NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting

Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 24 March 2023

Parramatta Library at 5 Parramatta Square, Parramatta NSW 2150 and online

9.30 Welcome

Participants - online and onsite

Michael Adams, Liz Agnew, Gillian Allen, Andrew Allen, Janelle Blucher, Donna Braye, Jane Britten, Adrienne Brown, Anne Coates, Megan Crook, Jane Dyson, David Ezzy, Ellen Forsyth, Andrew Frost, Jana Gashi, Ravneet Gill, Jessica Graham, Yasmin Greenhalgh, Jan Herivel, Michael Houstone, John Johnson, Georgina Keep, John MacRitchie, Jennifer Madden, Katarzyna Malicka, Anna Maybury, Cathrynne McLean, Sue Miller, Kelly Mitchell, Anita Monkley, Maribel Morales Rosales, Vicki Movizio, Fran O'Flynn, MARIA PATERSON, Liz Peters, Angela Phippen, Shirley Ramrakha, Karen Richardson, Courtney Simpson, Samantha Stevenson, Emilia Stubbs Grigoriou, Barbara Swebeck, Julie-Anne Sykes, Simone Taylor, Helen Thompson, Erin Tierney, Brigid Whitbread, Alison Wishart, Aaron Fox, Carmel Andrew, Samantha Figueroa, Michelle Nichols, Kimberley O'Sullivan, Emma Stockburn, Jeff Stonehouse, Aleem Aleemullah, Nicole Hilder, Marilyn Gallo

Note there were some issues about sound and recording.

9.40 Pride (R)evolution exhibition at the State Library for local studies implications, Bruce Carter

LGBTQI collections at the State Library of NSW

Introduction to Coming out exhibition at the State Library of NSW

Pride revolution at the State Library of NSW

Mapping Queer North Sydney: Online mapping of LGBTIQA+ community stories and memories in the North Sydney area Yasmin Greenhalgh (Collection Development Librarian) and Kelly Mitchell (Historical Services Curator), Stanton Library, North Sydney Council. Presentation available here

Plus discussion about collecting with your LGBTIQA+ community

10.40 Morning tea

11.00 City of Parramatta – Heritage Archives and Cultural Collections A presentation of our collections, that document and illustrate, the history and heritage of our City. Janelle Blucher Coordinator Research and Collections, Parramatta Presentation here

11.40 3. Oral History Conference in Launceston presentation from Bega, Goulburn and Orange.

Presentations are here

The Goulburn Mulwaree Library oral history recordings are here

The Bega Valley Shire Library oral history recordings are here

12.20 - 1.20 lunch find your own in Parramatta (or where ever you are for the online participants)

1.20 - 1.30 linking lunch and local studies

What did you see at lunch time that would be potential to collect or document/interview (including those online)

1.30 - 2.00 10 slides in 5 minutes

• 'Preparing and presenting a bilingual talk on Chinese market gardeners: colleagues, collaboration and community Angela Phippen, Ryde Presentation here
• ‘‘Local content on Indyreads’, John MacRitchie, Georges River Presentation here
• “The Challenge of preserving our digital world’ Simone Taylor, Dubbo Regional Council Presentation here
• Learnings from our latest local history exhibition in a public library Alison Wishart Bayside Council Presentation here

2.00pm

• “Assembling a Heritage Tour of Parramatta” Uli Holmes, Host and Guide, Parramatta Presentation here

2.30 pm General business

• Call for committee members
• National local studies meeting 7 and 8 June online and call for short talks
• Documenting Past local studies enquiries
• Conservation on a budget
• How to improve cataloguing - for example racist and other inaccurate information, and use of cataloguing notes
• Next meeting/venue - importance of venue being able to manage hybrid hosting as have at least as many people participating online as onsite, so hybrid is essential (not optional)

3.30 Parramatta Library tour