13-14 May 2015, State Library of Queensland
The Heritage Collections Forum brought together practitioners from across NSLA libraries with expertise in collection management (archives, pictures and maps), metadata, digital collection and preservation, copyright and Indigenous collections.
Presentations and short video excerpts for selected sessions are linked in the program below.
Day one
A Quick SIP: Efficient description and digitisation workflows for pictorial collections
Videos:
- NSLA Pictures Workflow Analysis Report: findings – Brenton Lovett (Streamlining Innovations)
- NSLA Pictures Workflow Analysis Report: recommendations – Brenton Lovett (Streamlining Innovations)
Presentation: A quick SIP: Efficient description and digitisation workflows for pictorial collections – Brenton Lovett (Streamlining Innovations), Kevin Bradley (NLA), Jo Ritale (SLV) and Nicki Mackay-Sim (NLA)
Metadata: The key to discovery
Video: Metadata workshop: exercise 1 – Joanne Evans and Marie-Louise Ayres (NLA)
Presentations:
- Introduction on standards – Nicola Frean (NLNZ)
- Metadata workshop – Marie-Louise Ayres and Joanne Evans (NLA)
Appraisal and valuation in the GLAM sector
Presentations:
- Valuations and changing exchange rates – Adrienne Carlson (valuer)
- The Precious: valuing our heritage collections – Rachel Esson (NLNZ)
Appraising born digital archives
Presentations:
- Forensic Toolkit – Emma Jolley (NLA)
- Reflections on appraisal and valuation of born digital collections – Kevin Molloy (SLV)
Significance assessment
Presentation: Significance assessment – Jo Ritale (SLV)
Day two
Digital scholarship
Presentations:
- Digital scholarship – Joanne Evans (Monash University)
- Research datasets and metadata: case studies – Conal Tuohy (developer)
Promoting our archival resources
Presentations:
- Digitisation: what now? – Maggie Patton (SLNSW)
- Case study: ancestry.com – Ben Mercer (Ancestry)
Copyright, legal issues and take-down policies
Presentations:
- Copyright, legal issues and takedown – Janice van de Velde (SLV)
- Takedown examples, cultural rights – Kerry Blinco (NTL)
Managing Indigenous collections
Videos:
- Introduction to Storylines – Susanna Iuliano (SLWA)
- Managing the cultural permissions process – Maxine Briggs (SLV)
Presentations:
- Managing Indigenous Collections – Kerry Blinco (NTL), Maxine Briggs (SLV), Susanna Iuliano (SLWA) and Kirsten Thorpe (SLNSW)
- Indigenous Services at SLNSW – Kirsten Thorpe (SLNSW)
