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BELOW ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IN RECENT YEARS:

2014

• Creation of the Michael Cassidy & Friends digital archive for African Enterprise, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Audit of digital archive for Michaelhouse, Balgowan, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Digitisation of “The Hiltonian” magazine and “The Witness” photographic collection and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Hilton College, Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Digitisation of a selection of school magazines for Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool (Affies), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of a selection of school magazines and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Pretoria Boys High School, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of photographic collection and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Wits University School of Mining Engineering, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

2013

• Audit of archive for Unilever South Africa, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Digitisation of over 6,000 museum objects from KZN Museum Services, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Audit of digital collections of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of a selection of school magazines for Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool (Affies), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of school magazines and photographs and the set up of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Rondebosch Boys High School, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Stellenbosch University Institutional Advancement, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
• Setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Earthstock photo library, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Audit of archive and digitisation of school magazines for Roedean School (SA), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of school magazines and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for St Albans College, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
• Audit of archive and digitisation of the majority of the Michaelhouse archive, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa
• Audit of archive and digitisation of school magazines and photographs and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for St Anne’s College, Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Digitisation of the Eric Leslie Edmonds collection of historic photographs of concentration camps during World War II, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2012

• Digitisation of school magazines, marketing material and photographs and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Roedean School (SA), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Digitisation of school magazines and registers and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for Jeppe Boys High School, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa partially funded by Ancestry24
• Digitisation of school magazines, registers and minute books from St Andrew’s Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa partially funded by Ancestry24
• Digitisation of school magazines 1896 – 2010 and photographs for Michaelhouse, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa including a web interface for the MEMAT archival digital repository system for presenting the digitised material online on the Michaelhouse Archives website.
• Digitisation of a photographic collection from the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Services, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2011-2012

• Digitisation of the ANC Archive at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape including over 24,000 document pages and 20,000 photographic images and the supply of our MEMAT digital repository system to manage the digitised collection including video and sound files

2011

• Creation of Shutha, a free online resource for professional photographers in the Majority World to enhance competitiveness. The project formed part of the Twenty Ten project with funding from the Dutch Postcode Lottery via World Press Photo

2009-2011

• Heading up the team that wrote best practices section of the National Policy on the Digitisation of Heritage Resources for South Africa’s Department of Arts and Culture known as Annexure 5: Digital Heritage Body of Knowledge (DHBOK), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

2010

• Digitisation of photographic collections at Natal Museum, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, over 8,000 images funded by the National Lottery
• Digitisation of 3,500 museum objects of Zulu culture at Vukani Museum, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa funded by the National Lottery
• Development of a digitisation strategy for Freedom Park, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

2009-2010

• Twenty Ten: African Media on the Road to Twenty Ten and Beyond together with World Press Photo, FreeVoice and lokaalmondiaal and funded by Dutch Postcode Lottery which involved the training of over 120 media professionals from 34 countries in Africa and the production of content on the run up to and during the 2010 FIFA World Cup held for the first time in Africa
• Digitisation of photographic collection and the setup of a MEMAT archival digital repository system for South African National Parks

2008-2009

• African Image Pipeline project funded by the European Union through the Gijima KZN project of the Department of Economic Development in KZN including the digitisation of 24,000 images from museums, archives and private collections in South Africa including from Albany Museum, Bailey’s African History Archive, Corey Library at Rhodes University, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, Klerksdorp Museum, Ladysmith Siege Museum, McGregor Museum in Kimberly, Museum Africa, National Museum in Bloemfontein, Northern Flagship Institution, Piper Collection from the University of Fort Hare, The Best of South from the South Photographs collection
• Digitisation of collections from the South African History Archive at Wits University, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

2008

• African Photo Entrepreneur Programme training 40 African photographers as part of the African Image Pipeline project

2007-2008

• Digitisation of photographic collections at the International Library of African Music in Grahamstown, over 10,000 images funded by the National Heritage Council

2006-2007

• Digitisation of photographic collections from Bailey’s African History Archive, PhotoAccess, and photographers: Benny Gool, Louise Gubb, Eric Miller

2005-2006

• Digitisation of 60,000 images as part of Guy Stubbs photographic archive

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES BY MANAGING DIRECTOR, DAVID LARSEN

2013

• “Digitising the ANC Archives: Unity in Diversity,” 77th South African Museums Association National Conference, 22-24 October 2013, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.

2012

• “Digitising the ANC Archives”, International Conference on Liberation Archives, October 31-November 2, 2012, ICC East London, East London, South Africa and at the Ina/DOXA seminar on the “Perspectives on preservation and promotion of the audiovisual heritage in France and South Africa,” November 13-14, 2012, Fugard Theatre, Cape Town.
• “Collections and Markets: Pitfalls and Possibilities”, SAMA KZN Regional Conference 2012, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2011

• ‘Collections and Markets,’ ICADLA-2 Conference, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. Link to companion presentation online

• ‘Building a Digital Archive’, Corporate Archives Forum, archive professionals, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2010

• ‘Threats and Opportunities for Museum Collections in the Digital Era’, South African Museums Association National Conference, museum professionals, Durban, South Africa.
  • Link to the companion presentation online.

2009

• ‘An Analysis of Threats to Digital Media and Cost Effective Solutions’, South African Museums Association KZN Branch conference, museum professionals, Talana Museum, Dundee, South Africa

• ‘Principles in the Digitisation of Photographs’, presentation at Digital Innovation South Africa workshop, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2008

• ‘The African Image Pipeline Project’, National conference of the South African Museums Association, museum professionals, Cape Town, South Africa

2007

• ‘Majority World Imagery The Untapped Potential’, CEPIC congress, representatives from the world’s leading image libraries, Florence, Italy
• ‘Getting Your Collections to a Global Audience’, National conference of the South African Museums Association, museum professionals, Maropeng, South Africa

2006

• ‘Museums and Technology’, South African Museums Association KZN Branch conference, museum professionals, Newcastle, South Africa

2005

• ‘Museums and Markets’, seminar at South African Museums Association national conference, Bloemfontein, South Africa
• ‘An African Perspective’, Imaging Famine, leading Aid agencies in the UK, London, UK,

2004

• ‘Digital Opportunities’, Digital Africa Conference, African government ministers of telecommunications, Cape Town, South Africa

2003

• ‘Marketing of Communication Products’, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) media conference, Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands

REFERENCES TO AFRICA MEDIA ONLINE IN THE MEDIA April 2011

• Digitisation of the Vukani Museum collection in The Archival Platform
• Funding available for digitising collections of genealogical value in The Archival Platform
• City Company Completes Digitalisation Project in e-Biz Blitz
• Drum magazine turns 60 in The Archival Platform
• 60 Years of Drum Magazine in Stock Index Online
• Images From the First 40 Years of Drum Magazine in BAPLA

November 2010

• Africa Media Online in The Archival Platform