Digitisation studio

About us

The Digitisation Centre of Western Australia was set up with the goal of digitising collections of national and international significance around the state. Since its beginnings in 2021, the Centre continues to grow in exciting directions.

History

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Meet the team

The Digitisation Centre is managed by the DCWA Governance Board, DCWA Steering Committee and run by a small team of digitisation officiers, led by the Coordinator of DCWA. Each member brings distinctive skills that allow DCWA to run efficiently, maintain international standards in digitisation, and build relationships with collection custodians.

Our team members are experts in various fields, including:

  • Photographic reproduction and image processing
  • Digitial archiving
  • Cultural heritage management
  • Handling of anlaog magnetic media and playback equipment

Please contact us to find out more about how we can help you in your digitisation projects.

DCWA Partners

This Centre emerges from an innovative collaboration between the Western Australian universities, the State Library of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum.

    

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The Digitisation Centre of Western Australia is an Australian Research Council funded project: LE200100123  

 

  

Support the Digitisation Centre

A partnership with DCWA creates an alignment with preservation of collections for access, research and education and our reputation as Western Australia's premier digitisation centre. Our partnerships are diverse, bespoke and adaptable as we aspire to achieve your organisation’s objectives. We believe in creating genuine and mutually beneficial relationships with our partners.

There are multiple benefits of being a partner of the DCWA:

  1. Access to world-class digitisation facility and services: archival quality digitisation of paper, photographic, audio and audio-visual materials.
  2. Exclusive hourly rates: partners receive discounted rates for digitisation services for their committed contribution to the Centre.
  3. Annual digitisation hours subscription: partners get a set number of digitisation hours in their annual membership to meet their project needs.
  4. Priority service delivery: receive customised support and have priority access to the Centre's equipment and services.
Become a partner at DCWA

We offer four membership categories at different annual costs to suit the needs of your organisation:

Membership Category 

Annual Cost

Platinum $100,000
Gold $75,000
Silver $50,000
Bronze $25,000

 

We welcome you to contact us for a conversation.

Please contact Janet Luk, Coordinator of DCWA at +61 08 6488 2247 or [email protected].

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Get in touch

Our details

Phone: +61 8 6488 7064

Email: [email protected]

Hours: Mon-Fri from 9am - 5pm

Locations

Main digitisation laboratory
Level 2, Barry J Marshall Library (Room 2.14, Building 446),
University of Western Australia
Crawley campus.

Dispatch room
Ground level Barry J Marshall Library for receiving and storing collections.

DCWA sound studio
Level 2 of the State Library of Western Australia in the Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge

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