engaging with communities: what indigenous services has done to make the state library of nsw more...
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Engaging with Communities:
What Indigenous Services has
done to make the State Library of
NSW more accessible to
Indigenous Australians
Nathan Sentence
26 August 2015
Establishment of the Indigenous Services Branch
Implementing the ATSILIRN
Protocols
• Content and perspectives
• Intellectual Property
• Accessibility and Use
• Description and Classification of Materials
• Secret or Sacred Materials
• Offensive Material
• Governance and Management
• Staffing
• Education and Training for Professional Practice
• Awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Peoples and Issues
• Copying and Repatriation of Records
• The digital environment (ATSILIRN, 2012)
http://atsilirn.aiatsis.gov.au/
Rediscovering Indigenous
Languages Website
Community Engagement
Framework for consultation: National State Libraries of Australasia’s recently developed Community Consultation Framework Working with Communities (2013)
Above: Far Out! presentations across NSW with Learning Services
Above: Darryl Baldwin presenting at the Hidden Gems Symposium
Left: ”Word of the Week” from the Indigenous Services Tumblr Page
Future of the Project
• On going consultation with community
• Continuing digitisation
• Developing the education component
• Creating awareness
• Enhancing user experience
Events and Exhibitions
• NAIDOC Week
• Seniors Week
• Yabun Festival
• 50th Anniversary of the Freedom
Rides @ The State Library
• Far Out with Learning Services
• Family History Workshops
Engaging with Communities:
What Indigenous Services has
done to make the State Library of
NSW more accessible to
Indigenous Australians
Nathan Sentence
26 August 2015