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For a better future

Liz Bradtke — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:05:00 +0000

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.

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Book Culture in Mparntwe

Alexandra Dane — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:04:00 +0000

‘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.

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Adding Central Australian Historical Images to Wikimedia Commons: Wikimedia Australia’s partnership with Alice Springs Public Library

Alice Woods — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 02:22:00 +0000

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.

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Embracing Co-Design at Yarra Plenty Regional Library: A Transformative Journey

Coralie Kouvelas (Wiradjuri) — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:26:00 +0000

Originally published in INCITE Magazine Volume 45, Issue 3 Since late 2019, Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) has embedded co-design into its community engagement strategy. This approach, integral to our deep-dive programming, has also been applied to developing new services, conducting collection and LOTE (Languages Other Than English) reviews, and preparing grant applications. Understanding Co-Design… Read More »

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Cultivating Respect – Revitalizing the Indigenous Collection Metadata at Trinity College

Juan Wen — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 02:37:00 +0000

Originally published in INCITE Magazine Volume 46, Issue 1 It has been ten years since the University of Melbourne’s Trinity College separated Indigenous resources from their non-fiction collection. With the Indigenous collection ever-growing in the college’s Leeper Library we needed to revisit and improve how we manage this collection into the future. As the library… Read More »

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