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NSW Local Studies Librarians meeting
NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting
The next meeting will be at Bathurst and online 5 November 2024
The venue is the Central Tablelands Collection Facility, Leena Street, Bathurst NSW N.B It does not have a street number. It is the only building on Leena Street, behind the public school.
Bookings:
The booking link for those going to Bathurst can be found on the Agenda at the top of the page - red button - Select Tickets. The booking link for online participants, including presenters, is at the bottom of the Agenda – Please use this registration
NSW Local Studies Librarians’ Meeting
Local Studies Librarians Meeting
5 November 2024
Central Tablelands Collection Facility, Leena St, Bathurst and online
Online participants please use this link
The meeting is for public library staff.
AGENDA
9. 15am Welcome
9.30 – 10.10 am Dianne Barnes, Bathurst Family History Group, Penetrating the Past: searching for the Bathurst Female Factory with ground penetrating radar.
10.15 – 10.55 am Jan Page, President, Friends of Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon – a memorial with a voice
11 – 11.30 am Morning tea
11.30 – 12 pm Local Studies in Flash: 10 slides in 5 minutes
1. John Merriman, Blue Mountains, A new Local Studies Section at Springwood Library
2. Liz Peters, Lithgow, The use of the Local Studies collection at Lithgow Library
3. Tara Eagleton, Liverpool New Library Build: Enhancing Local Studies Services and Community Engagement
4. Simone Taylor, From the Vault: learning the hard way to curate an exhibition series.
5. Mary-Clare Thatcher, Bathurst, Bathurst Library: Growing Local History
6. Ian Hoskins, North Sydney Council Historian, Hidden history of the Chinese in North Sydney
12. – 12.20 pm Local Studies Audit 2025, Ellen Forsyth SLNSW
12.20 – 1 pm Rachel Cullen, NAA State Manager, Public Engagement (acting) National Network Coordination, NSW Office, A local historians guide to the National Archives of Australia.
1 – 2 pm Lunch (catered)
2 – 2.40 pm Tim Pike, Collection Coordinator, The Central Tablelands Collections Facility, overview, and tour
2.45 – 3.25 pm General Business
1. CDP templates and other forms
2. RAHS conference.
3. other
3.15 – 4 pm Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr, Wiradyuri Elder and Traditional Owner; Elder-in-Residence and Scholarly Teaching Fellow, School of Psychology, Charles Sturt University, Dhuluny: the war that never ended.
Online participants please use this link
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