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**Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 9 and 10 November 2021** | **Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 9 and 10 November 2021** | ||
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- | **9.30am Welcome and acknowledgement of country** | + | |
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- | **Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting | + | |
Video from 9 November 2021 | Video from 9 November 2021 | ||
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+ | Use the times in the program for approximate timing on the video | ||
+ | MINUTES | ||
- | AGENDA | + | Virtual attendees: Ellen Forsyth (State Library of NSW), Helen Thompson (Macquarie Regional), Gialy Ly (Fairfield), |
- | 9am (for 9.30) – 1pm | + | 9.00am - 9.30am Pre-meeting Chat |
+ | Breakout into groups. | ||
- | 9 - 9.30 Chat and Welcome and acknowledgement of country | + | 9.30am Welcome and acknowledgement of country |
- | 9.30 – 10.15 Elizabeth Humphrys, political economist, School of Communication, | + | 9.30am – 10.19am Elizabeth Humphrys, political economist, School of Communication, |
+ | Sydney. | ||
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+ | Elizabeth provided some very interesting responses to the following series of questions asked by Donna Braye, about her recent industrial research on work and workers, including her West Gate Bridge disaster project, and her use of archives and collections in her research. | ||
+ | • In the podcast Archive Fever https:// | ||
+ | • You have used a range of archives and collections, | ||
+ | • You have been doing some research about fairly recent industrial history as part of your Dr AM Hertzberg Fellowship at the State Library of NSW, and your Westgate Project research - what are some of the resources you have been using for this? It might help public libraries think about how they are collecting information about current industries and other relevant concerns | ||
+ | • Working in archives is often a mix of the mundane and unexpected. Can you tell us about the most memorable moments for you? | ||
+ | • What sort of tech setup and process do you use when in the archives, to ensure good practice? | ||
+ | • What do you think makes a good archive or local studies experience for a user? | ||
+ | • We love all our archives and collections the same, but do you have a favourite? | ||
- | Recent industrial research: work and workers | + | Websites referred to in presentation: |
+ | • Archive Fever podcast: https:// | ||
+ | • Elizabeth Humphrys publications: | ||
+ | • West Gate project: https:// | ||
- | 10.20 - 11 Sarah Lethbridge, Senior Archivist, ANU Archives (University Archives, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Pacific Research Archives and National AIDS Archive). | ||
- | Work and play in the Archives - How to find archives of business and hotels in the Noel Butlin Archives Centre | + | 10.20am – 11.00am Sarah Lethbridge, Senior Archivist, ANU Archives (University Archives, Noel |
+ | Butlin Archives Centre, Pacific Research Archives and National AIDS Archive). | ||
+ | Work and play in the Archives - How to find archives of business and hotels in the Noel | ||
+ | Butlin Archives Centre. | ||
+ | Sarah gave a very interesting presentation on the archives at the Noel Butlin Archives Centre at the Australian National University that were founded by Professor Noel Butlin in the 1950s to collect business and labour records from Australian companies, trade unions, industry bodies and professional organisations. Sarah showed records and photographs from the Tooth & Company Ltd. online repository of historical hotels, and also demonstrated how to search for records on the website. | ||
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+ | Websites referred to in presentation: | ||
+ | • Noel Butlin Archives Centre: https:// | ||
+ | • Tooth & Co. Ltd online exhibition: https:// | ||
11– 11.30 Morning tea break | 11– 11.30 Morning tea break | ||
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11.30 – 12 Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes | 11.30 – 12 Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes | ||
- | - Marilyn Gallo, Fairfield Our Stories: Fairfield' | + | 1. Helen Mcdonald, Sutherland |
- | - Helen Mcdonald, Sutherland The WDYTYA experience in Sutherland Shire: or what happens when a celebrity finds a local pioneer on a branch of their family tree. | + | Helen gave an interesting presentation on her experience working with a researcher from the ‘Who do you think you are?’ television program, researching a local man Joseph Springall, which all began with a photo album of pre-1900 photographs. |
- | - Jenny Mcconchie, Wollongong, Wollongong Steel Works: | + | |
- | - Geoffrey Potter, Gosford Aboriginal street and place-names: | + | 2. Jenny Mcconchie, Wollongong |
- | - Kimberly O' | + | exhibition. |
+ | Jenny gave an interesting presentation of the ‘ Steelworks – the backbone’ website https:// | ||
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+ | 3. Geoffrey Potter, Central Coast Library Service, Gosford Aboriginal street and place-names: | ||
+ | Geoffrey gave an informative presentation on how Aboriginal names came to be used in our street names, starting with a 1924 book Australian Aboriginal Words and Place Names and Their Meanings, compiled by Sydney J. Endacott, that became a one stop shop for councils for finding street names. | ||
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+ | 4. Marilyn Gallo, Fairfield City Open Libraries, Our Stories: Fairfield' | ||
+ | Marilyn gave an interesting presentation on a project that Fairfield City Open Libraries undertook during the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, where residents and workers in Fairfield city were invited to share images of how their daily lives changed during Covid-19 for a digital archive to help future generations understand the impact of the pandemic and how people adapted by uploading them on the Fairfield City Heritage Collection platform. | ||
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+ | 12.00pm – 1.00pm General Business | ||
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+ | 1. Bookshops and the Indyreads summer reading club | ||
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+ | Ellen Forsyth discussed the Indyreads Summer Book Club which will run from 1 December 2021 to 31 January 2022, during which time the award-winning Australian novel The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor will be available as an ebook with unlimited access for all public library members on the indyreads platform – details at https:// | ||
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+ | 2. NSW Public Libraries Local Studies Audit 2020 | ||
+ | Ellen Forsyth said that for the short version of the NSW Public Libraries Local Studies Audit read the introduction, | ||
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+ | 2. LSL Committee | ||
+ | Donna Braye thanked Mandy Vaccaro and Helen Thompson for being on the NSW Local Studies Working Group organising committee this year. As both have stood down due to work commitments, | ||
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+ | 4. General discussion and information sharing | ||
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+ | Fairfax Collection photographs - Marilyn Gallo (Fairfield) commented on their progress with the Fairfax Collection. | ||
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+ | Anzac Community Grants – Marilyn Gallo (Fairfield) commented that the $2000 Anzac Community Grants close soo, and that her library was applying for one to do some oral histories with Vietnam veterans for next August. Website for details https:// | ||
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+ | Online meeting closed: 1.00pm. | ||
- | 12- 1 General Business | ||
- | - Bookshops and the Indyreads summer reading club | ||
- | - LSL committee | ||
- | - Next Meeting Topics | ||
- | - General discussion and information sharing | ||
- | - Reminder about the second part of the meeting tomorrow afternoon | ||
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Video from 10 November 2021 | Video from 10 November 2021 | ||
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+ | Use the times in the program for approximate timing on the video | ||
+ | MINUTES | ||
+ | Virtual attendees: | ||
- | AGENDA | + | Ellen Forsyth (State Library |
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- | 2.00 Welcome and acknowledgement | + | |
2 – 2.15pm Sean Volke on twarc | 2 – 2.15pm Sean Volke on twarc | ||
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+ | Sean Volke, Online Resources Specialist Librarian from the State Library of New South Wales, gave a technical presentation on how twarc can be used to do retrospective capturing of Twitter tweets for the last 7-10 days, and how they can be made available on the library catalogue. Sean also mentioned Visie, Word Clouds, and an Emotions Cog for social media at the State Library of New South Wales, and Wall.py Python scripts. | ||
+ | Links: | ||
+ | Twarc download: https:// | ||
+ | Twarc Guide: https:// | ||
+ | Twarc Utilities For Windows guide https:// | ||
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+ | Ellen Forsyth provided the following link in Chat to the State Library of New South Wales Social Media Archive: | ||
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2.20 -2.30pm Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes | 2.20 -2.30pm Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes | ||
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Kirsty Plumridge, Penrith Lockdown Life Creative Writing Competition | Kirsty Plumridge, Penrith Lockdown Life Creative Writing Competition | ||
+ | Kirsty Plumridge, Outreach and Programs Librarian at Penrith City Library, have a presentation on a Penrith Lockdown Life Writing Competition that was conducted by the library. Entries closed in History Week. The plan is to develop a printed booklet for the Local History collection, and PDF copies for local schools, and having a launch to give entrants a copy and a certificate for their participation. | ||
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+ | 2.30 – 3.20pm Effy Alexakis and Leonard Janiszewski 'In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians – Food for Thought' | ||
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+ | Documentary photographer, | ||
- | 2.30 – 3.15pm Effy Alexakis and Leonard Janiszewski 'In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians – Food for Thought' | + | 3. 20 – 3.45pm Breakout rooms for a discussion about collecting local food stories based on |
+ | the fascinating Chopsticks or Fork? https:// | ||
- | 3. 15 – 3.45pm Breakout rooms for a discussion about collecting local food stories based on the fascinating Chopsticks or Fork? https:// | ||
- | 3.45 Conclusion/ | + | Online meeting closed |
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