White Gloves Experience at Alexander Turnbull Library

White Gloves Experience at Alexander Turnbull Library

Our Wellington Operations Leader, Rebekah Rogers,  recounts her ATL ‘White Gloves’ tour as a guest of Conservator Peter Whitehead, Curator John Sullivan & Rare Books Librarian Ruth Lightbourne. The Alexander Turnbull Library collections occupy about 50kms of...

Graph Databases 101

You may have heard the term ‘graph database’ and how they provide the magic behind facebook, Google, Twitter and seemingly everything else on the web today. What exactly is a graph database, and why should you be interested in them? Let me explain. An Introduction To...

Content Moderation – opening your metadata to the masses

A discussion we’re often having is around content moderation, and which camp you fall into. Are you a guardian who requires all new data to be verified, approved, cleansed and signed off before it goes live? Or are you a libertarian who encourages open and free...
Inspired by NDF 2014

Inspired by NDF 2014

With so many inspiring speakers and messages this year, it was impossible to pick a favourite. Here are a few highlights the Recollect team came away with: Many challenges were issued and visions put forward. It will be interesting to see how many will be taken up in...
Geotagging Joy

Geotagging Joy

There is much joy to be found in the interactivity offered by Recollect – you can tag people, add interesting keywords, and personal stories and memories – but one of the most addictive offerings is the ability to Geotag a photograph. My geotagging addiction started...