Department of Internal Affairs

Advance Notice for Full-Text Digitisation Services for National Library of New Zealand

The Department of Internal Affairs serves and connects people, communities, and government to build a safe, prosperous and respected nation. The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa (National Library) is part of Te Haumi - Enterprise Partnerships branch of the Department.

The National Library collects, preserves, and protects New Zealand’s documentary heritage to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations.

National Library is looking for a supplier(s) to provide the following Digitisation Services:
• Full-text digitisation of newspapers
• Full-text digitisation of periodicals
• Full-text digitisation of books
• Full-text digitisation of other documentary material as required
Digitisation Services encompasses scanning and image conversion (including Optical Character Recognition) and also includes the image conversion of existing images.

Subject to internal approvals, we intend to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) late September 2023. This opportunity will be advertised on GETS.

For more details see the attached Advance Notice of Contract Opportunity.

No information is being asked for at this time but in subscribing to this notice you will be automatically notified when the RFP is released.