Wednesday 2 March 2019 Oran Park Library, Camden Libraries

Attendance:

Presentations

Oran Park Library. Oran Park is part of the Camden LGA, the fastest growing LGA in Australia. Brewster Hjorth Architects. Opened in June 2018. 2,500m2 total with 1150m2 library space at $16 million budget. The library is people centric and focuses on programs not collections.

Camden Library presentation can be viewed here oran_park_library_programming_4.pptx

Some elements of the library include:

• 3 staff per shift 4 hours and rotate regularly
• No Physical Desk, staff have a roving service with iPads and communicate with each other via iMessage
• No drop out zones for WIFI, they have multiple points
• Apple TV, Interactive Wall, 3D Printer, interactive local heritage table
• Cashless - everything is through the Kiosks
• Increase in usage by 0-12 year olds
• Tour of the library was given at the end of the meeting
• Planning a seed library in future and gardening workshops
• Garage door in the children's area will open out onto a synthetic grass area for activities

Penrith Library A presentation was given by Michelle Pearman, Inclusion Officer for Penrith Libraries on the award winning Inclusion program.

The presentation can be viewed: penrith_library_presentation_-_inclusion_program.pptx

Publishers Forum Last year the Group co-hosted a Publishers Forum with Librarians Choice at Green Square Library. Librarians Choice has wound down now and the Group has decided to take it on as a project. Melanie Mutch from Hornsby will be leading this, if anyone wants to help out please get in contact with her.

Joint Meeting with Reference Group It was agreed that the next Marketing and Programs Group meeting would be a joint meeting with the Reference Group on August 7 at Blacktown Library

Round Table Wollongong

• Holding Pride Month activities again
• Comic Gong
• Finding that Panels are working well
• Partnering with the Disability Trust to do panel talks re people with disabilities who identify as LBGTI+
• Queer Stories - facilitated talks with podcast
• Book Bites - lunchtime activity where people can read pages from a book
• Small Talk - Monthly program where 3 speakers talk for 20 minutes each on topics that they want

Georges River

• Philosophy Talks with Professor from USYD
• Living Library - 3 presenters
• Pride Month
• Panel discussions also working well for NAIDOC and Refugee Wekk
• Science Talks

Liverpool

• Creating partnerships to run programs who do it better than the library
• Moon Landing collection
• Harmony Day - interactive art work. Workshops were help with the community at the Powerhouse and then panels installed at Library. Launched with panel discussion and performances
• 1:1 Tech Help - Assistive Technology Centre being created with electric desk and high contrast keyboards
• Accessible Collection
• Children's Services Unite have helped renovate the Children's Library from an Early Educators point of view
• Library staff undertaking Design Thinking training and will lead Council
• Library involved in Smart City Strategy and through this have been invited to talk a the Emerging Leaders Forum with WSU
• Have been doing a lot of internal marketing.

Ryde

• Now have an Adults and Kids marketing brochure
• Banjo the Bandicoot Library Mascot being launched with a Where's banjo activity
• Possum Pouches knitting program

Fairfield

• Studio space going well.
• Looking at creating content that can go straight into the catalogue
• Artistic programming and small business workshops
• Looking at using diverse staff for programs

Lithgow

• Ukulele Group going very well between 40-50 participants
• Tarot, table top gamming
• Creative writing Group
• Maths 4 Fun
• Try anything once

Canterbury/Bankstown

• Sustainability talks - native plants
• Panel for Seniors Week
• eCommission focus group on developing programs for seniors
• Yoga/meditation/wellness talks
• Using volunteers to deliver programs
• Be Healthy and Active talks
• Guided tours of Bankstown Library
• Outreach visits to playgroups
• Be Connected Intergenerational Tech Help

Penrith

• HSC Lectures
• SWF - Stephen Carroll
• Science Week - Gut Health and NDIS Lawyers
• resume writing/interview workshops
• Tech Savvy Seniors
• Write your own Memoir
• Tech Help Desk 10am-12pm Mon-Sun - guide individuals through tech
• Pop Up Library
• Harmony Day and NAIDOC week
• Dungeons and Dragons very popular

Ku-ring-gai

• Library Bus 30th anniversary
• Tell your stories

Hawkesbury

• Moving to new LMS and RFID
• Working with Waste Education Officer for workshops
• War on Waste Festival - Boomerang Bay workshop. Documentary showing.
• SWF - Mathew Condon and Tom Keneally
• Tech Savvy Seniors and Tech Help

Port Macquarie

• Library has left the building - outreach program
• Changing focus to partnerships
• 10 Street Library Kits for the community working with the community college
• Local Talks - 10 minutes each

Cumberland

• Form Filling Service with TAFE
• Streamlining programs across 8 branches
• community Reading week
• Quiet Hours in the Library for people with Autism
• reading Buddies - volunteer help with reading with rewards after school

Campbelltown

• Launched Sponsorship and Partnership Prospectus to seek sponsorship for programs, events and technology
• Launched new LBGTI+ collection and libraries are now part of ACON's Welcome Here network
• ArtLib - Artists giving talks in the Library
• Renovating main branch introducing RFID and creating a reading space
• Game of Thrones Trivia night