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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 here - red button - Select Tickets. The booking link for online participants, including presenters, is at the bottom of the Agenda – Please use this for online access
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 to Bathurst and Acknowledgement of Country
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. Tara Eagleton, Liverpool New Library Build: Enhancing Local Studies Services and Community Engagement
3. Simone Taylor, From the Vault: learning the hard way to curate an exhibition series.
4. Mary-Clare Thatcher, Bathurst, Bathurst Library: Growing Local History
5. 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 – 3.15 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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