Travelling Librarian 20139th October – 30th October 2013

Objectives• Build relationships with colleagues in the Commonwealth of Australia and open up

channels for future collaboration

• Learn about the process of building and maintaining collections around an international sporting event

• Learn about using social media and crowd sourcing content to develop collections and encourage engagement

• Learn about using web archiving software to capture online contenthttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/about.html http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/

• Learn about managing digitization projects

• Finding out how libraries can contribute to the ongoing social legacy of the games

• Sharing ideas on how libraries can optimize opportunities for advocacy through the wider cultural programme and outreach projects associated with the event.

Itinerary

Brisbane

State Library of Queensland

Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Sydney

Mitchell Library

State Library of New South Wales

University of Technology, Sydney

Powerhouse Museum

Canberra

National Library of Australia

National Sports Information Centre

(Australian Sports Commission)

Melbourne

State Library of Victoria (2 days)

Melbourne Museum

Hume Global Learning Centres

(Broadmeadows and Craigieburn)

Collections

Official Documents (bid books, results books, post-

games reports)

Anti Games and Protest Collections

Ephemera

Oral Histories

Electronic Collections and Crowd Sourced Content

State of Emergency exhibition at SLQ’s indigenous knowledge centre.

Kuril Dhagun in October 2013

Fryer Library Reading Room, University of Queensland, Brisbane

Main Reading Room, The Mitchell Library, Sydney

Items of Interest

* E.S Marks Collection (chairman of Australian Olympic Federation; vice chairman o0f the NSW Olympic Council and chairman of the British Empire Games Australian Division)

* Papers of Olympic athletes including Basil Dickinson (athletics) and Shane Gould (swimmer)

National Library of Australia, Canberra

National Library of Australia from Lake Burley Griffin

La Trobe Reading Room, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

Melbourne Museum

Items from Centre for Olympic Studies Ephemera Collection

Off-piste

The Edge provides Queenslanders with the opportunity and inspiration to explore creativity across the arts, technology, science and enterprise.

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-us/corporate/the-edge

The Edge is an initiative of State Library of Queensland, creatively engaging the next generation of library users and continuing State Library’s leadership in reimagining libraries for the 21st century.

3d Printing available to the general public, part financed through crowd funding at http://www.pozible.com/list/pop

• Candidates encouraged to take up hospitality with branches and attend local ESU events.- cut costs- social engagements

* Remember to leave time for yourself!

Queensland Parliament House, Brisbane

Otway National Park, Melbourne Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Library & Tom Keneally Centre, Sydney

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Travelling Librarian Award 2014

Outcomes and Applications

• Asked to establish and lead a cross-service CWG Collections Working Group (2 reps each from libraries, museums and arhives).

• Develop Glasgow Libraries CWG Action Plan

• Contribute to the Mitchell Library’s new collecting policy for major international events.

• Currently working on presenting a business case to senior managers seeking approval for a Wikimedian in Residence at the Mitchell Library.

Action Plan

Application Process• Cover Letter• - short personal profile and context of your application• - statement of objectives• - outline programme of institutions and collections• - intention to share experience and good practice (blog,

Facebook, Twitter, Flickr)• Interview• - specific projects you are working on • - demonstrate research and preparation for the scholarship• - define intended outcomes and application in your own

workplace• - reference letter from employer

Pre-Tour lunch in London

• Informal lunch with a Cilip and ESU representative, possible Guy Daines and Mary Greer

• Travel expenses will be paid

• Opportunity for visits elsewhere in London?

kirsten.mccormick@glasgowlife.org.uk