NFSA curator joins DAMsmart

Audiovisual digitisation company DAMsmart has appointed Dave McGrouther, a former film curator at the National Film and Sound Archive, to head its Film Services Division.

“Dave will be working on all things film – assessing, prepping, digitising -, with commercial as well as preservation organisations; he brings with him extensive knowledge of archiving, preservation, conservation and repair techniques for all film formats,” said business manager Adam Hodgkinson.

“His appointment further strengthens DAMsmart’s specialist audiovisual digitisation and preservation services; the growth of DAMsmart’s technical team underscores our commitment to developing our digitisation business in Australia and our expansion into Asian market,” he added.