Minutes of the Working Group on Multicultural Library Services (NSW) Quarterly meeting held on Monday 13th August 2007 @ Wollongong City Library
Present Pauline Chan, Mirjana Djukic [chairperson], Jane Greville, Danju Wong, Vivien Chung, Wendy Gindy, Joelmon Zungar, Angela Poswistajlo, Noel Willis, Ken Klippel, Oriana Acevedo, Shauna Miller, Maria Weimers, Wendy Ford [secretary], Vicki Smith, Angie Wong, Yan Ping Lu, Jane Main, Jann Debenham, Wayne Monkley, Rosemary Worley, Kim Noor, Darinka Radinovic Apologies Jacinta Craine, Jo Lloyd, Stephanie Lee, Melisa Schriver, Kasia Malicka .
Welcome Rosemary welcomed the group to Wollongong City Library
Minutes of Previous Meeting The minutes were accepted by Shauna Miller and seconded by Jane Greville
NSW Public Libraries Multicultural Services History Applicationto be made for grant from the Currey Fellowship : http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/currey.cfm A Committee, consisting of Oriana Acevedo, Noel Willis, Rosemary Worley and Mirjana Djukic held preliminary discussions with Dr Michael Jacklin who is interested in the project of writing the history of Multicultural Library Services in NSW. As an Associate Research fellow with the University of Wollongong he is responsible for contributing to the Multicultural subset of the AustLit database. Dr Jacklin has published a number of articles on life writing, writing across cultures, indigenous literatures, narrative theory etc. The Committee would like to endorse his application for the Currey Fellowship.
Representation at Community Relations Commission http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/ (Please, check current events on CRC website: Half Day Seminar Promoting Multicultural Communications Australia Needs Skills Expo The National Interpreter Symbol Become a MediaLink Reporter )
CRCSymposium (15-16 August 2007) The Commission holds an annual Community Relations Symposium to bring together delegates from community, government, academia and religious organisations to exchange ideas on their work on issues of community harmony in our multicultural society http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/crc/forum/index.htm Oriana and Mirjana tried to register to present an item on MWGLS but it was too late. They will investigate how to publish an article on the Working Group in the next CRC (yearly) Report.
History week 15th-23rd September
http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/
Registration for the event for this year has passed however, all members should actively look at promoting multicultural heritage (displays, talks, collecting life stories etc.) and prepare for the next year event.
Glossary The glossary is ready but still waiting (for months) to be included on the SL website. A letter is to be drafted by Noel Willis and sent to the chair to submit to SLNSW in an endeavour to speed up the launch of this valuable resource
Web Page Links Additions can be made to links to the webpage, including : Multicultural Services and Programs; http://www.infovea.com.au/ (Multicultural Sydney Festivals)
Learning English and Other Languages - IELTS and ESL resources ; http://www.ielts.org/ http://www.englishoutlook.com/ http://www.ames.edu.au/index.asp http://www.lang.unsw.edu.au/mep/index.htm?gclid=CPGCnLa3io4CFSTHIgod5DxoPw
Immigrant Settlement and Orientation Resources http://www.immi.gov.au/ http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/
Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Any further ideas please submit to Mirjana mdjukic@kmc.nsw.gov.au
Multicultural Seminar The sub-committee is to regroup to complete plans for seminar in November. Invitations to be sent. The seminar will be $30per head covering the cost of speakers and catering. The State Librarian will launch MyLanguage at the seminar
Mirjana Multicultural Training Kits To be discussed at the next meeting
2008 UN Year of Languages
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm Next year to be bilingualism. Look at programs suitable to your area .
Group visit : The Arts Of Islam exhibition : treasures from the Nasser Khalili Collection . E-mail Mirjana mdjukic@kmc.nsw.gov if you are interested in seeing this exhibition on Wednesday 29th August, meeting @ 5pm at Art Gallery of NSW .; $15 entrance fee.
Banners Please contact Shauna if you have banners to be returned to the SLNSW
Guest speakers Prof. Wenche Ommundsen and Dr. Michael Jacklin gave an informative and comprehensive presentation on AustLit database , and especially on the Australian Multicultural Writers subset http://www.austlit.edu.au/specialistDatasets/MW, The Australian Multicultural Writers subset includes biographical information about Australian writers who identify with particular heritages other than Australian (non English speaking and English speaking), cultural heritages, and bibliographical information about their works. While the subset concentrates on creative and critical literature, some non creative works are included. Contributions by the members of the Group on any new authors from a community group are most welcome. Please, contact Dr Michael Jacklin on mjacklin@uow.edu.au Information Exchange
Bankstown – National Literacy and Numeracy week speakers. Continuing with English Language lessons
Ryde – Would like to know how other libraries deal with ILL bulk loans on the catalogue
Parramatta – Centre link talks and superannuation in Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean. Persian books available for loan
Blacktown- Italian items now available
Canterbury – African and Greek cultural events
Holroyd – Hindi collection launched
Willoughby – Moved to temporary position. Italian cultural display and workshops
Hurstville – Community language story time
Fairfield – Multicultural services survey on client satisfaction in the library review by external consultant
Marrickville- Having meetings with Youth Resource centre
Manly – Continuing with weekly Spanish and French lessons which are increasing in popularity
SLNSW – Launched Burmese collection Greek collection of poetry available Chinese selection day held at Marrickville very successful
The meeting concluded @ 1.30pm following a tour of the new Wollongong City Library
All to note Next meeting 27th November AGM SLNSW