The National Archives of Australia has ramped up the digitisation of its at-risk records after securing a government funding lifeline last year. The agency has handed out millions in contracts to digitise parts of its collection this year but failed to properly disclose the largest deal.
A $2 million contract for outsourced digitisation services was only published this week, despite work beginning in November and government ministers promoting the supplier’s project earlier this year.
You can read more in an article written by Joseph Brookes and published in the InnovationAus we site at: https://www.innovationaus.com/national-archives-ramps-up-digitisation-of-at-risk-records/.