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- | **Working Group Multicultural | + | |
+ | **Working Group on Multicultural | ||
**Minutes** | **Minutes** | ||
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**Location: | **Location: | ||
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**Date: 23** November 2023 | **Date: 23** November 2023 | ||
**Time:** 9:15am | **Time:** 9:15am | ||
- | **Chair:** Sujatha Thadakamalla | + | |
+ | **Chair:** Sujatha Thadakamalla | ||
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+ | ** Minutes**: Jadwiga Krejza | ||
Attending: Oriana Acevedo (State Library), Shauna Miller (State Library), Joanna Goh (State Library), Abby Dawson (State Library), Thanoja Fernando (Wollongong City Libraries), Faranak Kazemimajd (Wollongong City Libraries), Vicki O’Rourke, Kasia Malicka (Burwood Library), Marilyn Shamayil (Bankstown Library), Thanh Khuyen Luu (Canterbury Bankstown City Library), Helen Williams (Inner West), Fahmida Haque (Streatfield Library), Jenny Zhang (City of Sydney), Sharlene Louey (City of Sydney), Sandra Jammal (Northern Beaches), | Attending: Oriana Acevedo (State Library), Shauna Miller (State Library), Joanna Goh (State Library), Abby Dawson (State Library), Thanoja Fernando (Wollongong City Libraries), Faranak Kazemimajd (Wollongong City Libraries), Vicki O’Rourke, Kasia Malicka (Burwood Library), Marilyn Shamayil (Bankstown Library), Thanh Khuyen Luu (Canterbury Bankstown City Library), Helen Williams (Inner West), Fahmida Haque (Streatfield Library), Jenny Zhang (City of Sydney), Sharlene Louey (City of Sydney), Sandra Jammal (Northern Beaches), | ||
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Minutes from previous meeting were accepted by Thanh Luu (Canterbury Bankstown) and seconded by Kathy Yang (City of Ryde). | Minutes from previous meeting were accepted by Thanh Luu (Canterbury Bankstown) and seconded by Kathy Yang (City of Ryde). | ||
- | **Business arising from previous meeting:** contact Ross Balharrie regarding online resources available for the multicultural community via libraries | + | **Business arising from previous meeting:** contact Ross Balharrie regarding online resources available for multicultural community via libraries |
- | **Chair and secretary nominations: | + | **Chair and secretary nominations: |
- | **ID Support | + | **ID Theft Services |
The presenter recommended to use the Password Strength Tester and checking your credit score for unusual transactions: | The presenter recommended to use the Password Strength Tester and checking your credit score for unusual transactions: | ||
Passwords | NSW Government | Passwords | NSW Government | ||
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By phone 1800 001 040 | By phone 1800 001 040 | ||
- | **Library AV:** Shane Clancy from Library AV gave a presentation on the services | + | **Library AV ** they are providing |
**Annual report Chair Sujatha.** | **Annual report Chair Sujatha.** | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
- | **50th anniversary of Multicultural Services SL NSW:** Abby is writing an article | + | **50th anniversary of Multicultural Services SL NSW:** Abby is writing an article |
- | She would like members of the group to share the experiences and memories, newsletter’s articles about the service to share with her. The celebrations are planned for the whole year. Her paraphrased email below: | + | She would like members of the group to share the experiences and memories, newsletter’s articles about the service to share with her. |
- | + | Abby is also writing an article about the history of the service and its impact for communities in NSW. | |
- | Next year is 50 years of the multicultural bulk loan service for public libraries and as part of the celebrations, | + | She would like to get some quotes from public library staff, and hopefully community members who use the service to bring the story to life. |
- | I would like to get some quotes from public library staff, and hopefully community members who use the service to bring the story to life. | + | |
It doesn' | It doesn' | ||
It would also be great if you have any feedback from your community about what it means to be able to access books in their own language. | It would also be great if you have any feedback from your community about what it means to be able to access books in their own language. | ||
We would also like to try and get a photo of someone accessing books in their language from a bulk loan, if you have any regular customers that you think might be open to this, please let me know. The turn around time is quite short, it would probably need to before Christmas. | We would also like to try and get a photo of someone accessing books in their language from a bulk loan, if you have any regular customers that you think might be open to this, please let me know. The turn around time is quite short, it would probably need to before Christmas. | ||
- | **Community language directory: | ||
- | **Glossary review:** it is difficult to download the signage in other font, and the cost of new translations are very expensive. Joanna suggested that if new words or phrases need to be added then library | + | **Community language directory:** Joanna, the directory needs to be updated. The other change would be not to specify |
- | **Vox Books:** Shauna advised that a new Vox book collection | + | **Glossary review:** There has been some requests by libraries for new phrases to be translated. The cost of translation |
- | + | **Information session:** | |
- | **Shauna:** spoke about the changes to terms of reference | + | Shauna and Joanna are visiting the libraries. As a result, the idea of sharing the information between the libraries about TSS session, especially which library runs the programs in which language that the library staff can pass this information to the customers. |
- | + | Shauna provided feedback on the new Vox books collection. The State Library is receiving more requests for this material and it seems to becoming very popular. Joanna confirmed that currently there is a limit of two titles per language. The Vox books are available on bulk loan service in 13 languages. | |
- | **Helen:** Inner West Library | + | Shauna |
+ | Helen – Inner West; the library | ||
She was also asking for a suggestion for a magazine’s suppliers e.g., Greek language. Shauna will create the list of suppliers. Group to send information. | She was also asking for a suggestion for a magazine’s suppliers e.g., Greek language. Shauna will create the list of suppliers. Group to send information. | ||
- | **Dates | + | **Dates for next year meetings: |
- | * Thursday, 23rd February - Blacktown Library | + | * Friday 24th February - Blacktown Library |
- | * Thursday, | + | * Thursday, |
- | * Thursday, 22 August – Liverpool | + | * Thursday, 22 August – Liverpool |
- | * Thursday, 21 November – State Library | + | * Thursday, 21 November – State Library |
+ | * | ||
+ | Meeting Closed: 12:30pm | ||
- | + | **Oriana' | |
- | **Oriana farewell:** Oriana asked libraries to support the Multicultural | + | |
She is very proud of the establishment of the Working Group and what the group achieved over the years. | She is very proud of the establishment of the Working Group and what the group achieved over the years. | ||
- | She also stressed the importance of current | + | She stressed the importance of the current |
- | The multicultural services that the library | + | The multicultural services, that the libraries |
- | She will be retiring in January | + | |
She is planning to be involved with her local community and Fairfield library. | She is planning to be involved with her local community and Fairfield library. | ||
- | Oriana was presented with farewell gift and a special card, which were by current members of the previous | + | Oriana was presented with farewell gift and a special card, from past and present |
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- | Meeting Closed: 12:30pm | + | |
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