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Minutes of the Multicultural Working Group Meeting, 10 March 2022 via Zoom
Apologies: Stephanie Lee, Bayside Library
Previous minutes: Vicki O'Rourke from Wollongong noted a change - Wollongong have not started a multicultural website, just created a page on services for the CALD community. To be updated.
The minutes were accepted.
Election of Chair and Secretary
Elected Chair: Sujatha Thadakamalla, Fairfield Library Elected Secretary: Jadwiga Krejza, Liverpool Library
Spotlight on Multicultural Services
Oriana is working with libraries to put on a series of short webinars highlighting excellence in multicultural services in public libraries. This is to capture information as the workforce changes through retirements, staff changes and restructures. Oriana noted Multicultural Librarian roles seem to be being split into Programs or Collections roles. Each webinar will include a Powerpoint and presentation of an activity, event or services a library has implemented. A template will be developed for libraries to follow.
Proposed schedule of presentations from 10-11am on the last Thursday of each month:
28 April: Blacktown 26 May: Liverpool 30 June: Inner West 28 July: Parramatta 25 August: Fairfield 29 September: Ryde 27 October: Wollongong 24 November: Waverley
Please contact Oriana if your library has been nominated and these dates don't suit.
Oriana also plans to invite libraries from other states to participate.
Multicultural Excellence Award
Blacktown Library won the 2021 Award.
Moving forward, the individual award will become a peer nominated award. Multiple people will be able to be recognised. The working group will be invited to nominate someone in August, and a panel will assess these. A certificate will be handed out at Switch Conference. The Library award will still be managed in the previous manner, where a submission is made along with the other awards for Switch Conference.
Telugu Collection Launch
The State Library's new Telegu collection is almost ready to be launched. Oriana is working with Blacktown Library and Cumberland Library to host official launch events, likely in May.
A new welcome pamphlet has been translated and is now available on the Multicultural Pamphlets page of the PLS website hereMulticultural Pamphlets