Queensland Local Studies Group Meeting

27 February 2017

The Boardroom

Level 5, State Library of Queensland

Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane

10am-4:00pm

Program

10:00 – 10:15 / Welcome
Tea and coffee
10.15 – 10.30 / Automated book scanning
Follow-up and feedback from local studies librarians on the offer of automated book scanning - pilot phase
Grant Collins, Collection Preservation
10.30–12.00 / DigiVol in the regions
Digital volunteering and how it can work for you. A show, tell, and try session.
Jacinta Sutton, Discovery SLQ
12.00 - 12.30 / #1lib1ref
Group discussion about Wikipedia and libraries
Led by Jacinta Sutton and Christina Ealing-Godbould
12.30-1.00 / Maryborough research presentation..
TBC
Christina Ealing-Godbould, Visitor Experience SLQ
1.00 – 1:45 / Lunch
Lunch will be catered on the Boardroom Deck, L5
1:45 – 2.15 / Our story, our history
Beverley Isdale, ArchivistChermside & Districts Historical Society Inc.
2.15-3.00 / Copyright?
Implementing positive/proactive copyright/access messages on content, in particular digitised collections.
Margaret Warren, Discovery SLQ
*This session will be livestreamed. Please seebelow for details on how to watch Margaret’s session live online
3:00 – 4:00 / Round table
Including discussion of topics and activities for future forums, and call for hosts for 2017 Local Studies Group meetings.
4:00 / Close

Instructions for viewing the livestreamed session

Adding this event to your calendar in advance:

  1. Go to the Livestream website:
  1. In the search box on the top right corner do a search for the phrase “QLD Local Studies Group meeting – Copy right?”
  1. Find the video with that title in the search list and click on the Get Notified button to the right of the title. Select your preferred calendar option from the list and save the calendar invite to your calendar.

Before the session starts

  1. To watch the Livestream of this session you will need to create a Livestream account.
  1. Go to the Livestream website:
  1. Click on the Log In button on the top right of the screen.Then click on the Join Livestream link on the bottom right of the pop-up Login window. You can sign up either by using an email address or a Facebook account

To join the session on Monday at 2.15pm

  1. A few minutes before 2.15pm on Monday 27 February you can either:
  2. click on the session link in your saved calendar invite, or
  3. click on the direct session link below:
  1. You will be directed to log in before you can view the livestream. Once logged in the Livestream should start immediately.