Michael Piggott

Michael Piggott is a consultant and independent scholar. He is a former Australian archivist with 37 years of experience as an archival practitioner and manager. His career included appointments at the National Library of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the National Archives of Australia and the University of Melbourne. He has been active in the Australian Society of Archivists since its inception in 1975 and has produced scholarly guides to collections, and published widely on archival...See more

Michael Piggott is a consultant and independent scholar. He is a former Australian archivist with 37 years of experience as an archival practitioner and manager. His career included appointments at the National Library of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the National Archives of Australia and the University of Melbourne. He has been active in the Australian Society of Archivists since its inception in 1975 and has produced scholarly guides to collections, and published widely on archival history and education, including personal papers and diaries. His latest refereed work was an invited paper for the inaugural issue of Grainger Studies: An interdisciplinary journal. In 2010 he was invited to become an Honorary Associate of the National Museum of Australia's Centre for Historical Research, and an Honorary Member of the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University. See less