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Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 9 and 10 November 2021
9.30am Welcome and acknowledgement of country
Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 9 November 2021
Video from 9 November 2021
AGENDA
9am (for 9.30) – 1pm
9 - 9.30 Chat and Welcome and acknowledgement of country
9.30 – 10.15 Elizabeth Humphrys, political economist, School of Communication, UTS Sydney.
Recent industrial research: work and workers
10.20 - 11 Sarah Lethbridge, Senior Archivist, ANU Archives (University Archives, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Pacific Research Archives and National AIDS Archive).
Work and play in the Archives - How to find archives of business and hotels in the Noel Butlin Archives Centre
11– 11.30 Morning tea break
11.30 – 12 Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes
- Marilyn Gallo, Fairfield Our Stories: Fairfield's daily life during COVID-19
- Helen Mcdonald, Sutherland The WDYTYA experience in Sutherland Shire: or what happens when a celebrity finds a local pioneer on a branch of their family tree.
- Jenny Mcconchie, Wollongong, Wollongong Steel Works: the backbone an online exhibition
- Geoffrey Potter, Gosford Aboriginal street and place-names: the Gosford experience
- Kimberly O'Sullivan, Cessnock, Live from the Archive: objects in the collection
12- 1 General Business
- Bookshops and the Indyreads summer reading club
- LSL committee
- Next Meeting Topics
- General discussion and information sharing
- Reminder about the second part of the meeting tomorrow afternoon
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Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting 10 November 2021
Video from 10 November 2021
AGENDA
2.00 Welcome and acknowledgement of country
2 – 2.15pm Sean Volke on twarc
2.20 -2.30pm Local Studies in a Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes Kirsty Plumridge, Penrith Lockdown Life Creative Writing Competition
2.30 – 3.15pm Effy Alexakis and Leonard Janiszewski 'In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians – Food for Thought'.
3. 15 – 3.45pm Breakout rooms for a discussion about collecting local food stories based on the fascinating Chopsticks or Fork? https://iview.abc.net.au/show/chopsticks-or-fork
3.45 Conclusion/windup