To all heritage/museum researchers:

Having put in what I thought was two penn'orth of comment to a CHASS
submission on RFCD codes representing heritage and museums, I have been
asked by the ABS to circulate the heritage/museum research community with
the following material for comment and suggestion re revising the ASRC
classification codes.

They require a progress report by 18 May and a final report by 13 June. The
classification is scheduled to be completed by December 2007 and released
in March 2008. It is a join Aust-NZ code; hence new references to Maori
heritage etc.

We are invited to suggest new and/or better topics to describe the outcomes
of the kind of research we do.

This message concerns the Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) classification;
another about the RSCD classification will be along shortly. The difference
between them is defined thus: the SEO classifies outcomes; the RFCD
classifies process.

Question: are there more or better ways to describe the socio-economic
outcomes of your research?

SOCIO-ECONOMIC OBJECTIVE
CLASSIFICATION
ANZSRC 2008 PRELIMINARY VERSION


750800 HERITAGE
750801 Preserving the built environment
750802 Preserving movable cultural heritage
750803 Urban planning
750804 Regional planning
750805 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage
750806 Maori heritage
750899 Heritage not elsewhere classified

750900 UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES
750901 Understanding Australia's past
750902 Understanding New Zealand's past
750903 Understanding the pasts of other societies

Let me know and I will compile responses to send to Dr David Brett at the
ABS (david.brett at abs.gov.au)


Dr Linda Young
Senior Lecturer & Course Director
Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies
Deakin University
Burwood Vic. 3125
T: 03-9251 7130
F: 03-9251 7158
linda.young at deakin.edu.au