In today’s increasingly digital world the need and desire to have online access to collections is growing especially within the cultural heritage sector. Researchers and historians are finding new and innovative ways to share their collections with a wider (global) audience through the digitisation of their physical collections.
A joint project between Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Archives New Zealand, Land Information New Zealand, and Environment Canterbury is bringing the original survey plans of Canterbury to life on a new digital platform.
Since 2002 the National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference has benchmarked digital innovation in the Cultural Heritage space in Australasia.
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.
State Library South Australia Selects Recollect NZMS is delighted to announce that the State Library of South Australia (SLSA) has selected Recollect as their on-line community engagement platform for selected heritage collections. SLSA has a long and proud tradition of connecting people with the knowledge they need about South Australia and the world. That world […]
University of Newcastle Selects Recollect NZMS is delighted to announce that, after a comprehensive evaluation process, the University of Newcastle Library (UON), NSW, has selected Recollect as their on-line community engagement platform for their heritage collections. UON is consolidating their collections from Flickr and other platforms onto Recollect, making all assets available and discoverable from […]
Many community service organisations, such as libraries and archives, have been working through a significant sea change as many of their customers seek more and more digital services. These customers are experiencing a new world on line through various social platforms like Facebook and are frustrated when they are offered a digital representation of traditional […]