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2023 Reference and information services seminar at the Macquarie Room, State Library of NSW, and online
9.30 Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
9.35 - 10.45 Professor Emerita Kay Cassell, Rutgers University (via Zoom) time and duration confirmed Professor Emerita Cassell is co-author of Reference and information services: an introduction (the 5th edition is out, but we have not yet been able to buy it for Indyreads) and author of Public libraries and their communities.
10.45 - stand and stretch
10:50 - 11:05 5 minute talks
10:50 am - 10:55am - Professional Development Gabrielle Cundy (Blacktown City Libraries) Confirmed.
10.55 - 11.05 Ngarie Macqueen Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library - using Beanstack for professional development for staff.
11:05 - 11:45 NED service - the benefits, what the priorities are for the next few years and how to access the NED collection Jo Rital and Brendan Somes. Jo Ritale (Online) - is the NED Program Manager National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA). Brendan Somes (In-person) - Collection Strategy Specialist at State Library of New South Wales.Brendan, leads the collecting strategy of legal deposit and implementation of NED and can provide more of a NSW focus – what publishers are depositing, how much content.
11.45 - 12.00 Matilda Wong Ryde Library on Vote Talk information session in Cantonese and Mandarin
12.00 - 1.00 lunch in the Macquarie Room for those onsite, and wherever you choose for those online.
1.00 - 1.15 Reference excellence on the NSW public library wiki. How to use it as part of training at your library
1.15 - 2.00 Woollahra Library and Shellharbour Library staff talk about their roving 15 minutes each/10 minutes discussion. Olga Avramenko will present for Woollahra Library and Katarina Huljev will present for Shellharbour.
2.00 - 2.20 Ross Balharrie from NSW.net about evaluating online resources
2.20 - 2.25 Michael Adams, State Library of NSW on Drug info
2.30 Close