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- | [[Working Group on Multicultural Services | + | **ANNUAL REPORT 2023 |
- | [[Annual report- 202 ]] | + | WORKING GROUP ON MULTICULTURAL LIBRARY SERVICES (NSW) |
+ | ** | ||
+ | **Introduction**: | ||
- | **Profile of the Working Group:** | + | Multicultural |
- | The Working Group on Multicultural Services | + | |
- | **Guest Speakers:** | + | Chairperson: Sujatha Thadakamalla, |
+ | Secretary: | ||
+ | PLN Representative: | ||
+ | State Library of NSW Representatives: | ||
- | **Achievements: | + | **PROFILE OF WORKING GROUP** |
+ | The working Group on Multicultural Services of NSW was established in June 1983 by several Librarians working in the field of library services for the CALD community. The Working Group’s role is to promote the provision of library resources and services to clients in a range of community languages. | ||
- | **Strategic Plan:** | + | **VISION**: Every NSW library will have access to an excellent resource collection and services that meet the needs of their CALD communities. |
- | **Multicultural Excellence Awards-winners: | + | **MISSION**: To lobby, advice, promote, and improve the importance of library services for the CALD community. |
+ | Achievements, | ||
- | WORKING GROUP ON MULTICULTURAL LIBRARY SERVICES (NSW) | + | **Multicultural |
- | Introduction: | + | The Multicultural Excellence Awards are awarded annually by the Working Group on Multicultural Library Services (WGMLS), a working group of the NSW public libraries network. The awards recognise a public library service and an individual practitioner for demonstrated excellence in the delivery of multicultural library services. |
- | Attendees at the meetings were public library staff and the Working Group membership list | + | Multicultural library services encompass a range of services provided to a culturally and linguistically diverse community (CALD) and acknowledge and celebrate Australia' |
- | Chairperson: | + | Multicultural library services are an important aspect of public library services. |
- | Secretary: | + | |
- | State Library of NSW Representatives: | + | |
- | 2023 Highlights | + | |
- | The Multicultural Excellence Awards | + | **Award categories**: Multicultural Excellence Awards Application Criteria |
- | This years awards were presented | + | There are two categories of awards. |
- | • Albury Council | + | |
- | • Ryde | + | **ORGANISATION**: |
- | ALIA Multicultural Working Group: Oriana initiated the conversation to form a group that is inclusive of people working in different areas, providing services to Culturally | + | 1. NSW Public library serving a population of more than 100,000 |
- | ALIA established and launched ALIA Multicultural in November 2022, with an aim to facilitate networking, support, professional development and resources for the information sector with a focus on culturally and linguistically diverse communities. | + | 2. NSW Public library serving a population of less than 100,000 |
- | Visit the webpage | + | |
- | Oriana Acevedo, Multicultural Services Consultant, SLNSW announced her retirement in June 2023. She has been an inspiration to many librarians, especially multicultural service librarians with incredible enthusiasm and spirit always looking at projects to improve the services we offer to the diverse community of New South Wales. | + | |
- | Multilingual glossary: | + | **2023 – AWARD WINNERS** |
- | Tibetan Language Collection Launch: In collaboration with the State Library NSW, Northern Beaches Council launched Tibetan language collection | + | Winner - Metropolitan - City of Ryde Libraries. |
- | During | + | Winner – Regional / Rural – Albury |
- | November | + | Winner – Individual award – Eugenia Ng – Burwood |
- | February 2023 – Hornsby Library | + | |
- | May 2023 – Korean Cultural Centre | + | **ALIA Multicultural Working Group**: Oriana initiated |
- | August 2023 – Fairfield City Open Libraries | + | ALIA established |
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+ | Visit the webpage | ||
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+ | Oriana Acevedo, Multicultural Services Consultant, SLNSW announced her retirement in June 2023. She has been an inspiration to many librarians, especially multicultural service librarians with incredible enthusiasm and spirit, always looking at projects to improve the services we offer to the diverse community of New South Wales. | ||
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+ | The Department | ||
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+ | **Multicultural Bulk Loans 2022-23**: Recorded highest loans in 5 years – 75,137 items were loaned. | ||
+ | • French | ||
+ | • Spanish | ||
+ | • Italian | ||
+ | • Russian | ||
+ | • German | ||
+ | • Japanese | ||
+ | • Chinese | ||
+ | • Polish | ||
+ | • Arabic | ||
+ | • Greek | ||
+ | The service received requests from 83 libraries, 30 metro, 52 regional and Metropolitan Remand and Reception centre, Silverwater. | ||
+ | **Multilingual glossary**: | ||
+ | **Tibetan Language Collection Launch**: | ||
+ | **Indyreads**: | ||
+ | In 2022-23, There were several presentations given | ||
+ | **Seniors Connected Program Seniors Connected Program | ||
+ | Young Mentors Program: ** | ||
+ | **Korean Cultural Centre**: WONDER - Korean picture books and artworks, May 2023. This exhibition featured wordless picture books, original illustrations, | ||
+ | Shauna provided information on multicultural websites for mental health for help to the CALD community. | ||
+ | • **LOTE DVDs ** | ||
+ | ALIA is still looking into classification of Community language DVDs. With the classification challenges it was evident that not much of a variety of titles were available for purchase. | ||
+ | • **New Liverpool library** - Yellamundie, | ||
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