Fiona Fieldsend Email & Phone Number

Wellington

I lead the Digital in Te Ara Tahi Programme which works with National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand, in partnership with Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, to transform the way our heritage and taonga are digitally collected, managed, and accessed. We want to help communities, connect with their histories, stories and taonga anywhere, anytime. My team provides oversight of ICT and digital initiatives, develops strategy and investment cases and is an enabler and champion for digital capabilities and systems.In April 2024 became responsible for delivery of the Operational Readiness and Transition Design for the new Heritage Campus that includes the new archival building in Pōneke, Wellington. I lead the workstreams responsible for designing the Heritage Campus collaborative ways of working and relocation of kaimahi, services, furniture, fittings & equipment and supporting the establishment of the new campus.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

My role was expanded to officially include functional leadership of ICT for the Library. This includes working collaboratively to ensure there is effective and continuously improved operational ICT to enable the National Library to deliver on legislative mandates and towards its strategic priorities.

Wellington

I was officially appointed as Manager, Digital New Zealand in June 2018. I continue to be responsible for the talented teams who manage National Library of New Zealand’s digital discovery services which enable New Zealander's to find, share and use their history and heritage. These services include www.natlib.govt.nz, paperspast.natlib.govt.nz and www.digitalnz.org. I am also taking a lead in maturing operational ICT and ICT strategy for the National Library.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

I led DIA’s operational response to COVID-19 Alert Levels (this role was on top of my main role as Director Digital Experience)

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As the Acting Manager of the Digital New Zealand I was responsible for the talented teams who manage National Library of New Zealand’s digital discovery services which enable New Zealander's to find, share and use their history and heritage. These services include www.natlib.govt.nz, paperspast.natlib.govt.nz and www.digitalnz.org.

Wellington

In 2012 my role was extended to be responsible for DigitalNZ services, including managing www.digitalnz.org planning and strategy, ensuring metadata quality, and leading the promotion and community building of the service.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

After parental leave I returned to DigitalNZ part time and worked with our growing number of content partners to share their collection metadata through www.digitalnz.org and via the DigitalNZ API. I also helped run Mix and Mash - New Zealand's first data and content remix and mashup competition.

I managed the set up and implementation of DigitalNZ - a programme which aimed to make New Zealand's digital content easier to find, share and use. I helped lead a talented team who worked collaboratively with owners and managers of digital collections so that we could aggregate their digital collection metadata and make it available via an open API. This API meant that we could build a search across all of their collections and also allow others to build their own discovery experiences on top of the API.I managed the programme until I went on parental leave in February 2009 and returned to the team in a part time capacity in October 2009.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I helped set up and then manage EPIC (Electronic Purchasing in Collaboration), the national collaborative purchasing consortium that enables more affordable access to quality electronic resources in libraries.

Company Directors' Course

Mlis, Library And Information Studies, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba