ndf 2011: digitising the new zealand official yearbooks
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The digitising of the New Zealand Official Yearbook is an example of the importance of keeping the end user in mind throughout the project. The planning, processes and people involved all contributed to the final product.TRANSCRIPT
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Digitising historical publications
Claire Stent
Statistics New Zealand
Month Year
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Why digitise?
Preservation
Security
Efficiencies
Usage
National Enduring Statistical Resource
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What should we digitise?
New Zealand Official Yearbook
Census if any money left over
19th Century historical publications if possible
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Who is our audience?
Researchers
General public
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Why digitise?
Efficiency gains for Statistics New Zealand staff and researchers
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Planning: Outputs
PDFs
TIFF
XML
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Planning: Who will do it?
Too much to do in-house
RFP
NZMS
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Planning
Multiple outputs to ensure future-proof
Outsource to ensure work completed
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Process
Scan microfiche Create TIFFs Statistics NZ
Create PDFs
XML files
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Process
Scan microfiche Create TIFFs Statistics NZ
Create PDFs
XML files
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Process
Scan microfiche Create TIFFs Statistics NZ
XML files
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People
Familiarity with scanning historical documents• NZMS
XML expertise• Aptara• NZMS• Statistics New Zealand
Pragmatism/Innovation
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Questions
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Graphics from
David Armano, Visual thinking Archive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7855449@N02/sets/72157606844282993/with/6351245432/
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