Minutes of Meeting of Multicultural Services and Programs Special Interest Group
Item
1. Attendance &
Apologies
2. Previous Meeting’s
minutes
3. Meeting
dates/locations for
2013
4. Ideas for
speakers/vendors for
future meetings
Minutes
Attendance: Anne McLennan (Melton), Bill Qi (Melbourne), Eda Irfan (Moonee Valley), Jenny Ackroyd (Darebin),
Katie Norton (Whitehorse-Manningham), Liliana Chiriano (Maribyrnong), Linda Serafini (Yarra Plenty) Narelle
Stute (Casey-Cardinia), Pru Menzies ( Casey-Cardinia), Sue Bradley (Darebin), Sue Gray (Boroondara)
Apologies: Anne Paltridge (Hobsons Bay), Diane Woda (Brimbank), Karmel Savahl (CGD), Lyn McFarland
(Moreland), ), Marcia McGinley, (Yarra), Natasha Kamenev (Bayside), Olga Kuftova (Port Phillip)
Business arising from previous meeting: Sue discussed updating languages directory with Elizabeth Jackson.
Team members to review LOTE holdings information currently listed on PLVN site and refer changes to PLVN
Executive Officer once new appointment is made.
Meeting dates for 2013:
 Monday 11 February – Doncaster Library
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Monday 15 April – Pakenham Library
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Monday 17June – Camberwell Library
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Monday 12 August – Melton Library & Learning Hub
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Monday 14 October – Mill Park Library
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Monday 9 December – Northcote Library
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Wendy Quihampton, Manager Public Libraries & Community Engagement , speaking about recent
developments to and the future direction of the My language website – April
Brendan Fitzgerald to present new Information Exchange Language Portal – June
Richard from Global Aussie books to present information on LOTE eBooks
Someone to talk about Hindi material and/or Hindi settlement trends. As Monash has a high Indian
speaking population, it would be useful to contact Monash Library for suggestions as to contacts for
local Migrant Resource Centres or suppliers.
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Monday 11 February 2013
Action
Sue to advise new Executive
Officer for PLVN, Karen
Ward-Smith of changes.
Sue to contact Brendan
Fitzgerald to schedule a
presentation.
Sue to contact John Ruddle
from Monash libraries to ask
for suggestions of local
migrant resource centres
and/or suppliers who may
be able to talk to SIG about
By
Minutes of Meeting of Multicultural Services and Programs Special Interest Group
Monday 11 February 2013
Hindi trends.
All group members to
forward additional
presentation suggestions to
Sue.
5. World Movies
(DVDs)
6. Around the table
Group discussion around world movies and which collection libraries house/shelve them in. Most members
reported that they interfile their world movies with their English adult DVD collection which allows for browsing
of other collections. Some services purchase two copies of a DVD and house one in the relevant language
collection and the other in the English adult collection.
Melton
Celebrated Cultural Diversity Week with bilingual storytime.
Darebin
Celebrated Cultural Diversity Week with Shanaka Fernando (founder of Lentil as Anything) author talk. Book
selection days: Vietnamese selection day, LOTE seconds book sale.
Whitehorse Manningham
Celebrated Cultural Diversity Week with a community Chinese material selection day with Books, Music, Video.
Chinese books and eBooks were purchased. Possibility of commencing a Chinese book club/discussion group.
Maribyrnong
Lion dance, martial arts demonstration. Multicultural day celebrated with food, performers.
Casey Cardinia
Chinese book selection event in the library with Books, Music, Video. Reported back on talk, Rev. Justus
Miwanda. Celebrated International Mother Language Day 21 February. Indigenous storytime with Yarn Strong
Sista.
Yarra Plenty
Linda presented brochure with numerous Cultural Diversity Week (CDW) events scheduled across the service to
help celebrate both CDW and Harmony Day.
Liliana to email contact
details of lion dance to
group
Minutes of Meeting of Multicultural Services and Programs Special Interest Group
Boroondara
Chinese bilingual storytime, outreach partnership with Swinburne, supporting international students through
welcome to community tours. English conversation classes, mainly Chinese attendance. Expo of language
collections across the service.
Melbourne
Lion dance, Chinese bilingual storytime, new book day – Chinese. Dockland Library to be complete by end of
December 2013, Carlton Library to be complete by 2014. New Chinese and Hindu magazines now available from
CAVAL, two new afghan magazines now available from George Olympic books.
Moonee Valley
Celebrated Cultural Diversity Week with bilingual storytime. English conversation classes hosted across the
service in partnership with Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre. Qualified ESL teachers conducting
classes with great attendance.
7. Other business
Tour of Doncaster Library.
Future Meeting Date: Monday 15 April 2013
Venue: Pakenham Library
Monday 11 February 2013