The growth of our Recollect Community has been astronomical over the last few years with a 333% increase in the development of community sites from only 15 in 2015 to now reaching the 50 milestone in 2018! With over 14 Million units of metadata over these 50 Recollect sites we are very proud to say this is just the beginning of Recollects potential being unlocked by those who guard such incredible digital collections.
First-hand accounts of our WW2 veterans are a very precious part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national history, especially as time passes. Martyn Thompson spent hours interviewing approximately 80 veterans (including 5 women), creating over 79 audio cassettes.
This year’s NZCCM (New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material) Conference was held at the Auckland Art Gallery on 24 – 26 October and took the theme ‘Living Heritage: Materials, Methods and Context’.
This building is FANTASTIC – inside, outside and throughout! What an honour and a privilege for Leigh, Gavin and I to attend the opening of this prestigious library on Friday 12 October.
Significant historical documents are at the mercy of time. Often fragile and holding important and irreplaceable information, it is crucial that these documents be both preserved and accessible.
The LIANZA Otago/ Southland “Not a Weekend Weekend School” was held in Gore, on the 6th and 7th of September. The event theme “Resourcing Our Changing Communities” allowed speakers from different organisations to share how they support their communities, driven by understanding, passion and drive
Alison, Sheryl and Martin spent a few inspiring days in Rotorua in August at the annual ARANZ Conference amongst a full complement of 120 Archivists. For all three of them, the opportunity to meet with old friends and make new ones was as engrossing as the focused theme of Māori Archives and Records.
A combined event hosted by ALIA, LIANZA, and the Library Association of Singapore, the Asia Pacific Library and Information Conference set the Gold Coast Convention Centre alight with actionable ideas and inspiration from information professionals around the Pacific.