Jay Gattuso: Automating  collection: leading  the horse to water, and making it drink?
Channel: NDF - National Digital Forum
Date: 17/10/2015

Day 1 of NDF 2015, 1.30pm Tuesday 13 October 2015

The National Library is changing how it collects digital content to reflect contemporary publishing approaches. This talk will describe how the organisation shifted towards ‘collecting from  the web.’ Jay will discuss the New Zealand Gazette online collection method that puts an automatic collection mechanism adjacent to the content it is collecting. He will discuss how this process was enhanced and formed the basis of a collaborative project that will see the Fairfax Media print content being automatically gathered and ingested into the collections.

Jay will highlight where advantages and bottlenecks were encountered, and what was done to overcome them.

Jay works in the National Library as a digital preservation analyst. His main responsibilities revolve around the technical appraisal and treatment of its digital content. He spends most of his day looking at digital object structure and technical characteristics, helping the Library make informed decisions when collecting, curating and preserving digital content. @ndha_nz