News for Publishers

Web outages on 11 May Digital items in Timeframes, Matapihi, TAPUHI and the National Library catalogue will be unavailable from 8-11pm on Monday 11 May 2009.

Call for nominations Call for nominations for the Library and Information Advisory Commission/Ngā Kaiwhakamārama i ngā Kohikohinga Kōrero and Guardians Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library

Web outages 27 April Digital items in Timeframes, Matapihi, TAPUHI and the National Library catclogue will be unavailable from 8-11pm tonight.

National Digital Forum conference 2009: call for contributors The call for contributors for the 2009 National Digital Forum conference has opened. This year's theme is "Being online now: culture, creativity and community."

Digital Photography of Collection Items Expressions of interest are sought for this two-day workshop, to be provided by National Services Te Paerangi and the National Preservation Office Te Tari Tohu Taonga.

DigitalNZ nominated for New Zealand Hi-Tech Award Digital New Zealand, a nation-wide project to help make digital content easier to find, share and use, has been nominated in the NZ Hi-Tech Awards.

Website outages from 26 to 27 March Digital items in TAPUHI will also be unavailable from 5pm 26 March to 9am 31 March. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The National Library invites your feedback on the music services review The National Library invites interested individuals and organisations to give feedback on a recent review of the National Library of New Zealand's music services and collection.

Website outages on 25 and 26 March This outage has been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

National Library consultation on music services The National Library is currently reviewing its music collections and services as part of the its wider New Generation National Library Strategy.

Forum announcement – International Perspectives on Digital Preservation The National Digital Heritage Archive is hosting this free day-long forum on 2 February 2009.

'Coming Home' at the National Library Events and online experiences commemorating the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day and the 'Coming Home' of New Zealand forces.

Last date for 2008 image orders Make sure you get your digital images before Christmas by placing your order with the Turnbull Library by 28 November.

Exhibitions close 8 November The National Library Gallery's current exhibitions close at 1pm on Saturday 8 November.

New Zealand Web Harvest FAQs Answers to questions we have received about the National Library's 2008 Web Harvest.

Update on 2008 Web Harvest The National Library recently began a ‘whole-of-domain' web harvest project. This is an update on matters to do with the behaviour of our web crawler and how you can request changes.

Newspaper Forum: Auckland 26 November 2008 A free day-long seminar is being held to discuss issues around access to and preservation of 'modern' and historical New Zealand newspapers.

Papers Past – One Year On It's been one year since the Papers Past website relaunched with new content and better search options. Response to the site has been fantastic, and now we're announcing further content to be added in the next 12 months.

University of Canterbury Library photographs live on Matapihi Over 3000 photographs from the University of Canterbury Library’s online archival collections are now available via the Matapihi website.

Quicker access to digital copies from the Alexander Turnbull Library A collaboration within the National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library has made getting high quality copies of Alexander Turnbull items a much faster process.