Looking out and keeping the gate open: Wairarapa archive, New Zealand's greatest little archive
2012; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1839-2466
Autores Tópico(s)Digital and Traditional Archives Management
ResumoWairarapa Archive, established in 1989, is part of the Masterton Library business unit. It is a community archive focused on an active outreach program. Staff present to community groups and schools, write numerous newspaper and magazine articles and have overseen a publishing program of 17 titles in 12 years. A digital strategy community partnership project, Picture Wairarapa, was completed in July 2010 with 6000 images, of one million held. These are available with full metadata, and contributed to Matapihi and Digital New Zealand websites. Kete Masterton, administered by the library, and Picture Wairarapa are linked to provide additional information and teachers resources. All year 7 and 8 students undertake a local history project with the archivist presenting class preparation sessions and working with students through the process. About 2000 researchers a year sign in to use the archive, which also holds a large digital oral history repository. Edited version of a paper presented at A sense of place: local studies in Australia and New Zealand conference Sydney 5-6 May 2011.
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