Keynote: Building a bridge between archives and libraries - The experience of collaboration in New Zealand

A common perception of archives and libraries is that these are fundamentally different and they do not cooperate well or willingly. There are exceptions of course. At National Library New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) and Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga) we found ourselves in a situation where very close cooperation in digital preservation field was the only way to tackle and make progress with digital preservation. We have been using and sharing one instance of the Rosetta preservation system since 2012. This presentation describes this digital preservation collaboration - how it came into place, some of the challenges and benefits and where we stand now. It also describes the wider context in which this collaboration has taken place and other areas where we’ve explored collaboration.

Andrea Goethals
Programme Director
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, National Library of New Zealand

Andrea started her digital preservation career in 2003 as a computer scientist working on the technical challenges. Since then she has worked in many different roles focusing on the policies, strategies and people that make digital preservation programmes possible. She is now Programme Director Preservation Research at the National Library of New Zealand. Andrea oversees the National Library’s digital preservation programme and manages the team responsible for operating the National Digital Heritage Archive. She participates in many local, regional and international working groups including NZ DOI Consortium, Australasia Preserves, IIPC Steering Committee, iPres Steering Group, Digital Preservation Storage Criteria WG, DataCite CESG, NSLA DPN and DPC-Australasia.

Jan Hutař
Digital Preservation Analyst
Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Archives New Zealand

Jan has a PhD in Information Science, an MA in Information Studies and Librarianship, and a BA in Archival Studies. His career has involved experience in web archiving, digitisation workflow and metadata design, but his focus over the last 16 years has been on preservation metadata and the digital preservation field. As a Digital Preservation Analyst at Archives New Zealand, Jan is responsible for and heavily involved in developing digital preservation policies and processes, file format technical analysis, digital preservation system management, providing advice to government agencies regarding digital records management and born-digital record transfer to Archives New Zealand, including relevant standards, guidelines and workflows, and the preparation and processing of digital transfers into the digital archive.