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NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting

NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting

Yellamundie Library and Gallery, 52 Scott Street, Liverpool and online 25 March 2025

Note - sound is faint at times on the recording.

NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting

Local Studies Librarians Meeting

Present:

Adam Mitchell, Adrienne Brown, Allana White, Ana Maybury, Belinda Lancey, Brigid Whitbread, Christine Evola, Claire Chang, Dean Palmer, Ellen Forsyth, Erica Kearnes, Fran O'Flynn, Geoffrey Potter, Georgina Keep, Haining Lenane, Helen McDonald, Helen Thompson, Ian Hoskins, Jason Slattery, Jeff Stonehouse, Jennifer Madden, Jenny MacRitchie, Katherine DAY, Kathy Bowrey, Kirsten Broderick, Louise Riley, Maggie Ma, Maria Paterson, Ravneet Gill, Rebecca Oluwi, Ruth Bingham, Sam Cooling, Samantha Starr, Sarah Middleton-Jones, Sharelle Ravenscroft, Vanessa Gilchrist

AGENDA

10 - 10.15am Welcome to Liverpool and Acknowledgement of Country

10.20 – 11am Doug Rogan, Director Museum and Gallery Services, International Conservation Services, From Analogue to Digital: Navigating Collection Digitisation – Assessing, Planning, Prioritising and Executing. And Managing the Digital Deluge. slides for International Conservation Services presentation

11.05 – 11.25am Morning tea

11.30am - 12.10pm Sarah Middleton-Jones, Senior Archivist (Research), Reserve Bank of Australia, Unreserved Access: Discovering the Histories of People and Places in the Reserve Bank. online

12.15 - 12.25 pm Local Studies in Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes

1. Ian Hoskins, North Sydney Council Historian, Hidden history of the Chinese in North Sydney.
2. Andrew Allen, Local Studies Librarian, Campbelltown Sharing History: collaborating with the History Club. slides for Campbelltown presentation

12.30 – 1pm General Business

1. Wider LS Link to reports on the 2020 local studies survey
2. LS wiki
3. Steering committee
4. Next meeting
5. Other

1 – 1.55pm LUNCH

2 - 2.40pm Professor Kathy Bowrey, Law & Justice, UNSW Kathy Different ways of doing historical legal research online

2.45 – 3.25 pm Liz Mackenzie, Assistant Director, Community Liaison and Dr Jenny Ostini Director, Trove Community Services. Trove at 15: a snapshot and looking forward. slides for Trove presentation

3.30 – 4.05 pm Local Studies in Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes

1. Leila Davandeh. Programs Officer, Systems. Wagga Wagga, Library Connection. slides for Wagga Wagga presentation
2. Holly Millward, Community History Technician, Inner West Community Hub Educational Site Studies History - material for the classroom and at home. slides for Inner West presentation
3. Louise Riley, Archive Customer Service Officer and Sue Ryan, Coordinator Local Studies, Newcastle, Local History a Monumental Task: trying to keep track of local plaques and markers. online
4. Samantha Figueroa, Service Team Leader, Local Studies (Acting), Wollongong, Aboriginal Community Histories. slides for Wollongong presentation
5. Leonie Welstead, Local Studies Officer, Liverpool Community Exhibitions at Yellamundie. slides for Liverpool presentation
6. Alison Wishart, Local History Librarian, Woollahra, Woollahra: Then and Now exhibition – online and onsite slides for Woollahra presentation

4.10 – 4.40pm Associate Professor Toby Raeburn, Madness: Then and Now Liverpool Lunatic Asylum (1826-1838). Liverpool Lunatic Asylum is rarely mentioned in the history of mental health in NSW, and this is the first major research on this institution.