Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

We are pleased to announce the release of a new Exposure draft: Managing digitisation programs and projects

Are you undertaking a digitisation program or project? Would you like to see what others are doing in this area, how they have planned and managed their programs/projects, what they have achieved or the lessons they have learned along the way? Over the coming months, State Records will be providing some case studies on our website focusing on digitisation activities undertaken by […]

I went to a digital preservation conference recently where the focus, to my surprise, was mainly on digitisation projects and programs. Many seem to believe that by turning paper records into digital images they are preserving them. But is this the case?

There are substantial benefits to be gained by digitising paper records. As a result, the number of organisations undertaking digitisation has increased dramatically in recent years. However, if you want to introduce digitisation projects or programs you need to be aware that there are also a variety of risks. Being aware of these risks can help […]

At the Records Managers Forum on March 2, Michael McMullan from Housing NSW spoke about the project he has been running to roll digital recordkeeping out across the organisation.