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NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting 23 March 2021 9 am- 3.30pm Minutes
9am Chat
9.30am Welcome and acknowledgement of country
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9.40 – 10.20am General Business
- Local studies audit update
- Wider Local Studies sessions
- INDY READS, Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW
10.25 – 10.55am Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History School of Humanities and Languages UNSW. Using local records for research
1 1- 11. 10am Short Break
11.15 – 11.55am Kate Eastick, Exhibition Curator Albury LibraryMuseum. Collaboration in a time of Covid. Two exhibitions were devised in collaboration with community partners and Kate reflects on the benefits and challenges of curatorial collaboration.
12 -12.40pm Dr. Erik Champion, Emeritus Professor at Curtin, Hon Research Prof at ANU and Hon Research Fellow at UWA. Virtual heritage: tools, projects, hopes and challenges.
12.45- 2pm Lunch
2 -2.40pm Tim Pike Collection, Facility Project Manager, Bathurst Regional Council The Central Tablelands Collections Facility: The evolution of a repository to house and service the museum objects, artworks and records from the Wider Bathurst region.
2.45 – 3pm Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes
- Alison Wishart, Community History Project Officer, Rockdale. Community History Harmonisation Project
- Angela Phippen, Programs Librarian, Local Studies Ryde. Using social media to publicise Ryde’s Chinese market gardeners during the Lunar New Year festivities
3 - 4pm General Business
- Local studies audit update
- Wider Local Studies sessions
- INDY READS, Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW
- Next meeting