Weaving the net: developing selective digital collecting principles at the National Library of New Zealand [Webinar paper]
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2025-02-27
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In Aotearoa New Zealand, legislation authorises the National Library to make a copy of any electronic documents in scope for legal deposit or request assistance from publishers as required. Digital collecting under legal deposit was always intended to be selective. In reality, for almost 20 years, our operational practice was to collect what was available and what was offered. With the explosion of digital publications and formats this was neither sustainable nor an ideal use of resources. To build a digital collection which is representative of New Zealand’s published documentary heritage, we need to be intentional and transparent in where we focus our resources. To guide staff and publishers, we have developed principles to support the selection of digital content.
These principles respect our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) and focus on the priorities identified in our collecting plans. They limit extensive focus on certain topics and ensure diversity of voices and perspective especially those missing or under-represented in our collections.
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Rhonda Grantham is the Legal Deposit Specialist at the National Library of New Zealand. She has been working in the Legal Deposit and Acquisitions Team at the National Library since 2015. In her role she advises publishers and other stakeholders about Aotearoa New Zealand legal deposit requirements. Increasingly her focus has turned to collecting digital publications. Before her current role, Rhonda has extensive experience selecting, acquiring and describing published material in a variety of formats.
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