Queensland Memory - Outreach

Overview

The State Library of Queensland provides public libraries and other cultural organisations with the opportunity to learn new skills and practices in the area of image digitisation. The Queensland Memory - Outreach project is an Online Public Access in Libraries (OPAL) funded initiative.

Its four main goals are:

• to improve the level of public access to state-wide image resources;
• to increase the number of unique Queensland digital images to form a more complete pictorial record of the state ;
• to encourage and empower staff from Queensland local public libraries and other cultural institutions to digitise their local images, making them available online, and to effectively manage their documentary heritage collections; and
• to develop an understanding of documentary heritage collections belonging to regional cultural organisations.

Activities

Outreach staff deliver image digitisation workshops to Queensland cultural organisations. These workshops are conducted onsite and give attendees the necessary skills to manage, scan, edit, preserve and catalogue images in their photographic collection. The project also gives participating organisations the ability to contribute images to Picture Queensland, in turn opening up Queensland's rich pictorial heritage to a worldwide audience.

Picture Queensland contributors

Several Queensland cultural organisations have successfully digitised their images and made them available on Picture Queensland. For more details on these organisations, visit the Contributors page.

To contribute to Picture Queensland

To find out more about contributing to Picture Queensland, visit the Contributor Resources page or contact the Outreach Project Officer.

More information

If you have an enquiry, contact us in any of the following ways:

• Telephone +61 7 3840 7880
• Fax +61 7 3842 9126
• Ask us
• Visit us

For general enquiries:

• Ask at your local Queensland public library
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