2 2 月, 2022

Libraries Tasmania Selects Preservica to Safeguard Public Access to Archives Collections

BOSTON, MA and OXFORD, UK, Feb 2, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Preservica, a global leader in Active Digital Preservation software, has partnered with Libraries Tasmania in a multi-year contract to accept, preserve, and store digital government and non-government records as archives.The ability to efficiently or effectively manage the 150TB's of digital collections manually has become difficult, placing Libraries Tasmania at risk of not meeting required standards to ensure the ongoing preservation and accessibility of its digital cultural collections.Preservica worked with local partner Document Management Tasmania (DMTAS) on the formal tender and procurement process. The digital preservation service will be hosted on AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) region.The Tasmanian Archives holds hundreds of thousands of items of significant historical and cultural value, in various formats, that are actively degrading. These contain content unique and integral to Tasmanian history and must adhere to industry standards and compliance requirements to support business processes for the secure capture, storage, management, identification, access, delivery and long-term preservation of its digital collections."Our commitment is to preserve the continuing memory of Tasmania as the lead provider of history, research, and information services," said Allegra Huxtable, Manager Government Archives & Preservation at Libraries Tasmania, Department of Education. "We are thrilled to partner with Preservica to preserve archives and heritage items to fulfill our legislated role as the keeper of Tasmania's memory, and generate opportunities for lifelong learning, and cultural inspiration available to anyone around the world."The digital preservation system will form part of the State Library and Tasmanian Archives infrastructure that will support the receipt of transfers from Tasmanian State Government Agencies and non-government organizations' of digital records in all forms, including digitized versions of hardcopy records as well as unstructured and structured born-digital records.This also includes published digital assets acquired through legal deposit or purchase (where these items are not suitable for inclusion on the National E-Deposit System).Public access to the Tasmanian Archives collections includes government records, private records, and cultural heritage items in a large number of formats including hard copy documentary items, physical items and their digital surrogates (digitized versions), audio recordings (including analog and born-digital), Film and Video (including analog and born-digital), maps, newspapers, and photographs.Online access to digital materials has become increasingly important for many Australian government, academic, cultural and commercial organizations. Libraries Tasmania is part of a growing community of institutions using Preservica in the region including The National Archives of Australia (NAA), The National Library of Australia (NLA), the State Library of South Australia (SLSA), Moore College and many other government, cultural, and academic institutions.We are delighted that Libraries Tasmania is part of a growing number of customers in our user community in Australia," said Mike Quinn, CEO Preservica. "Preservica's preservation system is a key part of the total environment needed to provide their digital collections with the best chance of long-term survival."Preservica's digital preservation and discovery solution, Starter edition is providing multi-sized archives across the region with an easy, locally hosted way to preserve important records and showcase digital collections that document Australia's rich history, ensuring content is kept safe and usable over decades are all automatically taken care of.See if Preservica is a fit for you. Learn more about its library and museum archive software or try Preservica for free to create, preserve and share your first digital collection in minutes.About PreservicaWith offices in Boston, MA and Abingdon, Oxfordshire (UK), Preservica is changing the way organizations around the world protect and future-proof critical long-term digital information. Available in the cloud (SaaS) or on-premise, our award-winning active digital preservation software has been designed from the ground up to tackle the unique challenges of ensuring digital information remains accessible and trustworthy over decades.It's a proven solution that's trusted by hundreds of businesses, archives, libraries, museums and government organizations around the world, including the UK National Archives, Texas State Library and Archives, MoMA, Yale and HSBC. Visit: www.preservica.com and Twitter: @preservicaContact:Kate ForteYork IEKforte@york.ieSOURCE: Preservica Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)

18 10 月, 2020

More library services resume from Tuesday, visiting hours increased

Those visiting libraries to read, study or work can look forward to more services resuming from Tuesday at the National Library Building, 25 public libraries and Oldham Theatre in the National Archives of Singapore Building. The National Library Board (NLB) said in a statement on Thursday that it will open up seating and study areas in public libraries, including the eNewspaper and multimedia stations, with a timed entry system and safe distancing measures still in place. It will also gradually resume public programmes, apart from guided tours. More information about these programmes can be found at NLB's GoLibrary site. The Study Lounge at level five of the National Library Building will also be reopened, with a three-hour visit limit. Library users will be able to visit the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library for up to three hours, up from the two-hour limit previously. Regional libraries in Jurong, Tampines and Woodlands can be visited for up to three hours, a significant increase from the previous 30-minute limit. For all other public libraries, the length of stay will be increased from 30 minutes to two hours. Entries will be timed to manage crowds. Library users can make their online bookings for their preferred slots. Bookings are limited to one per day, with slots released daily for the following day. The Asian Film Archive's public screenings of films at Oldham Theatre will have an increased capacity of 50 people per screening for both the theatre and the atrium, with safe distancing measures continued for seating in the theatre and to limit intermingling between groups, NLB said. More on this topic Related Story Public libraries to resume regular opening hours from Sept 1, but capacity controls remain Related Story All books returned to libraries to be set aside for 24 hours before going back on the shelves: NLB Related Story Plans for 3rd phase of reopening to be revealed in weeks The gradual resumption of services comes after public libraries here resumed regular opening hours on Sept 1. Safe distancing measures, capacity controls and frequent disinfection of high-touch points will continue to be implemented at all NLB premises. Library users must continue to wear masks at all times. With programmes resuming, additional cleaning, sanitising and ventilation of programme areas will also be carried out between sessions, NLB added. Due to capacity restrictions, library users might have to queue and wait before entering the premises. Those heading to a library can check the website or the NLB mobile app for real-time crowd capacity in libraries and archives before visiting.

15 10 月, 2020

More library services to resume from Oct 20

SINGAPORE - Those visiting libraries to read, study and work can now look forward to more services resuming from Tuesday (Oct 20) at the National Library Building, 25 public libraries and the Oldham Theatre in the National Archives of Singapore Building. The National Library Board (NLB) said in a statement on Thursday (Oct 15) that it would open up seating and study areas in public libraries, including eNewspaper and multimedia stations, with a timed entry system and safe distancing measures still in place. It will also gradually resume public programmes, apart from guided tours. More information about those programmes can be found at NLB's GoLibrary site. The Study Lounge at Level 5 of the National Library Building will also be re-opened with a three-hour visit limit. Library users will be able to visit the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library for up to three hours, up from the two hour limit in September. Regional libraries in Jurong, Tampines and Woodlands will be open for up to three hours, a significant increase from the previous 30-minute limit. For all other public libraries, the length of stay will be increased from 30 minutes to two hours. Entries will be timed to manage crowds. Library users can make online bookings for their preferred slots. More on this topic Related Story Public libraries to resume regular opening hours from Sept 1, but capacity controls remain Related Story All books returned to libraries to be set aside for 24 hours before going back on the shelves: NLB Related Story Plans for 3rd phase of reopening to be revealed in weeks Bookings are limited to one per day, with slots released daily for the following day. The Asian Film Archive's public screenings of films at Oldham Theatre will have an increased capacity of 50 persons per screening for both the theatre and the atrium, with safe distancing measures continued for seating in the theatre and to limit intermingling between groups, NLB said. There will be one to two screenings per screening day. The gradual resumption of library services comes after public libraries here resumed regular opening hours from Sept 1. Safe distancing measures, capacity controls and frequent disinfection of high touch points will continue to be implemented in all NLB premises. Library users must continue to wear masks at all times. With programmes resuming, additional cleaning, sanitising and ventilation of programme areas will also be carried out between sessions, NLB added. Due to capacity restrictions, library users might have to queue and wait before entering the premises. Those who are heading to the library can check the website or the NLB mobile app for real-time crowd capacity in libraries and archives before visiting.