May 12, 2020 | Alison Barnett, News, Stephen Hardman
It is safe to say, after weeks of lockdown, we are eager to dive back into our work and continue what we do best: caring for and preserving archives, collections, and cultural heritage material. As New Zealand moves into Alert Level 2, we are both relieved and excited...
May 1, 2020 | Alison Barnett, Andy Fenton, Collection Management, Community Engagement, Digital Preservation, Gavin Mitchell, News, Planning, Recollect, Stephen Hardman, Tyler Hersey
Born from NZMS, Recollect was cultivated from years of working hard to digitise and preserve our customer’s cultural heritage and special collections. It is an online platform that can provide organisations with digital access, discovery, engagement, management, and...
Jun 13, 2019 | Alison Barnett, Events, Museums Aotearoa, News
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...
Nov 12, 2018 | Alison Barnett, Audio, Case Studies, Digitise
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 as part of...
Nov 5, 2018 | Alison Barnett, Events, News, NZCCM
Our Auckland team enjoyed attending the sessions at the Conference and Alison was especially intrigued by Auckland Art Gallery’s Paper Conservator Camilla Baskcomb’s discussion of the sleuthing she’d undertaken to determine authenticity of artworks based on the paper...
