Draft agenda
9.30 Welcome
9.40 Pride (R)evolution exhibition at the State Library for local studies implications , Bruce Carter
Mapping Queer North Sydney: Online mapping of LGBTIQA+ community stories and memories in the North Sydney area. Yasmin Greenhalgh (Collection Development Librarian) and Kelly Mitchell (Historical Services Curator), Stanton Library, North Sydney Council
Includes discussion about collecting with your LGBTIQA+ community.
10.40 Morning tea
11.00 City of Parramatta Research and Collections Team - showcasing their collections Janelle Blucher, Research ＆ Collection Services Coordinator, ParramattaIncludes 10 minutes q and a
11.40 Oral History Conference in Launceston presentations from Bega, Goulburn and Orange.includes10 minute discussion of oral history
12.20 - 1.20 lunch - find your own
1.20 - 1.30 linking lunch and local studies
What did you see at lunch time that would be potential to collect or document/interview (including those online)
1.30 - 2.00
10 slides in 5 minutes
- 'Preparing and presenting a bilingual talk on Chinese market gardeners: colleagues, collaboration and community Angela Phippen, Ryde
- ‘‘Local content on Indyreads’, John MacRitchie, Georges River
- "The Challenge of preserving our digital world’ Simone Taylor, Dubbo Regional Council
- Learnings from our latest local history exhibition in a public library Alison Wishart Bayside Council
2.00pm
TBC
General business
- Call for committee members
- Documenting Past local studies enquiries
- Conservation on a budget
- How to improve cataloguing - for example racist and other inaccurate information, and use of cataloguing notes
- https://www.departmentstorehistory.org.au/
- Next meeting/venue - importance of venue being able to manage hybrid hosting as have at least as many people participating online as onsite, so hybrid is essential (not optional)
3.30 Parramatta Library tour
The meeting will be streamed and recorded. Your participation is an acceptance of this. Note the presentations will be recorded, the discussions will not be recorded.
