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LINC Tasmania, Murray St Hobart

NSLA update

NSLA members held their final meeting for 2016 at LINC Hobart (pictured above). Agenda highlights included:
  • collaborative services for digital deposit
  • Digital Skills programs for 2017
  • discoverability for heritage collections
  • Born Digital 2017.
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Right Wrongs - ABC Open

NSLA, ABC and AIATSIS highlight stories of the 1967 referendum

The Indigenous Project Group has been busy delving into their libraries' collections, surfacing an assortment of extraordinary stories that shaped, or were shaped by, the 1967 referendum. The public vote altered the Australian constitution, enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be counted in the census and be subject to Commonwealth laws, designed to protect and serve all Australians. The stories surrounding the referendum will be showcased in the Right Wrongs digital exhibition, an interactive website produced in partnership with the ABC and supported by AIATSIS.

Woven together with oral histories, ephemera, photographs and film from contributing archives across the nation, the exhibition will also feature newly produced content from the ABC, exploring contemporary perspectives. Right Wrongs aims to tell a complex and comprehensive story of Indigenous resilience and strength, and will be launched in May 2017. In the meantime, if you would like to share how the ’Yes’ vote impacted your life, or find out what the referendum means to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 50 years on, head to ABC Open.

Profile: 2017 Dromkeen winner, Sarah Steed

Sarah Steed, Senior Manager of Content & Engagement at Libraries ACT, was presented the prestigious Dromkeen Librarian's Award in recognition of her outstanding achievement in supporting Australian children's and young adult literature. Sarah talked to us about her passion for children's and youth library services, and how these have evolved over the two decades she's been working in libraries. Read the profile.
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres

In brief...

  • National Library of New Zealand has released its strategic directions to 2030: Turning knowledge into value. The strategy's three themes (Taonga, Knowledge, and Reading) focus on achieving greater impact through collaboration.
  • Dr Marie-Louise Ayres (pictured left) will be the next Director-General of the National Library of Australia, taking the helm from March 2017 when Anne-Marie Schwirtlich retires after six years in the role.

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