Aug 10, 2021 | Archives, Collection Management, Digitise, Libraries, Museums, Planning, Resources, Vinegar Syndrome
Digitisation can help bring cultural heritage items into the public realm, allowing them to have a greater impact on a wider section of society. Over the last decade, an increasing number of organisations and institutions have embraced digital technology to better...
Jun 2, 2021 | Archives, Artist, Collection Management, Digital Preservation, Digitise, Gallery, Libraries, Museums, Planning, Resources
The digital world is becoming increasingly ingrained in our daily lives, transforming how we communicate, learn, and think. The need for online access to collections is growing, especially within the cultural heritage sector, and more recently within local government...
Jun 3, 2020 | Archives, Collection Management, Digital Preservation, Digitise, Libraries, Museums, Planning, Resources
Cultural heritage collections provide invaluable information relating to our past and it is essential that institutions carefully consider how to protect them. Preventative conservation (correct storage, archival packaging, and proper handling) helps ensure the...
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...
Nov 11, 2019 | Acetate, Archives, Audio, Case Studies, Collection Management, Digitise, Gallery, Museums, Planning, Resources, Vinegar Syndrome
Much of the world’s valuable cultural heritage is audio-visual material and it is a race against time to protect and preserve it. Historic audio-visual content is in danger of being lost because it is frequently stored on formats destined to degrade, its access...
Jul 15, 2019 | Archives, Case Studies, Collection Management, Digitise, Libraries, Planning
Museum Theatre Gallery Hawke’s Bay (MTG) houses a vast collection and archive spanning across textiles, taonga, art, newspapers, and photographs. During MTG’s collection management hazard identification project, the Collection Coordinator, Sara Perrett, and Collection...
