About Us

This page provides basic information about the National Digital Forum and the development of this website. More detailed information is available at the NDF projects and events page.

The National Digital Forum (NDF) is a coalition of organisations across New Zealand Aotearoa with an interest in digital resources. These organisations include museums, archives, art galleries, libraries and government departments.

The NDF is identifying opportunities for organisations to collaborate, co-operate and share information with each other. The objective of the NDF is to facilitate a national approach to building collections of digital cultural heritage resources. A national cross-sectoral approach will help organisations to:

• avoid duplicating effort
• share information and develop expertise in the regions and nationally
• negotiate funding and apply for grants, by providing a strong national platform.

Read more about the National Digital Forum’s activities on the National Digital Forum projects and events page.

Staff members at organisations that are delivering New Zealand cultural heritage materials in an electronic format (i.e. libraries, archives, museums and galleries) will find professional resources on this website of interest in their day-to-day work.

For more information about online collections projects in New Zealand, the Register of Digitisation Initiatives may provide a useful starting point.

More general information about New Zealand web resources is also available from the National Library’s Te Puna Web Directory.

Content on this website meets the selection criteria outlined in the selection guidelines.

Please contact us if you have any comments or questions about the selection criteria.

Anyone can suggest a resource for inclusion using the contact form. Before you suggest a resource, make sure that it fits in with the NDF site selection criteria.

All suggestions will go through an editorial process, which involves representatives from different types of organisations. Once a resource is approved by the NDF site editors, it will be added to the website.

This website was produced for the National Digital Forum by the National Library of New Zealand. Rose Holley (University of Auckland), Kirsty Smith (Alexander Turnbull Library) and Sam Searle (National Library) developed the initial content in consultation with the National Digital Forum Steering Committee.