by Roger Layton | Jul 2, 2013 | ETHER Conservation
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...
by Roger Layton | May 28, 2013 | ETHER Conservation
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...
by Roger Layton | May 23, 2013 | databases, ETHER Base, ETHER Education
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...
by Roger Layton | Mar 6, 2013 | digital institution, ETHER Governance, user experience
28 Feb 2012. Johannesburg. Roger Layton, the CEO of The ETHER Initiative, presented a visionary paper on the long-term future of memory institutions in his paper “Towards the Digital Instititution” at the SADI Conference held at the University of the...
by Roger Layton | Mar 3, 2013 | collections management, ETHER Governance, project management, storage management, workshops
We are running three new workshops during April, which will run from 22-24 April 2013 in Pretoria. On 22 April we focus on Governance of Heritage Organisations, and this is followed on 23 April by a workshop on Storage Management. On 24 April the workshop addresses...
by Roger Layton | Mar 3, 2013 | collections management, ETHER Base, SPECTRUM, workshops
On 13-14 February 2013 we run the country’s first workshop in SPECTRUM at the Western Cape Archives in Cape Town. Thirty-five delegates attended the two-day workshop and we took them through all 21 SPECTRUM procedures and the associated policies, forms and...