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ETHER establishes agency for Zeutschel scanners
ETHER Digital is proud to announce that we have established an agency for the top-end range of Zeutschel scanners. Our focus is on heritage digitisation and we will be working with libraries, archives, museums, and similar institutions who hold documentary heritage to offer these scanners as part of a range of digitisation services. We are…
Voices of Boipatong : Heritage Day
On Heritage Day, 24 September, ETHER attended an emotional memorial at the Catholic Church in Boipatong, attended by around 300 people, of which many were survivors and relatives of the victims. The purpose of the day was to announce the new mobile web site called the Voices of Boipatong, which has been developed by the…
Successful September Sessions
SPECTRUM, Do-it-yourself Digitisation and Storage workshops at the Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein Thirteen delegates from various institutions in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal participated in a week of ETHER workshops. These ran from 16-20 September 2013 and were held at the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein.
Visit ETHER Conservation at the OHASA, SAMA, and NCOME conferences
ETHER Conservation is a business unit in The ETHER Initiative which focuses on conservation products and services. We will be exhibiting samples of our product range at three very important heritage conferences during October and November, and we will be on hand to discuss any of your conservation needs at these conferences. The Oral History…
Successful Digitisation Workshop at North West University, Potchefstroom campus
On the 19 and 20 August 2013, ETHER ran our Do-it-yourself Digitisation Workshop at the Potchefstroom campus of North West University. We were warmly hosted by the Archives and Museums division of the Library. Fourteen delegates, from NWU and other institutions in the North West, attended the two-day workshop. The course dealt with how to…
ETHER Conservation exhibiting at African Library Summit
ETHER Conservation, the conservation arm of The ETHER Initiative, is exhibiting at the African Library Summit at UNISA in Pretoria from 2-5 July 2013. For the first time, the wide range of conservation materials and equipment from CXD of the UK are available in Southern Africa.
Introducing Europeana Inside
The ETHER Initiative is proud to be an associate partner of the Europeana Inside project. The primary objective of the Europeana Inside project is “…to support the Digital Agenda for Europe by achieving a lasting transformation in the quantity, scope and usability of the content available to Europeana from European cultural institutions.” To find out…
ETHER Conservation is launched in South Africa
28 May 2013. Johannesburg. The ETHER Initiative is proud to announce the launch of our latest business unit, ETHER Conservation, which is providing world-class materials and equipment for all of your conservation needs. These conservation products are provided by association with Conservation-By-Design (CXD) of the UK. We have scheduled country-wide launch seminars to introduce you…
ETHER Runs First Workshop on Databases for Heritage Professionals
ETHER has run the first training workshop in the country specifically dedicated to the development of databases for heritage collections management. This workshop was led by Roger Layton, and was held at the ETHER Training Centre, in Champagne Castle in the Drakensberg. The workshop was attended by delegates from KZN Museum Services, the Barberton museum,…