Convenor: Elaine Craig, Whitehorse Manningham Libraries
elaine.craig@wml.vic.gov.au

phone 03 98778500

 Terms of Reference:

1. The group acts as a forum in which to discuss issues relating to providing local studies services to members of the public.

2 To promote an awareness of local studies through Victorian public libraries.

3. To support statewide initiatives in local history.

Membership
1 Local Studies Special Interest Group membership is open to all librarians and archivists working in the area of local studies (local history and family history) in library services and archives in Victoria.
2. At the November meeting, the Group Convenor will be nominated from the group for a 12 month term.
Meetings
The Group will meet on a quarterly basis (March, June, September, November)
Reporting
The Convenor or delegate will report to the Community Participation Subcommittee
 

Guidelines for Digitisation of Local history resources

http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/downloads/Victorias_Virtual_Library_Digi...

 Next Meeting:

Thursday June 14 2012
Meet at 1.15 in Foyer of State Library of Victoria for 1.30 start.
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Opposite Melbourne Central Metro stop.
We will meet Genealogy Librarian Anne Burrows who will need to sign us in and  take us to a meeting room.
Our hosts will be Dr Marina Larsson and Patricia Pollard, Veterans Heritage Veterans Unit, Department of Planning and Community Development who will speak and show us their digital stories collection.
See: http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/veterans/veterans-heritage
We will follow this with a network meeting
RSVP is essential to
Liz Pidgeon Local and Family History Librarian Yarra Plenty Regional Library
lpidgeon@yprl.vic.gov.au
Phone: 9401 0765
by Tuesday June 12 3.00pm
 

Trip to Geelong - 19-20 September.

A two day tour of various heritage facilities in the Geelong area.  Please contact Elaine Craig for further details.

Minutes

Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2010

Minutes of the meeting held on 3 June 2010

Minutes of the meeting held on 13 September 2010

Minutes of meeting held on 24 November 2010

Minutes of meeting held on 22 March 2011

Minutes of meeting held on 15 June 2011

Minutes of meeting held on 15 September 2011

Minutes of meeting held on 10 November 2011

 Next Meeting-    

Place:                        Brighton Library

Address                   14 Wilson Street  Brighton  (Melway  67 F10)

Date:                        Thu 8  March

Time:                       12.00

Parking:                  no time limit. We can park behind the library on Boxshall street

Public transport:   5 minute walk from Brighton Station (Sandringham Line)

We shall meet in the library and then go together to Brighton Historical Society.

We have Brighton Council Chamber (located upstairs)   booked for our meeting  between 1.30 and 4.30pm

Di Reidie (President of Brighton Historical Society) is expecting us sometime around 12pm for the tour.

Brighton Historical Society is in the Brighton Town Hall on the corner of Carpenter and Wilson Streets Brighton (Melway 67 F10). Entrance on Wilson St.

If we have enough time before the meeting we may have a quick look at Bayside Gallery.  In March they will be having "Textile  by Annemienke Mein" and  C.D.Richardson and Margaret Baskerville exhibitions.

RSVP  to  NKamenev@bayside.vic.gov.au<mailto:NKamenev@bayside.vic.gov.au>