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| **Minutes NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting** | **Minutes NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting** |
| Maribel Morales R_Cumberland_libraries (Maribel Morales Rosales -Cumberland); Marilyn Gallo; Mark Petts; Megan Crook; Michael - SLNSW; MirandaH; Pauline Kidd Camden Libraries; Ravneet Gill; Roz Thomson; Ruth Bingham - Central West Libraries; Sarah Ranclaud; Sarah-Louise - Cumberland City Council Library; SFigueroa; Sharelle Ravenscroft; simonet; Sue Miller - Hornsby Libraries (Sue Miller); Sue Ryan; Tara_Liverpool Library; Veronica Shaw @ Parkes; Victoria; Victoria Bateman - Bathurst Library (Victoria.Bateman) | Maribel Morales R_Cumberland_libraries (Maribel Morales Rosales -Cumberland); Marilyn Gallo; Mark Petts; Megan Crook; Michael - SLNSW; MirandaH; Pauline Kidd Camden Libraries; Ravneet Gill; Roz Thomson; Ruth Bingham - Central West Libraries; Sarah Ranclaud; Sarah-Louise - Cumberland City Council Library; SFigueroa; Sharelle Ravenscroft; simonet; Sue Miller - Hornsby Libraries (Sue Miller); Sue Ryan; Tara_Liverpool Library; Veronica Shaw @ Parkes; Victoria; Victoria Bateman - Bathurst Library (Victoria.Bateman) |
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| Present onsite: Robin King; Tully Boundy-Collis; Donna Braye; Michelle Nichols; Shiralee Franks; Megan Pitt; Robin King; Naomi Blakey; Miranda Heckenberg; Geoffrey Potter; Gae Sipple; Belinda Lancey; Lorrayne FISHENDEN; Makishia Felton; Fiona Sills; Robyn Draper Ellen Forsyth | Present onsite: Robin King; Tully Boundy-Collis; Donna Braye; Michelle Nichols; Shiralee Franks; Megan Pitt; Robin King; Naomi Blakey; Miranda Heckenberg; Geoffrey Potter; Gae Sipple; Belinda Lancey; Lorrayne FISHENDEN; Makishia Felton; Fiona Sills; Robyn Draper, Ellen Forsyth |
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| **NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting at Tamworth Community Centre, 3A Darling Street, Tamworth** | **NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting at Tamworth Community Centre, 3A Darling Street, Tamworth** |
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| 4. Royal Australian Historical Society Conference reports from those who attended and are present at this meeting. | 4. Royal Australian Historical Society Conference reports from those who attended and are present at this meeting. |
| Fran (Goulburn) attended/presented at the conference and noted it was a diverse and interesting conference. Good overview of what’s happening in different organisations, museums, history groups. A good way to network and engage with the sector. Alison (Bayside) found the conference relevant to local studies practitioners. Good professional development opportunity. Angela(Ryde) said it was good to get back face to face, and have opportunities to network. The conference had a good mix of academic and practical papers. One interesting conference presentation she mentioned was ‘Digitisation – is it the panacea we have been told it is?’ and questioned the vulnerability of the digital records. | Fran (Goulburn) attended/presented at the conference and noted it was a diverse and interesting conference. Good overview of what’s happening in different organisations, museums, history groups. A good way to network and engage with the sector. Alison (Bayside) found the conference relevant to local studies practitioners. Good professional development opportunity. Angela (Ryde) said it was good to get back face to face, and have opportunities to network. The conference had a good mix of academic and practical papers. One interesting conference presentation she mentioned was ‘Digitisation – is it the panacea we have been told it is?’ and questioned the vulnerability of the digital records. |
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| Lunch 1- 2 | Lunch 1- 2 |
| Funding allowed for upgrading hardware and software to facilitate digitisation. A number of the Tamworth collections use the Vernon Ehive Database. The collection can be viewed online via the website at: https://collection.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au/explore | Funding allowed for upgrading hardware and software to facilitate digitisation. A number of the Tamworth collections use the Vernon Ehive Database. The collection can be viewed online via the website at: https://collection.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au/explore |
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| Tamworth’s digitisation project was also part of the online ‘Storeyplace’ a pilot project by Museums and Gallery NSW, accessed at: Stories About the History and Culture of NSW - Storyplace Each object featured on Storeyplace includes standard cataloguing information plus an in- depth story about the object and high quality digital images. | Tamworth’s digitisation project was also part of the online ‘Storeyplace’ a pilot project by Museums and Gallery NSW, accessed at: Stories About the History and Culture of NSW - Storeyplace Each object featured on Storeyplace includes standard cataloguing information plus an in- depth story about the object and high quality digital images. |
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| The following proved very useful - Community Heritage Grants, NLA, the booklet ‘Significance 2.0’- guidelines for assessing the significance of heritage collections. Accessed at: Significance 2.0 | Office for the Arts ‘Crystal Clear’ provided guidance and standards for digitising collections. Accessed at: Crystal Clear: standards and guidance for digitising regional collections - MGNSW | The following proved very useful - Community Heritage Grants, NLA, the booklet ‘Significance 2.0’- guidelines for assessing the significance of heritage collections. Accessed at: Significance 2.0 | Office for the Arts ‘Crystal Clear’ provided guidance and standards for digitising collections. Accessed at: Crystal Clear: standards and guidance for digitising regional collections - MGNSW |
