The dead letter office: Archival records at the library of the supreme court of Victoria

The library of the Supreme Court of Victoria has a long history, much of it well documented. However, the historical artefacts related to the evolution of the library are difficult to access, limiting their use as a guide to past practice, or as something useful to inform activities in the future. This paper uses cases from the library's history to discuss why historical records should be reconstituted into formal organisational memory in order to strategically and culturally inform the future in a way that is not possible if the documents remain inaccessible or 'dead'.