Local history materials

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Contemporary collecting: collecting Instagram for local studies [slides]

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities
 
This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) accompanies the paper which discusses a project undertaken by the State Library of New South Wales and three public libraries which tested the harvesting of social media content for local studies collections.

 

This is not an ivory tower, but it is a hill I am willing to die on: sharing and promoting local history collections [video]

ALIA New Librarians' Symposium 9 (NLS9), 5-7 July 2019 Adelaide: collaborate deviate innovate
 
Recording (MP4 audiovisual) of session on local studies libraries. This session aimed to provide a greater understanding of local studies collections by providing:

This is not an ivory tower, but it is a hill I am willing to die on: sharing and promoting local history collections [slides]

ALIA New Librarians' Symposium 9 (NLS9), 5-7 July 2019 Adelaide: collaborate deviate innovate
 
This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supported the talk on local studies libraries. This session aimed to provide a greater understanding of local studies collections by providing:

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