How to become a content partner

On this page
Find out how DigitalNZ works
Get your content online
Get in touch with us
Agree to our terms of use
Check how your content displays on digitalnz.org
Use the metrics dashboard

This page explains how to join DigitalNZ as a content partner. Contributing content to DigitalNZ is in most cases a simple process that requires little effort on your behalf.

Find out how DigitalNZ works

Get your content online

  • If you need help with the digitisation of your material, make use of Make it Digital, our guides for digitising, describing, managing, and sharing digital content.

Get in touch with us

  • Email info@digitalnz.org to let us know the kind of digital content you have (such as images, documents, multimedia).

Agree to our terms of use

  • If we accept your registration of interest then we will send you a letter of participation, which explains what being a partner means and asks you to agree to the terms of use for contributing metadata.

  • Consider making your metadata available for commercial use. A great benefit of opening up your metadata for commercial use is increasing the exposure of your online collections. Your metadata (titles, descriptions, small thumbnails, date, etc.) could then be used in applications for sale in app stores and included in subscription databases.

Check how your content displays on digitalnz.org

  • Once you have agreed to participate, we will work with you on the technical options for connecting your digital material to the DigitalNZ services (such as the search engine and API).

  • We send you access to our staging website so you can assess how your content is displaying.

  • We work together to troubleshoot any issues with how your content is expressed on digitalnz.org.

  • After you sign off on how your content is displayed on DigitalNZ we will share your collection on our live site and celebrate you as our newest content partner via our social media accounts. Nau mai, haere mai.

Use the metrics dashboard

Once your collection is live on digitalnz.org you can use the DigitalNZ metrics dashboard to monitor interactions with your content.

Questions?

Thanks for your interest, and please get in touch if there is anything we can help with.