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There was a quiet little note appearing on the Queensland State Archive (QSA) social media feeds a couple of months ago…

The recent Opening the Archives (#ota2024) conference was on again this year, and was a joint conference between the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), Archives & Records Association of NZ Te Huinga Mahara (ARANZ) and the Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (PARBICA).  Dura and I headed across to join t

Recently, I had the opportunity of attending the fifth Fantastic Futures Conference hosted by the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. This year’s event was the first of this conference series held outside Europe and North America, nonetheless, the representation from institutions around the world was remarkable.

Have you ever wondered how AI is transforming the landscape of geospatial technology? What role do drones play in enhancing remote sensing capabilities for environmental monitoring? And how can open-source solutions foster collaboration and drive innovation in our industry? At the recent ISPRS and FOSS4G conference in Fremantle, we explored these fascinating topics and more.

On the 2nd August, Meg and I went along to the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) annual Professional Development Day.  This is the third one we’ve attended and presented at, and it’s an important event for us - it means we get to talk to archivists, understand what they are looking for and we get to give something back to that community.

This year, the emphasis was on Audiovisual Archiving and Artificial Intelligence, and we got to present on the latter topic.

Not everything we do in Team Week is totally serious - you have to have some fun in there as well.

After our Strategy Day on the Tuesday of the 2024 Team Week, we still had a couple of days together before people headed home on the Friday of the week (or the weekend).  So we thought we'd better make the most of it!

Last week we ran Team Week 2024 in Perth, and it was a very intense, but very fun week!  This year's was very special because it's also the twenty year anniversary of Gaia Resources.

As part of our 20 year celebrations, we have also introduced our new Gaia Resources branding - which includes a new web site as well!