It's been relentlessly cloudy and wet weather here in Auckland over the winter, so it feels somehow appropriate that we've been working on tag cloud functions. Tags are descriptive keywords and phrases that users can add to page to help others find content. For example, a painting might have been described as an oil on canvas by Picasso featuring a clock. Additional tags could be added for 'painting', 'Pablo Picasso' and 'Grandfather clock', all of which will help with finding
New Copyright Laws
Whether you are a small museum or individual collector, there are many things you can do now to prepare to digitise your collections. Since the Copyright laws in New Zealand have just changed for the first time since 1994, it is the perfect time to find out what you always wished you knew. Copyright – an easy introduction These guidelines provide you with introductory information on some of the copyright questions that are often raised in the museum, heritage and
Portage Ceramics Trust
The fabled story of the growth of New Zealand pottery company Crown Lynn is one most New Zealanders are familiar with. Becoming the largest pottery company in the Southern Hemisphere in the 1970s and fostering young design talent with their Crown Lynn Design Awards are just some aspects of the business we admire. Read more about the history and see Crown Lynn objects as catalogued by the Portage Ceramics Trust. The trust was established to catalogue a private Crown Lynn
The First Month for NZMuseums
The NZMuseums site has been up and running for one month now and has had great feedback. We are pleased at the positive reception it has had within the sector and from the general public. We have done a number of updates of the site, including minor tweaks behind the scenes and loading of new content. In the first month the site had 5,500 visitors from 60 countries (and we're fast approaching the 10,000th visitor milestone!). It has been fantastic
NZMuseums Goes Live!
We’re pleased to have reached a major milestone in the development of eHive. On September 17th 2008, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa hosted the official launch of the NZMuseums website. The website provides a directory of 400 museums in New Zealand and showcases the collections of 50 of these as at the launch date. The museum information, collection catalogues and images are all stored in eHive. You can view the website at www.nzmuseums.co.nz Highlights include: Museum photos
Inaugural News Item
This is where we keep you up to date with the latest news and information about eHive's progress, developments and updates as they happen. eHive is a constantly evolving product, and because it is web-based, all updates will appear immediately as they happen. At the moment we are spreading the buzz about eHive around the world, while our team prepares for our launch date in December 2008. The eHive Team
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