Case Studies

See what organisations around South Australia have been doing and learn about how they’ve approached the challenges of collections digitisation.

Digitisation at Mill Cottage Museum

Chris Mantle from the Port Lincoln History Group talks us through digitisation at Mill Cottage Museum, and how small grants have helped purchase an equipment suite suitable to their needs.

If would like to know more about the Mill Cottage and the Port Lincoln History Group please visit their website: https://www.portlincolnhistory.au/

Film produced by Symes Studios.

Digitisation at Axel Stenross Museum

Christine Phillis from the Axel Stenross Museum talks about the treasures in their collection and how they are using digitisation to provide more information to their visitors.

If would like to know more about the Axel Stenross Museum and their collection please visit their website: https://axelstenross.com.au/ This video clip was produced as part of the

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Digitisation at the Port Lincoln Library

Louise Mrdjen from the City of Port Lincoln Council shares the wonderful digitisation work that has been happening at the Port Lincoln Library. They’ve been working away on the ‘Port Lincoln Times’ and other publications to make them accessible to people through Trove and the local library network.

If would like to know more about the City of Port Lincoln, and Port Lincoln Library please visit their website:  https://www.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/

Film produced by Symes Studios.

Digitisation at the Port Lincoln Railway Museum

Peter Knife from the Port Lincoln Railway Museum talks about how the Museum is using his custom built VisiVault software to make their digitised collections available to visitors. He discusses the Museum collections, and the work he and other volunteers are doing to make them more accessible online.

If would like to know more about the Port Lincoln Railway Museum please visit their website: https://www.eprps.org.au/ 

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Top Tips from the Port Lincoln Railway Museum

Peter Knife from the Port Lincoln Railway Museum gives his top tips on digitising historical collections. He talks about investigating suitable equipment, training, and storage and back up for digital files.

If would like to know more about the Port Lincoln Railway Museum please visit their website: https://www.eprps.org.au/

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Digitisation at the Embroiderers' Guild of SA Museum

Lesley Grady from the Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Museum talks about digitising their collections. She talks about how the Embroiderers’ Guild collection developed, her involvement with the Museum, and the challenges of digitisation.

If you would like to know more about the Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Museum please visit their website https://embroiderymuseum.org.au/

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Digitisation at the National Railway Museum

Gabrielle Sexton from the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, talks about digitising their collections. She discusses the breadth of the Museum collection, and the challenge volunteers faced digitising large documents in the collection.

If would like to know more about the National Railway Museum please visit their website: https://nrm.org.au

Film produced by Symes Studios.

Digitisation at Mallala Museum

Marcus Strudwicke from the Mallala Museum talks about digitising their collections. He discusses how the collection and museum displays evolved, and the development of their digitisation program. Marcus outlines the equipment sourced and adapted by museum volunteers to create an affordable digitisation studio.

If would like to know more about the Mallala Museum please visit their website: https://www.apc.sa.gov.au/visitor-information/mallalamuseum

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Top Tips Mallala Museum

Marcus Strudwicke from the Mallala Museum talks about his top tips for digitising collections.

If would like to know more about the Mallala Museum please visit their website: https://www.apc.sa.gov.au/visitor-information/mallalamuseum

Film produced by Symes Studios.

Digitisation at Lutheran Archives

Rachel Kuchel from Lutheran Archives talks about digitising their collections. She talks about how they started planning for digitisation, outlines the approach Lutheran archives takes to digitisation, and their decision to purchase a book scanner.

If would like to know more about the services offered by Lutheran Archives in Adelaide please visit their website: https://www.lca.org.au/departments/ministry-support/lutheran-archives/

Film produced by Symes Studios.

Top Tips Lutheran Archives

Rachel Kuchel from Lutheran Archives talks about her top tips for digitising collections.

If would like to know more about the services offered by Lutheran Archives in Adelaide please visit their website:

https://www.lca.org.au/departments/ministry-support/lutheran-archives/

Film produced by Symes Studios.