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**9.40 – 10.20am General Business** | **9.40 – 10.20am General Business** | ||
- | -** Local studies audit update:** Local studies audit results are still being compiled. Some of the notable areas that require further discussion and assistance for public libraries are - no preservations plans, 70% of respondents didn't have a preservation plan; lack of disaster plans; staffing time for local studies; Indigenous heritage material. Possible assistance and training in these areas to be considered. Digital material is still increasing. How is the data used from the audit? - portable | + | ** - Local studies audit update:** Local studies audit results are still being compiled. Some of the notable areas that require further discussion and assistance for public libraries are - no preservations plans, 70% of respondents didn't have a preservation plan; lack of disaster plans; staffing time for local studies; Indigenous heritage material. Possible assistance and training in these areas to be considered. Digital material is still increasing. How is the data used from the audit? - Data is used to provide training and support of projects that further enhance local studies access. Portable |
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+ | ** - Wider Local Studies sessions:** Once a month drop in sessions on 1st Wednesday of the month at 2pm. These are combined Wider local studies (national local studies discussion) and NSW public library discussion. | ||
- | + | ** - INDY READS, Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW:** Currently no further progression on uploading local studies oral histories and ebooks to Indyreads. Odilo has undergone some staff changes as well as being based in Spain and dealing with the consequences of COVID. They will be providing a training video on uploading content to Indyreads. This will then be trialled by one library with an expression of interest called for after that. SLNSW would offer training to libraries interested in uploading their local studies content. Check out the oral histories that have previously been loaded on Indyreads. | |
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- | **10.25 – 10.55am Grace Karskens**, Emeritus Professor of History School of Humanities and Languages UNSW. Using local records for research | + | ** - Wiki training:** Please contact Ellen or Kate O' |
- | **1 1- 11. 10am Short Break** | + | ** - Possible topics for discussion at next meeting:** Mice, mould and other pests. Archiving websites. Possible buddy system between libraries to assist local studies staff. Any other topics of interest, please let a committee member know. |
- | **11.15 – 11.55am Kate Eastick**, Exhibition Curator Albury LibraryMuseum. Collaboration | + | W & F Pascoes will be closing in June. The digitisation part of the business has been sold but microfilming will cease when they close. Other companies for microfilming to be considered. |
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+ | **10.35 – 10.55am Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes** | ||
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+ | ** - Alison Wishart, Community History Project Officer, Rockdale.** Community History Harmonisation Project | ||
+ | Alison is auditing the local studies collection for Bayside | ||
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+ | ** - Angela Phippen, Programs Librarian, Local Studies Ryde.** Using social media to publicise Ryde’s Chinese market gardeners during the Lunar New Year festivities | ||
+ | For Lunar New Year 2021 promotion | ||
+ | Angela chose 6 short biographies and photos of Chinese market gardeners to promote on social media highlighting the research that can be found in archives. Angela aimed to provide more engagement through interactions | ||
+ | You can see all the posts here [[https:// | ||
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+ | **10.55 - 11.35am Grace Karskens**, Emeritus Professor | ||
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+ | Grace provided an interesting insight into how she uses local studies collections in her research. Consider using different areas to look at for history research such as houses, roads and maps and essential local records. People and landscapes provide further information and details in her research. Previously a lack of Indigenous history was provided in schooling, however historians now look at the broader history and include Indigenous and convict history. This has also occurred with the women' | ||
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**12 -12.40pm Dr. Erik Champion**, Emeritus Professor at Curtin, Hon Research Prof at ANU and Hon Research Fellow at UWA. Virtual heritage: tools, projects, hopes and challenges. | **12 -12.40pm Dr. Erik Champion**, Emeritus Professor at Curtin, Hon Research Prof at ANU and Hon Research Fellow at UWA. Virtual heritage: tools, projects, hopes and challenges. | ||
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+ | Erik presented a view of virtual heritage, combining virtual reality with cultural heritage as a way of explaining and engaging in cultural heritage. Interactive history can be used to view different perspectives and express concepts such as intangible heritage. Some of the challenges facing virtual heritage include copyright, software standards that are unable to be shared and cost of equipment. Gaming set ups can be programmed to interact with history and provide an opportunity to engage in meaningful ways with the public. His [[https:// | ||
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**12.45- 2pm Lunch** | **12.45- 2pm Lunch** | ||
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- | Ellen Forsyth talked about the [localstudies] FW: Untapped: the Australian Literary Project email that she emailed today. | + | Ellen Forsyth talked about the [localstudies] FW: Untapped: the Australian Literary Project email that she emailed today. |
Donna Braye mentioned that Ellen Forsyth had suggested she write to the State Library of NSW requesting that someone write a workshop on virtual heritage or creating a heritage game. | Donna Braye mentioned that Ellen Forsyth had suggested she write to the State Library of NSW requesting that someone write a workshop on virtual heritage or creating a heritage game. | ||
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- | **2.45 – 3pm Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes** | ||
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- | - Alison Wishart, Community History Project Officer, Rockdale. Community History Harmonisation Project | ||
- | - Angela Phippen, Programs Librarian, Local Studies Ryde. Using social media to publicise Ryde’s Chinese market gardeners during the Lunar New Year festivities | ||
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- | **3 - 4pm General Business** | ||
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- | - Local studies audit update | ||
- | - Wider Local Studies sessions | ||
- | - INDY READS, Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW | ||
- | - Next meeting | ||
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