National Digital Heritage Archive
The National Library is developing a digital archive and digital preservation management solution, the NDHA, to ensure the ongoing collection, preservation and accessibility of its digital heritage collections.
Building Redevelopment
The National Library has announced an extensive building redevelopment in Wellington. Work on the building is expected to start towards the end of 2009 and be completed by late 2011.
Aotearoa People's Network
The Aotearoa People's Network will provide free access to computers, training and broadband internet services in public libraries.
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Digital Copying Pilot
From January 2008 until further notice, researchers will be able to make their own photographs of certain collection items using their digital cameras.
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Digital New Zealand
Digital New Zealand is an initiative to design, test and develop new ways of accessing, discovering, sharing and creating New Zealand digital content. The project is facilitated by the National Library in collaboration with other New Zealand organisations.
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Matapihi
Matapihi gives people one-stop access to the digital collections of New Zealand’s cultural organisations.
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McLean Papers Digitisation Project
The Alexander Turnbull Library holds one of New Zealand’s most important collections of material relating to 19th-century race relations. This digitisation project will make this material available online.
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NZ Digital Content Strategy
The National Library led the development of the New Zealand Digital Content Strategy, which aims to make New Zealand digital content more accessible to New Zealanders.
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OSMOSIS pilot
In 2008-09 the National Library and seven New Zealand libraries are testing OSMOSIS, a software tool that identifies changes to library holdings.
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EPIC
EPIC (Electronic Purchasing in Collaboration) is a consortium of over 180 New Zealand libraries. Through EPIC New Zealanders can access thousands of full text electronic resources.
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OCLC Partnering Agreement
A new bibliographic services agreement is making New Zealand libraries and their holdings more visible on the web.
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Public Libraries Strategic Framework
'Public Libraries of New Zealand: A Strategic Framework 2006-2016' was developed to guide New Zealand’s public library sector over the next ten years.
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Past Initiatives
Information about completed National Library projects and initiatives.
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