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First Nations Spotlight centres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, perspectives and stories from across the library and information sector. This space highlights knowledge, practice and leadership that strengthen cultural understanding, respect and recognition in Australian libraries. If you have a story you’d like to share, click the ‘Submit a story’ button above.
Behind an unassuming door in the grounds of the Milingimbi School in the Northern Territory you will find the Milingimbi Community Library. On the shelves – a collection that includes a variety of books in local language, English, LOTE alongside books that explore the historical events of Milingimbi from the perspective of its local inhabitants.
‘Community Publishing in Regional Australia’ is a collaborative research project funded by the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Project scheme. It brings together researchers from Melbourne and Brisbane, book industry partners and four regional Australian councils to explore writing and publishing activity in Australia’s regional communities.
At the end of 2023, Wikimedia Australia partnered with the Alice Springs Public Library, located in the heart of Mparntwe, to add a selection of images from the Central Australian Historical Images Collection to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons is a free media file repository where individuals and institutions, including those from the GLAM sector, can make files available.
Originally published in INCITE Magazine Volume 45, Issue 3 Since late 2019, Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) has embedded co-design into its community...
Originally published in INCITE Magazine Volume 46, Issue 1 It has been ten years since the University of Melbourne’s Trinity College separated Indigenous...