecycle model. Many find its expression dense and unapproachable, but it represents a holistic approach to recordkeeping independent of era, format and age of records. It encompasses both records management and archival practice thus providing a means of unifying the field of recordkeeping. This presentation uses approachable case study based examples to orient participants to the records continuum illustrating its utility as a thinking tool and a conceptual basis for approaching recordkeeping in the twenty-first century.