Community Contributed

The Kete Project

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Kete Horowhenua is a knowledge basket of images, audio, video and documents which are collected and catalogued by the community. The core code will be released as Kete V. 1.0 so that other communities can build their own Kete.

Goal of the Project

To create an open source web application, so that communities can build their databases of local resources. Kete will include digitised photographs, documents, museum objects, arts and crafts objects, audio and video recordings, public speeches, and performances of all kinds. Kete Horowhenua is the proof of concept.

Find out more

We have a discussion list: http://blog.kete.net.nz/?page_id=26

and a blog: http://blog.kete.net.nz

and a slideshow which gives a good overview of Kete Horowhenua.


Project Team

Kete Subcommittee of Horowhenua Library Trust:

  • George Sue - Chair. Horowhenua Library Trust.
  • Heather Birrell - Horowhenua Library Trust.
  • Rosalie Blake - Head of Libraries. Horowhenua Library Trust.
  • David Clapperton - Horowhenua District Council.
  • Errol Burnham - Levin Seniornet.
  • Joann Ransom - Kete Project Coordinator

Supporters

The Kete project is made possible by a number of groups in our community:

  • Horowhenua District Council : Partners in the Kete project, project management, supplier of content and part funder.
  • Levin SeniorNet: Partners in the Kete project, project management, software testing and training of volunteers.
  • Ross McColl Cars: Loan of a vehicle for getting around the place.
  • Horowhenua College: loan of a computer suite for training of volunteers.
  • Horowhenua District Growers Association: Part funder and supplier of content.

And there are the many individuals who tirelessly translate page after page of handwritten minute books from the Otaki sitting of the Maori Land Court, or creating digital files of newspaper stories so they will be fully word searchable.