In‑House vs. Outsourced Digitisation: Decision-Making Drivers
When organisations contemplate a change of location or software system, staff can find themselves facing overflowing shelves or archival storage facilities, creaking server capacity, and offsite storage pressures, and a request to review their business needs. This is...
The Importance of Preserving Ephemera
Theatre programmes, menus, flyers, tickets, and event posters are the kinds of materials grouped under the term ‘ephemera’. Created for a specific moment in time, ephemeral material was never intended to last. And yet, collectively, these short-lived items...
Finding Funding
A Guide to Funding Resources for Digitising and Preserving Cultural Heritage in Aotearoa New Zealand The ambition and enthusiasm of professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand’s GLAMR sector continually inspires our team at NZMS. It is an area with no shortage of...
Determining Digitisation Output
The previous entries in this series on digitisation (Why Digitise and Developing a Digitisation Strategy) describe how clearly outlining the reasons for pursuing a digitisation project and developing a comprehensive plan can help organisations ensure their collections...