Media Archives Project

    
Content Summary
            
-- Audit Bureau of Circulations:
-- Reports/summaries in bound volumes, 1937-2006 (later years are digital) 
-- Meeting minutes in bound volumes, 1932-2006 
-- Annual reports in bound volumes, 1934-2006 
-- Applications: publishers, advertising, advertising agencies 
-- Rules: changes and ballots on rules, rule reviews, surveys, c1994-2006 

-- Circulations Audit Board: 
-- Summaries in bound volumes, 1957-2006 (later years are digital) 
-- Meeting minutes in bound volumes, 1957-2006 
-- Annual reports in bound volumes, 1957-2006 
-- Applications: advertisers and advertising agencies 
-- Ballots on rules, 2000s 

-- ABC and CAB:
-- AGMs, c2000-2007, Press clippings, Correspondence (1990s-2000s), Company (member) files, Media releases and articles, Bylaws and rules, Rules and ballots on changes going back to the beginning 

-- Other:
-- International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations, meetings and reports, 1990s-2000s 
    

    
Comments
            
The Audit Bureaux of Australia have been auditing media circulation for about 75 years.

Reports/Summaries, minutes and annual reports, and some other files, such as media clippings and media releases, are available for outside researchers. Most other material requires clearance from the organisations to which it relates and can be requested via the ABA. 
All summaries/reports for both ABC and CAB have been digitised, as well as other organisational documents. Online access to historical material is provided on request for research or study purposes. 
Some current documents (e.g. rules and guidelines, annual reports) are available on the website.