The document discusses the Librarian's Choice service offered by Hornsby Shire Library Service. The service allows library members to submit an online form with information about their interests and preferences, and librarians will select up to 10 titles especially for them. Librarian's Choice was introduced in April 2020 and builds on the library's existing reader advisory services, using all available collections to hand pick 1900 items for 217 initial customers.
Reading, And Reading Readers Through Nonfiction and Multimedia PublicLibraryServices
This document discusses reading and readers through nonfiction works and multimedia. It begins by reflecting on what reading means to individuals and how people develop different reading habits and traits over their lifetime. It notes there are many different types of readers. The document then discusses nonfiction works, describing their narrative context, subjects, types, and appeals. It provides a four-part method for considering nonfiction, analyzing narrative context, subject, type, and appeal. The document concludes by suggesting nonfiction and multimedia can broaden readers' perspectives and experiences.
This document summarizes a presentation about reference service excellence amid challenging times. It discusses how libraries must adapt quickly to unprecedented changes and uncertainty due to factors like COVID-19, budgets, technology changes, and staffing constraints. It provides examples of traditional and virtual reference services and emphasizes the importance of communication skills, active listening, involving users in searches, follow up, and ending interactions positively. The goal is to meet users' increasing demands for online help, convenience, and a range of reference options while maintaining service excellence.
The NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service provides health information to culturally and linguistically diverse communities in NSW and is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health. It aims to develop resources for these communities through organizations like Diabetes NSW, the Transcultural Mental Health Centre, and STARTTS, which provides services to survivors of torture and refugee trauma. Contact information is provided for the Media Manager at the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service.
Indyreads is a statewide eContent management platform in New South Wales that rolled out in 2020 and provides professional development resources. It gives library and information science professionals a searchable catalog of titles as well as an information portal and upcoming presentations, such as one later in the year by Neal Wyatt. Users can search using keywords like "library information science" to find relevant materials.
This document outlines best practices for fact checking and communicating information during a crisis like COVID-19. It recommends providing clear, relatable information from reliable sources using concise language, simple tips, critical thinking, and infographics. It stresses the importance of continuing to reinforce reliable sources, debunk myths, and maintain open communication as the crisis continues to help communities navigate misinformation.
The document contains monthly digital digging questions for Shoalhaven Libraries staff from December 2018 to April 2020. It includes questions about digital resources available through the library and tasks for staff to complete each month such as subscribing to newsletters, accessing online magazines, and searching databases. Special login credentials are provided some months for resources like Choice Online.
This document contains contact information for AlburyCity Libraries and Museum, listing the same email address - mhead@alburycity.nsw.gov.au - on multiple lines and noting the date of May 15, 2020.
The document discusses the Librarian's Choice service offered by Hornsby Shire Library Service. The service allows library members to submit an online form with information about their interests and preferences, and librarians will select up to 10 titles especially for them. Librarian's Choice was introduced in April 2020 and builds on the library's existing reader advisory services, using all available collections to hand pick 1900 items for 217 initial customers.
Reading, And Reading Readers Through Nonfiction and Multimedia PublicLibraryServices
This document discusses reading and readers through nonfiction works and multimedia. It begins by reflecting on what reading means to individuals and how people develop different reading habits and traits over their lifetime. It notes there are many different types of readers. The document then discusses nonfiction works, describing their narrative context, subjects, types, and appeals. It provides a four-part method for considering nonfiction, analyzing narrative context, subject, type, and appeal. The document concludes by suggesting nonfiction and multimedia can broaden readers' perspectives and experiences.
This document summarizes a presentation about reference service excellence amid challenging times. It discusses how libraries must adapt quickly to unprecedented changes and uncertainty due to factors like COVID-19, budgets, technology changes, and staffing constraints. It provides examples of traditional and virtual reference services and emphasizes the importance of communication skills, active listening, involving users in searches, follow up, and ending interactions positively. The goal is to meet users' increasing demands for online help, convenience, and a range of reference options while maintaining service excellence.
The NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service provides health information to culturally and linguistically diverse communities in NSW and is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health. It aims to develop resources for these communities through organizations like Diabetes NSW, the Transcultural Mental Health Centre, and STARTTS, which provides services to survivors of torture and refugee trauma. Contact information is provided for the Media Manager at the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service.
Indyreads is a statewide eContent management platform in New South Wales that rolled out in 2020 and provides professional development resources. It gives library and information science professionals a searchable catalog of titles as well as an information portal and upcoming presentations, such as one later in the year by Neal Wyatt. Users can search using keywords like "library information science" to find relevant materials.
This document outlines best practices for fact checking and communicating information during a crisis like COVID-19. It recommends providing clear, relatable information from reliable sources using concise language, simple tips, critical thinking, and infographics. It stresses the importance of continuing to reinforce reliable sources, debunk myths, and maintain open communication as the crisis continues to help communities navigate misinformation.
The document contains monthly digital digging questions for Shoalhaven Libraries staff from December 2018 to April 2020. It includes questions about digital resources available through the library and tasks for staff to complete each month such as subscribing to newsletters, accessing online magazines, and searching databases. Special login credentials are provided some months for resources like Choice Online.
This document contains contact information for AlburyCity Libraries and Museum, listing the same email address - mhead@alburycity.nsw.gov.au - on multiple lines and noting the date of May 15, 2020.
The document discusses the "Librarians on Loan" program between the Gold Coast City Council Local Studies library and the Office of Architecture and Heritage. Through this program, librarians are loaned out to work with the Office of Architecture and Heritage to provide research support using the local studies collection. This helps raise the profile of local studies, contributes to heritage preservation, and improves the librarians' skills in researching for different audiences. However, challenges include not being able to support the Office as often as needed due to staffing constraints and adapting to new research formats and styles.
The document provides information about researching soldiers from World War I and World War II who served from the Bassendean area in Australia. It outlines the process of identifying service numbers, finding service records and summaries, locating names on memorials and casualty lists. Examples are given of applications of the research such as building online tributes and creating displays for memorials and museums. Resources like the Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission are referenced.
The Canterbury-Bankstown Libraries held various displays and activities in November 2019 and February 2020 to engage the community with readers' advisory services and celebrate Library Lovers' Day. In November, a Movember campaign displayed staff photos with moustaches next to men's health materials. In February, activities included an origami workshop, a competition to win Jeffrey Archer books, and sharing favorite books and authors. These events were well received, increasing library circulation, visitors, and new members while demonstrating community love for the libraries.
This document provides instructions for creating reading recommendation cards to help patrons discover new books. It includes examples of cards that feature book titles grouped by theme. Librarians can choose card themes and design their own templates. The instructions recommend finding images, definitions and book lists to include on the cards. Completed cards can be printed and paired with hyperlinked book lists for patrons to reference related titles. The goal is to provide a fun way for patrons to explore genres and find their next favorite read.
The document provides information about researching soldiers from World War I and World War II who served from the Bassendean area in Western Australia. It outlines the process of identifying service numbers, searching military records, finding information on casualties, and examples of how to apply this research to local history projects like creating online tributes and history walks. Sources mentioned include the Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Trove, and Ancestry.
The Lane Cove Library offers a "Library to Your Door" service that delivers items to patrons using a Home Library Service van. Patrons can search the library's online catalogue, add items to a wish list, and reserve and have items delivered to their home. If no one is home when the van delivers, items will be left at the front door.
Jenn Martin discusses starting a reading podcast based on lessons learned from the podcast "Friends at the Library". She recommends considering objectives, branding, and format when designing the podcast. The document provides technical basics on recording equipment, editing software, and publishing platforms. It emphasizes keeping the podcast sustainable through advance planning and stockpiling episodes, as well as maintaining creativity by being flexible, inclusive, and drawing on colleagues' passion and knowledge.
The document outlines several changes being implemented at Marrickville Library and across the Inner West Council library system. Key changes include implementing a new library management system, RFID tagging the collection, restructuring staff and operations, introducing new technologies like self-checkers and smart shelving, harmonizing collections and resources, and renovating the Marrickville library building. The changes are intended to modernize operations and provide an improved experience for library users and staff.
This document advertises free one-on-one appointments with community service providers at the library to get questions answered. People can meet with experts and get help from community service organizations. To book an appointment, contact the library at libraryevents@hornsby.nsw.gov.au.
This document discusses record enrichment worksheets used by the Central Coast Library Service to better share local history specialists' knowledge about collection items. The worksheets address issues like specialists retaining too much information and cataloguers lacking context. By filling out worksheets on new or significant items, specialists can inform cataloguers to create richer records capturing provenance, significance, and other details. This enhances discovery and research by sharing what is otherwise only known by the specialist. The process benefits knowledge sharing, collection access, and produces more useful catalog records.
The document discusses three perspectives on interpreting the post-World War 2 migrant experience in Australia: the Bonegilla Collection at the Albury LibraryMuseum, the Bonegilla Migrant Experience site, and immigration records at the National Archives. It provides examples of how the Collection and Experience site collaborate through loans of objects and images, as well as directing visitors to additional information.
Burraja works with various partners including Indigenous communities, educational institutions, and government departments. Their programs focus on empowering Aboriginal youth and sharing cultural knowledge. Some of their initiatives include stone tool workshops that brought elders and youth together, canoe making projects on country with elder guidance, and educating on traditional fire management. Their vision is to preserve local Indigenous knowledge, create jobs, and promote understanding of Aboriginal culture.
The Bhutanese Community Farm is located on Gateway Island in Wodonga, Victoria. It was established through partnerships between local organizations and the Bhutanese community to grow organic vegetables and provide education and volunteering opportunities. The farm grows Asian and Australian vegetables and herbs in over 80 community garden beds. It hosts activities like skills workshops, open days, and catering events to bring the community together and sell produce. Challenges include weather issues and lack of initial markets, but the farm is working to expand programming and infrastructure through community support.
Beyond co-location to convergence and beyond discusses AlburyCity's cultural services over time. It summarizes:
1) How cultural services have converged from separate library, museum, and gallery teams into integrated programs and facilities under one cultural services group since 2006.
2) Key statistics showing increases in floor space, visitors, loans, and exhibitions from the separate facilities to the integrated Albury LibraryMuseum over time.
3) Ongoing projects including the Murray Art Museum Albury, Retro Lane Café, Lavington Library, and reviews of collections, facilities, and team structures that continue advancing convergence of cultural services.
This document contains information about 4 hotels located in Gympie, Queensland, Australia from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Tattersalls Hotel & Golden Age Hotel from 1868 on Mary Street, Royal Hotel from around 1935, Grand Hotel from around 1915, and Northumberland Hotel from around 1910.
Walk this way:Using geolocation for self-guided local history audio walking t...PublicLibraryServices
This document discusses using geolocation and audio walking tours to create self-guided local history tours. It notes that local history could be at risk without innovative solutions. The document proposes creating audio recordings with relevant equipment and software, and collaborating with the community to amplify underrepresented voices and stories. Partnerships could help provide skills and resources to develop the tours, with the goal of engaging the public in local history.
The document provides contact information for science fiction and fantasy specialists at Galaxy Books and lists some of the best known SFF anthology editors as well as several awards related to science fiction and fantasy. Resources for finding lists and recommendations for science fiction and fantasy works are also mentioned.
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
The document discusses the "Librarians on Loan" program between the Gold Coast City Council Local Studies library and the Office of Architecture and Heritage. Through this program, librarians are loaned out to work with the Office of Architecture and Heritage to provide research support using the local studies collection. This helps raise the profile of local studies, contributes to heritage preservation, and improves the librarians' skills in researching for different audiences. However, challenges include not being able to support the Office as often as needed due to staffing constraints and adapting to new research formats and styles.
The document provides information about researching soldiers from World War I and World War II who served from the Bassendean area in Australia. It outlines the process of identifying service numbers, finding service records and summaries, locating names on memorials and casualty lists. Examples are given of applications of the research such as building online tributes and creating displays for memorials and museums. Resources like the Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission are referenced.
The Canterbury-Bankstown Libraries held various displays and activities in November 2019 and February 2020 to engage the community with readers' advisory services and celebrate Library Lovers' Day. In November, a Movember campaign displayed staff photos with moustaches next to men's health materials. In February, activities included an origami workshop, a competition to win Jeffrey Archer books, and sharing favorite books and authors. These events were well received, increasing library circulation, visitors, and new members while demonstrating community love for the libraries.
This document provides instructions for creating reading recommendation cards to help patrons discover new books. It includes examples of cards that feature book titles grouped by theme. Librarians can choose card themes and design their own templates. The instructions recommend finding images, definitions and book lists to include on the cards. Completed cards can be printed and paired with hyperlinked book lists for patrons to reference related titles. The goal is to provide a fun way for patrons to explore genres and find their next favorite read.
The document provides information about researching soldiers from World War I and World War II who served from the Bassendean area in Western Australia. It outlines the process of identifying service numbers, searching military records, finding information on casualties, and examples of how to apply this research to local history projects like creating online tributes and history walks. Sources mentioned include the Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Trove, and Ancestry.
The Lane Cove Library offers a "Library to Your Door" service that delivers items to patrons using a Home Library Service van. Patrons can search the library's online catalogue, add items to a wish list, and reserve and have items delivered to their home. If no one is home when the van delivers, items will be left at the front door.
Jenn Martin discusses starting a reading podcast based on lessons learned from the podcast "Friends at the Library". She recommends considering objectives, branding, and format when designing the podcast. The document provides technical basics on recording equipment, editing software, and publishing platforms. It emphasizes keeping the podcast sustainable through advance planning and stockpiling episodes, as well as maintaining creativity by being flexible, inclusive, and drawing on colleagues' passion and knowledge.
The document outlines several changes being implemented at Marrickville Library and across the Inner West Council library system. Key changes include implementing a new library management system, RFID tagging the collection, restructuring staff and operations, introducing new technologies like self-checkers and smart shelving, harmonizing collections and resources, and renovating the Marrickville library building. The changes are intended to modernize operations and provide an improved experience for library users and staff.
This document advertises free one-on-one appointments with community service providers at the library to get questions answered. People can meet with experts and get help from community service organizations. To book an appointment, contact the library at libraryevents@hornsby.nsw.gov.au.
This document discusses record enrichment worksheets used by the Central Coast Library Service to better share local history specialists' knowledge about collection items. The worksheets address issues like specialists retaining too much information and cataloguers lacking context. By filling out worksheets on new or significant items, specialists can inform cataloguers to create richer records capturing provenance, significance, and other details. This enhances discovery and research by sharing what is otherwise only known by the specialist. The process benefits knowledge sharing, collection access, and produces more useful catalog records.
The document discusses three perspectives on interpreting the post-World War 2 migrant experience in Australia: the Bonegilla Collection at the Albury LibraryMuseum, the Bonegilla Migrant Experience site, and immigration records at the National Archives. It provides examples of how the Collection and Experience site collaborate through loans of objects and images, as well as directing visitors to additional information.
Burraja works with various partners including Indigenous communities, educational institutions, and government departments. Their programs focus on empowering Aboriginal youth and sharing cultural knowledge. Some of their initiatives include stone tool workshops that brought elders and youth together, canoe making projects on country with elder guidance, and educating on traditional fire management. Their vision is to preserve local Indigenous knowledge, create jobs, and promote understanding of Aboriginal culture.
The Bhutanese Community Farm is located on Gateway Island in Wodonga, Victoria. It was established through partnerships between local organizations and the Bhutanese community to grow organic vegetables and provide education and volunteering opportunities. The farm grows Asian and Australian vegetables and herbs in over 80 community garden beds. It hosts activities like skills workshops, open days, and catering events to bring the community together and sell produce. Challenges include weather issues and lack of initial markets, but the farm is working to expand programming and infrastructure through community support.
Beyond co-location to convergence and beyond discusses AlburyCity's cultural services over time. It summarizes:
1) How cultural services have converged from separate library, museum, and gallery teams into integrated programs and facilities under one cultural services group since 2006.
2) Key statistics showing increases in floor space, visitors, loans, and exhibitions from the separate facilities to the integrated Albury LibraryMuseum over time.
3) Ongoing projects including the Murray Art Museum Albury, Retro Lane Café, Lavington Library, and reviews of collections, facilities, and team structures that continue advancing convergence of cultural services.
This document contains information about 4 hotels located in Gympie, Queensland, Australia from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Tattersalls Hotel & Golden Age Hotel from 1868 on Mary Street, Royal Hotel from around 1935, Grand Hotel from around 1915, and Northumberland Hotel from around 1910.
Walk this way:Using geolocation for self-guided local history audio walking t...PublicLibraryServices
This document discusses using geolocation and audio walking tours to create self-guided local history tours. It notes that local history could be at risk without innovative solutions. The document proposes creating audio recordings with relevant equipment and software, and collaborating with the community to amplify underrepresented voices and stories. Partnerships could help provide skills and resources to develop the tours, with the goal of engaging the public in local history.
The document provides contact information for science fiction and fantasy specialists at Galaxy Books and lists some of the best known SFF anthology editors as well as several awards related to science fiction and fantasy. Resources for finding lists and recommendations for science fiction and fantasy works are also mentioned.
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile
Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2023, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 30 May as the International Day of Potato.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
United Nations World Oceans Day 2024; June 8th " Awaken new dephts".Christina Parmionova
The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
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