Clutha District Council library and service centre manager Debbie Duncan says heritage resources such as this 1951 aerial photograph of Balclutha will become easier to access online, thanks to the creation of a new, government-funded community heritage co-ordinator role. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISONCapturing today’s stories as tomorrow’s heritage will be central to a new library role about to be created in Clutha. She said the co-ordinator would help the community store and curate local heritage digitally, in a district-wide "heritage repository". "As someone new to the district myself, what has immediately struck me is just how important heritage is to the Clutha community," she said. The funding would support wages for the new role and digital equipment necessary to record and archive materials, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2021 15:36 UTC