Transforming Victoria's Public Records Management - Have Your Say!

ATT: Victorian Members

Public Record Office Victoria, Call for feedback, July 2023

Updating Victoria's public records regulations

Open records from the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) collection are available to visitors in their Reading Rooms. They also offer digital records online and a paid copy service for researchers. 

These operations are supported by the Public Records Regulations 2013. PROV want to introduce some changes to these almost decade-old Regulations to make them more modern, effective and fair for Victorians.

Changes in technology have played a major role in transforming the way they do things. Today, many of their visitors rely on their personal devices to do research at the archives. And with improvements to their equipment and processes, PROV can now copy more records, more quickly. They can also recognise the increasing need to protect PROV’s IT and public resources from security threats or misuse and deter unacceptable conduct. 

Changes to their Regulations are designed with these factors in mind and include prohibition on aggressive behaviour and changes to mobile phone use in the Reading Rooms, as well as updated copying fees.

PROV wants to hear your feedback.   

Learn more about their proposed changes and have your say here by COB 10 August 2023.