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- | **MINUTES MULTICULTURAL WORKING GROUP** | + | **MINUTES MULTICULTURAL WORKING GROUP** |
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Thursday, 24 November 2022, Macquarie Room State Library NSW | Thursday, 24 November 2022, Macquarie Room State Library NSW | ||
- | Start: 9:30am | + | |
- | Chair: Sujatha Thadakamalla, | + | **Start**: 9:30am |
- | Minutes; Jadwiga Krejza, Liverpool City Libraries | + | |
+ | **Chair**: Sujatha Thadakamalla, | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Minutes**: Jadwiga Krejza, Liverpool City Libraries | ||
**Present**: | **Present**: | ||
- | Thanh Luu (Canterbury/ | + | Thanh Luu (Canterbury/ |
**Apologies**: | **Apologies**: | ||
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**Yearly report by Sujatha**: | **Yearly report by Sujatha**: | ||
- | Sujatha included number of images in her report to showcase our achievement | + | Sujatha included number of images in her report to showcase our achievements |
Link to report: | Link to report: | ||
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Korean Cultural Centre** | Korean Cultural Centre** | ||
- | Shauna | + | |
+ | Shauna attended a tour of the Korean Cultural Centre, located on Elizabeth Street, CBD. | ||
The Korean Cultural Centre has extended an invitation for us to host our meeting at their centre next year. | The Korean Cultural Centre has extended an invitation for us to host our meeting at their centre next year. | ||
**Young Mentors Program** | **Young Mentors Program** | ||
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Vivien Chung (Willoughby Library) spoke about a successful program run by the library. The library partnership with the local High School from which students volunteer to be part of The Young Mentors program. The length of the program is 4-6 weeks. | Vivien Chung (Willoughby Library) spoke about a successful program run by the library. The library partnership with the local High School from which students volunteer to be part of The Young Mentors program. The length of the program is 4-6 weeks. | ||
The program was run with students partnering with seniors. The students are trained by the library staff before starting the program. | The program was run with students partnering with seniors. The students are trained by the library staff before starting the program. | ||
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It is helpful for Seniors to attend Tech Savvy Seniors first before participating in Be Connected program. | It is helpful for Seniors to attend Tech Savvy Seniors first before participating in Be Connected program. | ||
- | Be Connected link: | + | [[https://www.dss.gov.au/ |
- | Be Connected program launched for older Australians | Be Connected (beconnectednetwork.org.au) | + | |
**Excellence awards** | **Excellence awards** | ||
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Oriana spoke about the difficulties in judging the metropolitan libraries and country due to different level of funding, staffing etc. | Oriana spoke about the difficulties in judging the metropolitan libraries and country due to different level of funding, staffing etc. | ||
It has been suggested that we should ask smaller suppliers to contribute financially to another award for country libraries. At this moment CAVAL is sponsoring the main award. | It has been suggested that we should ask smaller suppliers to contribute financially to another award for country libraries. At this moment CAVAL is sponsoring the main award. | ||
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- | ALIA Multicultural Group** | + | **ALIA Multicultural Group** |
Oriana was contacted and asked to establish a national group. | Oriana was contacted and asked to establish a national group. | ||
Oriana asked Victorian librarian Mare Maticevski, learning Librarian RMIT University to work with her on the project. | Oriana asked Victorian librarian Mare Maticevski, learning Librarian RMIT University to work with her on the project. | ||
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• Select what is the most important to the group. | • Select what is the most important to the group. | ||
Oriana will resend the questioners. | Oriana will resend the questioners. | ||
- | Link: | + | |
- | About | ALIA Multicultural | + | |
+ | [[https:// | ||
**Research** | **Research** | ||
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Working together with Macquarie University to collect the data on: | Working together with Macquarie University to collect the data on: | ||
• Usage of collections | • Usage of collections | ||
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**Suppliers** | **Suppliers** | ||
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Shauna/Abby suggested to create short presentation prepared by the suppliers and to be available on the State Library Multicultural Wiki page. | Shauna/Abby suggested to create short presentation prepared by the suppliers and to be available on the State Library Multicultural Wiki page. | ||
**Oriana retirement** | **Oriana retirement** | ||
- | With great sadness the group was made aware that Oriana suffers from a long COVID19 and due to being so unwell | + | |
- | She is planning to visit her family in Chile for Christmas. | + | With great sadness |
- | She gave her thanks the group for great work. | + | |
**General Business** | **General Business** | ||
- | Vicky from Wollongong Library asked to share a list of ESL resources for the CALD community. | + | |
+ | Vicky from Wollongong Library asked if libraries would be willing | ||
vorourke@woolongong.nsw.gov.au | vorourke@woolongong.nsw.gov.au | ||
Sujatha presented a new resource, suitable for ESL collection – Lingomagic. | Sujatha presented a new resource, suitable for ESL collection – Lingomagic. | ||
**Dates for next year meetings** | **Dates for next year meetings** | ||
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Dates and location for next year: | Dates and location for next year: | ||
- | 21 February 2023 – Korean Cultural Centre | + | |
- | 25 May 2023 – Liverpool or Fairfield Library | + | 23 February 2023 – Hornsby Library |
- | 24 August 2023 – Online | + | |
+ | 25 May 2023 – Korean Cultural Centre | ||
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+ | 24 August 2023 – Fairfield Library | ||
23 November 2023 – State Library NSW | 23 November 2023 – State Library NSW | ||
- | Meeting closed 12pm followed by visit to the Multicultural Bulk Loans work area. | + | **Meeting closed** 12pm followed by visit to the Multicultural Bulk Loans work area. |
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