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Local Studies meeting online
19 November 2020 9.30am- 3.30pm
9.30 - 9.50 Chat
9.50 Welcome and acknowledgement of country
10 - 10.40 Angela Phippen, Programs Librarian Local Studies Ryde, Sources for researching Chinese market gardeners and their gardens.
10. 45 - 11.15 Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes pt. 1
- Local History Primary School Prize (Students Years 4, 5 & 6), 2019. Hilary Powell, Wollongong Local History primary school prize 2019
- Celebrating our local history: Christo and Jeanne Claude’s Wrapped Coast 50 years on, Georgina Keep, Randwick
- Paint the town read publications. Each place that participates is required to produce a booklet for their area. Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW
11.30 – 12.10 Andy Carr, Team Leader, Information & Access Branch SLNSW, From Broken Bay to Broken Hill: Discovering Sports Archives in the Public Libraries of New South Wales.
12.15 - 12.30 Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes pt. 2
- History Hub: The Challenges and Opportunities of Merging Multiple Digital Collections. Bridget Banfield, Northern Beaches Northern Beaches History Hub
- 200 Years Together, Claire Lynch, Campbelltown
- Indyreads, Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW
- An Introduction to Coffs Collections, Debbie Campbell, Coffs Harbour Coffs Collections You can see other Recollect sites here
- New website and at home initiatives during COVID19.Neera Sahni, Parramatta
12. 30 - 2pm LUNCH
2 - 2.30 General Business
2.30 pm Ronald Briggs, State Library of NSW Curator's Choice: Aboriginal stories through the PIX lens
3.00 - 4.00pm General business continued
- Local studies audit update
- Wider Local Studies sessions
- Digital collections and ongoing storage requirements. Hilary Powell, Wollongong asked these questions of the LS e-list: i) How libraries manage and fund storage for their digital content. ii) What type of storage is currently in use? iii) Is current storage adequate. Hilary will talk about her findings.
- NSW public library wiki - some help with adding links back to the local studies section