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25.11.06 - National Digital Forum Looks To Future With New Board And Chair
This morning at the National Library of New Zealand John Garraway (Director Library and Learning Services, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) was elected as the new chairperson of the National Digital Forum (NDF).
The NDF was formed in 2001 when the National Library, Archives New Zealand and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, as New Zealand’s three national collecting institutions, joined forces to build capability in New Zealand’s museum, library, archives and art gallery sectors to respond to the opportunities arising from the rapid evolution of the online environment.
“The NDF is a nationwide alliance, with more than 90 groups registered as partner members. Collectively these organisations house many of the treasures that preserve New Zealand’s national memories. By using digital tools and technologies they are poised at the forefront to open the doors for New Zealanders and the world to this rich content bank.“ said Mr Garraway.
In May 2006 a new governance model for the NDF was announced, designed to enable much greater involvement from New Zealand’s library, museum, archives and art gallery sectors.
The CEOs of Te Papa, the National Library and Archives New Zealand and an iwi representative, (to be confirmed), have been joined by nine representatives elected by NDF partner members.
The members of the governance group are:
- Seddon Bennington, Chief Executive, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Penny Carnaby, Chief Executive, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
- Dianne Macaskill, Chief Executive, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
- Iwi representative (to be confirmed)
- Andy Fenton, Managing Director, New Zealand Micrographic Services
- Brian Flaherty, Digital Services Manager, University of Auckland Library
- John Garraway, (chair) Director Library and Learning Services, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
- Steve Knight, Manager Innovation Centre, National Library
- Joanna Newman, City Archivist, Wellington City Council
- Bronwyn Officer, representing New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material Pu Manaaki Kahurangi
- Bruce Ralston, (deputy chair) Library Manager, Auckland War Memorial Museum
- Alison Stevenson, Director, New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
- Haki Tahana, Maori Information Services Librarian Whangarei District Libraries.
Penny Carnaby, Chief Executive of the National Library, said after this morning’s meeting that the NDF is an enormously important strategic initiative for the cultural sector.
“The new NDF board positions museums, libraries, archives, and other heritage organisations to speak with one voice about digital issues. The Forum will make an important contribution to discussions about digital content in relation to the newly-released draft New Zealand Digital Content Strategy,” said Ms Carnaby.
Seddon Bennington, Chief Executive of Te Papa, said that Te Papa was very pleased to be standing alongside the National Library and Archives New Zealand in recognising that the NDF board is now representative of cultural institutions across the country.
“This is a very appropriate way for the sectors to be contributing to the development of the New Zealand Digital Content Strategy, and enabling New Zealand’s cultural institutions to increase access to the treasures they hold for all New Zealanders,” said Mr Bennington.
Dianne Macaskill,Chief Executive of Archives New Zealand, joined with Ms Carnaby and Mr Bennington, saying, "I welcome the election of the NDF Board and its new chair John Garraway. The NDF is an important body for co-ordinating and streamlining the efforts of many organisations to develop New Zealand's digital heritage. Archives New Zealand looks forward to the further development of the NDF in the coming years."
The 2006 NDF Conference, ‘Participating with Communities: Digital opportunities, collaborations and celebrations’, is being held at Te Papa on 30 November and 1 December 2006.
The government has released a discussion document on a draft New Zealand Digital Content Strategy, and is inviting feedback from any organisation or individual with an interest in New Zealand digital content. See http://www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz/.
15.05.06 - Digital Futures: A New Look Relationship between New Zealand's Libraries, Museums, Archives and Art Galleries
A new governance model for the National Digital Forum was announced at a meeting at Te Papa in May 2006. The new model will enable much greater involvement from New Zealand’s library, museum, archives and art gallery sectors.
In 2001 the National Library of New Zealand, Archives New Zealand and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, as New Zealand’s three national collecting institutions, collaborated to deliver the first NDF. The NDF focus was to build the capability of New Zealand’s museum, library, archives and art gallery sectors in order to respond to the rapidly evolving digital and virtual worlds.
The NDF has held well-regarded annual conferences since 2001, and also produced the award-winning Matapihi project (www.matapihi.org.nz). It is now felt that the relationship between libraries, museums, archives, art galleries, and iwi has developed to such an extent that a new look NDF is called for.
In the new look NDF governance group, the CEOs of Te Papa, the National Library and Archives New Zealand and an iwi representative will be joined by eight representatives elected from the library, museum, archives and art gallery sectors, and iwi.
The new governance group will provide greater strategic focus for national digital initiatives, including digitisation programmes, digital preservation and interoperability, metadata frameworks and shared learning opportunities. It will see the sectors playing an increasing role in delivering on the aspirations of the Government’s Digital Strategy (www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz), particularly in relation to digital content.
Leaders in the library, museum, archives and art gallery sectors are encouraged to think strategically about the eight elected positions on the NDF governance group. Calls for nominations will be made before the end of July through LIANZA and Museums Aotearoa.
07.03.05 - Workshop: Shedding Light - Possibilities and practicalities of Digitisation, Wellington, 15 March
This one-day course in Wellington on Tuesday 15 March is designed to clarify some of the basic issues surrounding digitisation. It is aimed at archivists thinking about digitising but without knowing exactly what steps to take to develop a coherent programme. Topics will include WHY you choose to digitise (or not) and the details of HOW you might want to go about it. It will look at what equipment you need, capacity of resources & project management. Included in this will be the issue of outsourcing. Easily accessible case studies will be looked at. There will be a brief session on safe handling of materials & a session on short practical steps for preserving the digital resources you have created. This course is organised by the National Preservation Office in conjunction with ARANZ.
Details of the programme are available at http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/digital/1shreddinglight.html#prog.
Date and time: Tuesday 15 March 10.00am - 4.00pm
Venue: Archives New Zealand Training Room,
Registration costs $40 and includes morning and afternoon tea.
To register online go to: www.aranz.org.nz
13.01.05 - Invitation - Music Information Retrieval Seminar
Penny's Invitation
Kia ora
My apologies for the short notice, but the opportunity has
just arisen for the National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Maatauranga
O Aotearoa, to host a Music Information Retrieval Seminar with Dr Stephen
Downie and Dr David Bainbridge, both internationally recognised for their
work in the digitisation of music resources (see below for further
information).
I warmly invite you to a seminar, hosted by the Library, to
be held at Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington, on Thursday
20th January 2005. The programme is as follows:
Attendance is limited to a certain number, so will you please
reply by Monday 17th January to Colleen Slater, Tel. (04) 474-3120
or email colleen.slater@natlib.govt.nz
I do hope you are able to come to the seminar; I think we
will all find it extremely interesting.
Penny Carnaby
Chief Executive/National Librarian
penny.carnaby@natlib.govt.nz
Telephone: (04) 474-3145
Fax: (04) 474 3060
Presenters
Dr Stephen Downie
J. Stephen Downie is an assistant professor at the Graduate
School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University
of Illinois. He holds honorary appointments at the University of Waikato,
New Zealand and the United State's National Center for Supercomputing
Applications
(NCSA). He is currently the 2004-2005 GSLIS Centennial Scholar.
He holds a PhD in library science from the University of Western
Ontario, Canada where he also earned his undergraduate degree in music
theory and composition. Dr. Downie is principal investigator on the Human
Use of Music Information Retrieval Systems (HUMIRS) and director
of the International Music Information Retieval Systems Evaluation
Laboratory (IMIRSEL). Together these projects strive to a) gain a deeper
understanding of how real-world users interact with Music Information
Retrieval systems and Digital Music Libraries and b) provide a supportive
framework for the growing body of internationally based
researchers interested in developing innovative content-based
access to the world's musical heritage.
Dr David Bainbridge
David Bainbridge is a senior lecturer in computer science
at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in computer
science from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand where he studied
the problem of optical music recognition as a Commonwealth Scholar.
Since moving to Waikato in 1996, he has continued to broaden his
interest in digital media, while retaining a particular emphasis on music.
An active member of the New Zealand Digital Library project,
he manages
the group's digital music library project, Meldex, and has collaborated with
several United Nations Agencies, the BBC and various public libraries.
He has published in the areas of image processing, music information retrieval,
digital libraries, data compression, and text mining. He is co-author
of the book, How to build a digital library, and twice has been the recipient
of the best paper award at the premier US conference on digital libraries
(1999 and 2004). David has also worked as a research engineer for Thorn
EMI in the area of photo-realistic imaging and graduated from the University
of Edinburgh in 1991 as the class
medalist in computer science.
Additional Information
An Open Source Approach to Digital Music Libraries
Presenter: Dr David Bainbridge
Greenstone is long-established open source digital library
initiative developed by the Department of Computer Science at the University
of Waikato, New Zealand. It is sponsored by UNESCO, used in
over 60 countries, and in 2003 was the recipient of the Namur award
for raising awareness internationally of the social implications of information
and communication technologies.
This talk will focus on the digital music library work conducted
as part of the group's research activities. The work encompasses handling
different forms of music such as sheet music, symbolic presentation,
and audio performances; novel ways to access the information such as
locating a musical score through a user singing a fragment of remembered
melody as their query (in addition to supporting searching by bibliographic
information). Alternatively, browsing through an ever-changing collage
of images associated with music works can support a serendipitous form
of access, akin to spotting an interesting book on a library shelf.
Combining heterogenous forms of music also presents challenges that need
to be
overcome. During the course of
the talk, a variety working examples will be demonstrated.
15.09.04 - NDF submission on the Draft New Zealand Digital Strategy
This submission on the Draft New Zealand Digital Strategy was prepared on behalf
of the National Digital Forum by Archives New Zealand, the National Library
of New Zealand, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa).
03.11.03 - November Event: Seminar with the CEO of Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
Te Papa National Services Te Paerangi is hosting a free seminar with
Alan Blunt, Chief Executive of SCRAN (the Scottish Cultural Resources
Access Network):
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Tuesday 18 November 2003
10.30am - 12pm
The key topics covered in this seminar will be:
- Background to SCRAN
- The development of future proof digital assets
- Value add / audience need solutions
- Market / subscriber outline and feedback
- SCRAN's key issues for digital cultural assets in education
RSVP essential as numbers are very limited. For more information or to
RSVP please contact Jo Garrett by Monday 10 November 2003 (email jog@tepapa.govt.nz or
phone 04 381 7114).
29.10.03 - 2003 Dublin Core Conference papers now available
online
The papers of the 2003 Dublin Core Conference: "Supporting
Communities of Discourse and Practice -- Metadata Research and
Application" are now available
online from:
http://www.ischool.washington.edu/dc2003/index.html
18.10.03 - High speed internet moves into four more regions
High speed internet access is about to move into four
more regions as part of Project Probe, a multi-million dollar government initiative aimed at boosting education and
economic development in regional New Zealand through the delivery of broadband
technology. View the media release online at
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=8897&data=l
10.10.03 - Redevelopment of National Library of Australia's MetaMatters website
The National Library of Australia's MetaMatters website has been
redeveloped following last February's Dublin Core Australia and New
Zealand (DC-ANZ) conference.
The site aims to make resources available to help organisations
in:
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Knowing what metadata projects are out there
- Where to get info on the differing standards in metadata
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Controlled vocabulary information
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Building business cases for metadata projects
This site can be accessed now at http://www.dc-anz.org/metamatters/
09.09.03 - Training courses in digitisation and digital
preservation Sep-Oct
The following courses
have been announced by the National Preservation Office, Te Tari Tohu Taonga,
National Library of New Zealand:
1. University of Glasgow
Digitisation Course (HATII)
In collaboration with the University of Otago Library. This one week
intensive course is being presented by the Humanities Advanced Technology
and Information Institute (HATII) University of Glasgow, UK. It is
conducted by Seamus Ross and Peter Mckinney. The course is particularly
valuable to institutions involved in digitisation projects but numbers are
limited.
Tuesday September 23 - Saturday September 27 at the University of Otago
Library.
Cost: $1000.00
2. Approaches to Digital
Preservation - Opportunities, Risks, Policies and New Research
In collaboration with the the University of Auckland Library. A one
day course presented by Dr Seamus Ross of the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
University of Glasgow,UK and ERPANET (Electronic
Resource Preservation and Network).
Thursday 2 October, 9.30am - 4.30pm at the University of
Auckland.
Cost: $50.00
For more information on these courses, please contact the National
Preservation Office at preservation@natlib.govt.nz
29.08.03 - National Digital Forum 2003 to be held at Te Papa,
29-30 September
The programme and registration form for the National Digital Forum 2003
are now available.
http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/projects.htm#_event1
21.07.03 - Auckland War Memorial Museum keeps stakeholders up
to date with DVD
Auckland War Memorial Museum has developed a DVD to show prospective
investors planned facilities and keep visitors up to date with its $46.5
million makeover. View the whole story at
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2574867a1896,00.html
21.07.03 - Copyright Act 1994 amendments have implications for
libraries and archives
Proposals to amend the Copyright Act 1994 have been announced. This follows
a review of how digital technology impacts on copyright law. Some of the
changes clarify the extent to which libraries and archives can make digital
material available. Read the story and access the Cabinet Paper at http://www.med.govt.nz/buslt/int_prop/digital/media/minister-20030625.html
08.07.03 - Statistics NZ and Ministry for Culture and Heritage
release report on NZ cultural consumption
Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage have
launched a new report on Kiwi experiences of cultural activities and our
spending on cultural items. A Measure of Culture provides information
for policy-makers, funders, and creators in the cultural sector. View
the report online at
http://www.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/nzstories.nsf/htmldocs/A+Measure+of+Culture
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