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Connecting to collections 2020

A series of events: Tuesday 17 March 2020 to Tuesday 17 November 2020

Come and hear about ways you can connect and use the collections at the Library. Talks will usually be held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from February to November.

New feature. Upload your own images. Uploads are limited to a file size of 5MB and jpg, png and gif formats.

Contribute your own images to DigitalNZ

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

There’s a fun new feature soon to be launched on DigitalNZ. You’ll be able to upload your own images to DigitalNZ ‘stories’. This talk will demonstrate the new tool and how personal images can be shared alongside institutional collections.

Police booking sheet thumbprints and mugshots of a man with a waxed and curled moustache

Danger on our shores: The white slave trade in 20th century NZ

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 20 October 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

Hear about the unsavoury history of sex trafficking through the first decade of the 20th century.

Someone using a typewriter

Working from home: resources you can access online

Connecting to collections 2020

Wednesday 30 September 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

Whether you are experienced or new to family history, there is material available online through the National Library that you can access. Joan McCracken from the Alexander Turnbull Library will explore some of the well-known resources (Papers Past, Digital NZ) and look at some that you might be new to you.

Someone using a typewriter
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Working from home: resources you can access online

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 15 September 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

Whether you are experienced or new to family history, there is material available online through the National Library that you can access. Joan McCracken from the Alexander Turnbull Library will explore some of the well-known resources (Papers Past, Digital NZ) and look at some that you might be new to you.

Someone using a typewriter
Cancelled

Working from home: resources you can access online

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 18 August 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

Whether you are experienced or new to family history, there is material available online through the National Library that you can access. Joan McCracken from the Alexander Turnbull Library will explore some of the well-known resources (Papers Past, Digital NZ) and look at some that you might be new to you.

Bird on a branch with a phone, speech bubble says ‘Tweet, tweet, tweet’.

Preserving your social media and other digital files

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 21 July 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

Tips for managing your social media archives, and other digital files.

Black and white photo of five women looking over their shoulders at the camera.
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(No) Food in the Archives?

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 21 April 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

An exploration of recipes in the Turnbull Library’s collections. This talk will provide an overview of the types of recipes and food collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Tree tomato chutney recipe.

How to handle four million results and other tips — A practical workshop for users of Papers Past

Connecting to collections 2020

Tuesday 17 March 2020, 12:10pm to 1pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington

The collections on Papers Past have grown larger, and the tools on the site have changed a little over the years — this is a simple workshop to explore how to make the most of the tools on Papers Past, to get more from the content.