Leigh has been part of the NZMS team since 2014 as the Southern Regional Manager – bringing with her over 20 years’ experience in sales, production, and account management. During her time at NZMS she has developed extensive digitisation knowledge, which has highlighted her outstanding customer service, proving she is an invaluable asset to the […]
The National Digital Forum is a network of people working together to enhance digital interaction with culture and heritage in New Zealand. They run an amazing conference, arrange local events, and support professional development opportunities. NZMS are dedicated supporters of the NDF and were there when it all started. Andy Fenton was one of the […]
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa is a vibrant non-profit and membership based organisation that advocates on behalf of library and information professionals within the sector. NZMS are long-time and dedicated supporters of LIANZA and the important work they do as the peak body advocating for the library sector in New Zealand. […]
Following the NDF Conference last month we hosted a Recollect Administrators Workshop on Thursday 23rd November. With such a large crowd this year of 21 Recollect administrators from 15 diverse organisations, we thoroughly enjoyed the lively discussions. We discussed the future direction for Recollect and all the wonderful ways in which organisations are encouraging their […]
For a number of years, artist Sacha Lees has been trusting NZMS to digitise her Fantastical artworks. For her current exhibition ‘Vagrant Mind’ at the Exhibitions Gallery in Wellington we had the pleasure of viewing and carefully digitising her beautiful and unique paintings. ‘Vagrant Mind’ captures moments of contemplation – sometimes conscious, sometimes dormant. Not unlike fish […]
NZMS has a long history of attending and supporting the National Digital Forum Conference and this year we are excited to be presenting at the Demo Hall. Andy Fenton and Gavin Mitchell will be presenting a discussion about; Surveying our Past: Historic Surveys Mapped into a Virtual Landscape for Future Generations.
NZMS are currently digitising 13,000 field books for Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
As part of a much larger project for LINZ which includes large format maps, we are currently digitising approximately 630,000 pages of field books for the North Island, with some of them dating back to 1872.