Wider local studies seminar 11 and 12 June with discussion session 13 June 2024
The seminar features sessions looking at collecting local studies information, including about your culturally and linguistically diverse community, the use of oral histories and First Nations collection description guidelines for the library sector. There were 10 minute talks from local studies staff across Australia sharing what is happening in their libraries.
As well there is an online discussion on 13 June (no registration required). This is for people who want to chat with local studies staff in other states and territories. We will be discussing the sessions from the previous two days as well as other topics of interest. Depending on numbers we may use breakout rooms to aid discussion. This session will not be recorded.
Program 11 June
Video of presentations for 11 June 2024 Wider local studies
11.00 - 11.05 (AEST) 10.30 - 10.35 (ACST) 9.00 - 9.05 (AWST) Welcome to session and Acknowledgment of Country
11.05 - 12.15 (AEST) 10.35 - 11.45 (ACST) 9.05 - 10.15 (AWST) Multicultural collecting
11.05 - 11.45 (AEST) 10.35 - 11.15 (ACST) 9.05 - 9.45 (AWST) Dr. Christopher Cheng (Jan A. Chiu) – Cantonese and bilingual oral history recording for the National Library of Australia and State Library of NSW
2022 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference “Not only in English: Oral histories with Cantonese (or other non-English) immigrants in Australia” by Kiko Ko and Christopher Cheng Watch here
[OHA blog post] Not only in English: Oral histories with Cantonese (or other non-native English) speakers in Australia
Mutual Language Barriers in the Oral Histories of Immigrants [5-page short article, Agora 58] 2023
11.45 - 12.00 (AEST) 11.15 - 11.30 (ACST) 9.45 - 10.00 (AWST) Robyn Hamilton, SLQ about multicultural collecting
12.00 - 12.15 (AEST) 11.30 - 11.45 (ACCT) 10.00 - 10.15 (AWST) Andrew Allen, Local studies librarian, Campbelltown Library, NSW Multicultural oral history collecting
Campbelltown oral history recordings
12.15 - 12.25 (AEST) 11.45 - 11.55 (ACST) 10.15 - 10.25 (AWST) short break
12.25 - 1.25 (AEST) 11.55 - 12.55 (ACST) 10.25 - 11.25 (AWST) Oral history
12.25 -12.55 (AEST) 11.55 - 12.25 (ACST) 10.25 - 12.55 (AWST) Rosie Stather Oral History and Content Digitisation Specialist, Invercargill Archives NZ
Southland Oral History Project
12.55 - 1.25 (AEST) 12.25 - 12.55 (ACST) 10.55 - 11.25 (AWST) Queens Memory Project USA Natalie Milbrodt, University Archivist City University of New York, formerly Director of Queens Memory Project
1.25 - 1.55 (AEST) 12.55 - 1.25 (ACST) 11.25 - 11.55 (AWST) break
1.55 - 3.10 (AEST) 1.25 - 2.40 (ACST) 11.55 - 1.10 (AWST) 10 minute short talks
Slides for the 11 June 2024 10 minute presentations
Partnerships
- Jo Oliver Partnering with local community groups to collect and make accessible local history Wollongong City Libraries, NSW Illawarra stories
- Ella Turner Using Wikimedia Commons to make the Central Australian Historical Images Collection accessible, Alice Springs Public Library, Northern Territory Uploads by Alice Springs Public Library
Programs
- Steph Gildaly Georges River Historical Markers Georges River Libraries, NSW Georges River Historical Markers
- Alison Wishart An informal network for local history exhibition curators, Woollahra Council, NSW
- Smita Biswas Tips for supporting Family History Research for people of Indian & Sri Lankan origin Yarra Libraries, Victoria
12 June
Video of presentations for 11 June 2024 Wider local studies
11.00 - 11.05 (AEST) 10.30 - 10.35 (ACST) 9.00 - 9.05 (AWST) Welcome to session and Acknowledgment of Country
11.05 - 12.20 (AEST) 10.35 - 11.50 (ACST) 9.05 - 10.20 (AWST) Tui Raven Senior Manager Indigenous Programs, Deakin University Library author of First Nations collection description guidelines for the library sector and Glenn Wells Specialist Librarian, Catalogue Standards & Digital Curation, State Library of NSW, will be speaking about these guidelines.
AIATSIS Pathways gateway to the AIATSIS Thesauri
NSLA Webinar: First Nations collection description guidelines for the library sector
Guidelines for First Nations collection description / Tui Raven
12.20 - 12.50 (AEST) 11.50 - 12.20 (ACST) 10.20 - 10.50 (AWST) break
12.50 – 2.15 (AEST) 12.20 - 1.45 (ACST) 10.50 - 12.15 (AWST) 10 minute short talks
Slides for the 12 June 2024 10 minute presentations
- Geoffrey Potter Aboriginal street and place names: the Gosford experience Central Coast Library Service, NSW
- Tara Eagleton Moving Memory: Relocating a local studies collection Liverpool City Library, NSW
- Taylor Coventry Memory Preservation Station, City of Karratha, Western Australia
- Jennifer Munro Quilting the photographic fabric of a community: An archival digitisation story Stanthorpe Library, Southern Downs Regional Libraries Queensland
- Helen McDonald Care and management of acetate negatives in a Local History Collection Sutherland Shire Libraries NSW
- Nico van der Schyff Implementing a Counter Disaster Plan Local History Library - Toowoomba Regional Council Queensland
- Simone Sharpe Training new staff in local history skills Stonnington History Centre Victoria
13 June
11.00 - 12.30 (AEST) 10.30 - 12.00 (ACST) 9.00 - 10.30 (AWST)
Discussion session for local studies staff. This was not recorded.