The title of this year’s MA2019 Conference MA19 – Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – This is New Zealand was a bold statement of intent directly referencing the eponymous 2011 WAI262 Waitangi Tribunal report, Ko Aotearoa Tēnei (This is New Zealand). It therefore followed that our three days at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa […]
I think I realised how much I get out of attending these weekend schools, when I found myself at Hennessy’s Irish Bar shining my phone torch through the cellophane ‘stained glass window’ of the cardboard library room mock-up our team had created. We’d been divided into groups and given the task of creating a new […]
Does your photographic film or microfilm storage area have a faint smell of vinegar? Is it acrid enough to make your eyes water, or affect your breathing? Are you and your staff afraid to enter the room because they instinctively know something is not right?
The frequency with which an object is handled, significantly impacts its longevity and condition. To continue to allow access, particularly to archival material, creating a digital copy of an object or record is advisable. This not only allows objects and information to be better preserved but also allows for more thorough cataloguing and greater access […]
We would like to announce the appointment of David Tingey to the new role of New Zealand Country Manager for NZMS, based in our Grenada North offices. Effective from Monday 29th April, David is responsible for managing local operations in New Zealand while accelerating its growth through introducing new initiatives that meet and exceed the evolving needs of our customers and industry partners.
At NZMS we see talented people coming up with incredible ideas for projects to inspire, to educate, to entertain their communities. We also see that the tricky part is not coming up with the ideas, or even finding an enthusiastic team with the drive and energy to make them happen, the tricky part is undoubtedly finding funding for the project.
Collections of Cultural Heritage are by no means limited to two-dimensions, our Archives and Museums are filled with three-dimensional objects of cultural and historical significance. As new technology has emerged we now have access to a range of tools for digitising three-dimensional (3D) objects.
Prior to the ALIA Information Online Conference in Sydney last month, a group of our Australian Recollect Administrators met to discuss all things Recollect and hear from some of our customers on how they are using Recollect to allow their communities to access, discover and engage their collections.