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Monash University Brings Collections to Life with Recollect
Monash University, one of Australia’s leading institutions for education and research, has successfully launched its new Recollect platform, implemented by DatacomIT. This major initiative brings together the University’s Library and Archives collections into one...
VicTrack’s Railway Legacy Goes Digital
DatacomIT is currently undertaking a major digitisation project for VicTrack, aimed at preserving and digitally enhancing access to thousands of historically valuable railway records. These documents, many of which are stored on microfilm and microfiche, include...
City of Stirling’s Stories: New Recollect Site Brings History to Life
DatacomIT is proud to announce the successful launch of the City of Stirling’s new Recollect site - an innovative online platform that offers the community a modern and engaging way to explore the city's rich history, treasured artworks, and diverse heritage...
Webinar: Scanning vs Preservation Digitisation: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters?
DatacomIT, in collaboration with RIMPA Global, invite you to a webinar on the key principles of true preservation digitisation. Join us for an insightful presentation on the execution and planning of preservation digitisation projects. Discover the technical...
Preserving a Legacy – UniSA Launches Time Capsule using Recollect Ahead of Merger
The University of South Australia (UniSA) and the University of Adelaide are set to merge, creating a new institution named Adelaide University, scheduled to commence operations in January 2026. This merger, backed by the South Australian Government aims to establish...
100,000 Pages Digitised – How We’re Making History Accessible
At DatacomIT, we’re committed to preserving history by giving heritage collections a digital future. Over many years, we’ve proudly partnered with a number of government agencies and cultural institutions. A project we’ve been progressively working on over the past...
Celebrating Excellence: Ipswich Libraries & Western Downs Win QPLA Awards!
DatacomIT wishes to extend our warmest congratulations to Melanie Rush and Tanya Jen at Ipswich Libraries, as well as Pamela Langridge, Jacinta Ward, and the team at Western Downs Regional Council, for their outstanding achievement in being awarded the QPLA Innovation...
Preserving Jensen Motors’ Legacy: The Digitisation of Richard Calver’s Archive
Jensen Motors Limited was a British car manufacturer renowned for its luxury, high-performance vehicles. It was founded in 1936 by brothers Alan and Richard Jensen. Over time, Jensen transitioned to producing its own cars, becoming an icon of British automotive...
Randwick City Library ‘Our Story’: Preserving Local History
DatacomIT would like to congratulate the team at Randwick City Council Library for the launch of their Our Story, Recollect site, which is now live to the public. Randwick City Library's "Our Story”, is an online platform that showcases the rich history and cultural...
Webinar Invitation – Curating Special Collections from Community Contributions
DatacomIT is excited to announce we are hosting a special webinar featuring guest presentation by Gillian Allen, Library Officer - Local Studies, City of Ryde Libraries. Date: Wednesday 19 March 2025 Time: 2pm - 3pm AEDT Location: 1 hour online webinar (webinar links...
Government Aviation Body Archives Take Flight into the Digital Age
For the past few years, we’ve been on a high-flying mission with a Government Aviation Body —bringing decades of history into the digital era. Because let’s face it, negatives don’t last forever, but the stories they capture are too important to be left in the dark!...
Continuing the Journey to Preserve the Past and Protect the Future
We’re excited to announce that DatacomIT is back in full swing for 2025! This year, we’ve already started digitising new projects and safeguarding critical data, helping institutions transform the way they protect and access their most valuable records. Our commitment...
THANK YOU!
As we recollect on the year gone by, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the privilege of assisting you this year. Together, we’ve accomplished incredible milestones, including the digitisation and digital preservation of millions of invaluable materials....
Trade-in & Save – Upgrade your outdated Microfilm Scanner
IS YOUR MICROFILM SCANNER OUTDATED? Simply trade-in your outdated microfilm scanner to save on the latest Platinum Award Winning STViewScan 4 microfilm scanner - with an 18MP camera and Perfectview Software.The STViewScan 4 can view all microforms – roll microfilm,...
Recollect for Universities Webinar
DatacomIT is excited to invite universities, university libraries, archives, and all education professionals to our upcoming Recollect Webinar for Universities featuring Lachlan Glanville, Senior Archivist, Digital & Systems at the University of Melbourne...
IFLA Information Futures Summit 2024
DatacomIT is thrilled to announce our collaboration with Recollect, ST Imaging, and i2S Innovative Imaging Solutions at the upcoming International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2024 Conference in Brisbane! As a global event uniting the...
Wenona School and PLC Sydney Enhance Access to Educational Heritage Archives
We are pleased to share a significant advancement in our ongoing commitment to preserving and providing access to valuable collections within university and school archives. As part of this progress, we are excited to announce the successful launch of Recollect at two...
Huge Success – Conserve, Digitise, Curate, Preserve Panel Webinar Recording
We are thrilled to announce the success of our "Conserve, Digitise, Curate, Preserve" panel discussion webinar held last week (August 6, 2024). The event featured a distinguished group of experts specialising in conservation, digitisation, curation, and preservation....
Panel Discussion Webinar – Conserve, Digitise, Curate, Preserve (August 6, 2024)
Q&A WEBINAR INVITATION DATE: Tuesday, 6 August 2024TIME: 2.00pm - 3.00pm (AEST)LOCATION: 1 hour online webinar (webinar link will be sent after registration) Join us for our upcoming Q&A webinar, Conserve, Digitise, Curate, Preserve, which promises to be an...
Join DatacomIT at the VALA2024 conference for an Insightful Presentation on Digital Preservation
DatacomIT are proud to announce that our Digital Preservation Consultant, Roger Mills, will be presenting his recent research in a paper at the VALA2024 conference at RMIT University, Melbourne, next month. Dr. Roger Mills is an independent researcher and Digital...