Multicultural Working Group Meeting 8th of September 2022
Apologies: Ayse Ersoy, Joelmon Zungar
Attendees Abby Dawson (SLNSW) Eugenia Ng (Burwood) Helen Williams (Inner West) Irene Tichackova (Hornsby) Jadwiga Krejza (Liverpool) Kathy Yang (Ryde) Mary Gissing (Newcastle) Mary Loveland (Manly) Oriana Acevedo (SLNSW) Sharlene Louey (City of Sydney) Shauna Miller (SLNSW) Stephanie Cooper Vanessa Maino (Ryde) Vicki O’Rourke (Wollongong)
Minutes of previous meeting Nothing to report Business arising Position still pending for the election of a Chair. Guest Speaker Zara Page - Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) UNSW Zara spoke to the group about the current research into dementia. It is estimated that by 2058 there will be more than 1 million sufferers. It is the second leading cause of death in Australia and this will impact on the Australian healthcare system. Currently 30% of CALD adults are underrepresented in dementia research so the CHeBA is looking at trying to recruit volunteers from the CALD community to take part in this research. It will involve volunteers doing a short 15 minute survey. One completion there are 4 more steps Instructions and consent Eligibility screening Demographic information Questionnaire For more information go to: https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/research-projects/cogscan-study-computer-administered-neuropsychological-tests-seniors/participate
Minutes and Agendas - Shauna All minutes and agendas and other relevant information pertaining to this working group will now only appear on the wiki
Action: Shauna will organise a training session, on how to add minutes and agendas to the wiki, for members of this group
IFLA Updates – Oriana Oriana spoke to the meeting about the IFLA Multicultural Group. This IFLA Section works to promote best practice in delivering library services and collections to cultural and linguistic minorities. Oriana recommended that people join as members and get involved. For more information go to: https://www.ifla.org/units/mcultp/ ALIA Multicultural Group- Oriana Oriana reported that ALIA will be establishing the Multicultural Working Group in November. The aim of the group is to cover all library staff including public, university, special libraries etc.
State Library Marketing revamp- Abby Abby is overseeing the revamp of the bookmarks and signage produced for multicultural services by the SLNSW. Please email Abby with any feedback, suggestions, or comments. Do libraries still use banners? We could design new banners if required this would include changing the current colour scheme of yellow to another suitable colour and ensuring all signage is bilingual.
Indyreads- Abby There is a collection of over 200 titles in German available on Indyreads. Other languages are available such as Spanish but to date there aren’t many titles available in languages such as Arabic, Greek and Hindi.
Other Business • The Multicultural Engagement Conference will be held on the 27th of October at Parramatta.
• Multicultural Excellence Awards. Entries for these awards will open shortly. Winners will be announced at the Switch Conference in November.
• Spotlight on libraries – Ryde is considering hosting the next Spotlight session. In October Mary Gissing, Newcastle Library, will be hosting the next session.
Next meeting will be held on site at the SLNSW, 24th of November