Minutes of Meeting of Home Library Service Special Interest Group
Item
1. Attendance &
Apologies
2. Confirmation of
Minutes.
3. Business Arising
held on
Monday 7 th March 2011
Minutes Home Library Special Interest Group
7 March 11
Location: Municipal Association of Victoria, Collins Street, Melbourne
Action
By
Attended Donna Edwards (Greater Dandenong Library Service), Karen Wale (Maribyrnong Library Service),
Jadwiga Ridd (Maribyrnong Library Service), Alan Duncan (Yarra Library Service) , Jo Moore (Yarra Library
Service), Bridgette Gallagher (Moreland Library Service), Rita Harding (Moonee Valley Library Service), Lilly
Chorney (Melbourne Library Service), Maralyn Frances (Melbourne Library Service), Helen Pickersgill (Ballarat
Library Service) ,Anne McLennan (Melton Library & Information Service), Christine Box (Brimbank Library
Service), Michala Underwood ( Goldfields Library Service), Judy Dixon ( Kingston Library Service), Kate Coomber
(Stonnington Library Service), Joyce Cagney (Stonnington Library Service), Janet Nolan ( Eastern Regional
Library), Josh Stavert (Vision Australia), Tricia Marcuccio (Monash Library), Marcia Holdsworth (Casey Cardinia
Library Corporation)
Apologies Arlene Bird (Hume), Heather Norwood (Bayside), Natasha Kamenev (Bayside), Elinor Hateley
(Wimmera), Julie Allen ( Port Phillip), Sue Munday (Port Phillip), Sue Robertson ( Melton), Tanya Dichiera
(Mildura), Sheena Daniels ( CBM Australia), Jackie Furmedge ( Frankston), Carolyn Jury ( Yarra Plenty), Kirri
Shanks ( Hobsons Bay), Mary Eaton (Corangamite), Cath Lukin (Geelong).
Minutes confirmed.
Terms of Reference and Meeting Topics
 December meeting - no theme/topic decided yet
 Marcia suggested asking Valerie Hanson (Echuca) for an update on Words on Wheels at December
meeting
 Mylee Joseph (State Library, NSW)emailed Marcia to say her group is happy to send her to attend one
of these meetings and for a Victorian member to attend a NSW HLS group meeting, however Mylee has
not yet responded re her possible attendance at the September meeting
 Mylee indicated that the NSW group is happy to allow us to participate in their e-list
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Marcia to contact Valerie
Marcia to find out more
about e-list
Marcia and Caroline attended a PLVN SIG meeting last week
It was determined that SIG should aim to work on one project per year
Suggested SIG project for this year be to look at the National Standards for HLS and re-evaluate
(Current Guidelines were written in 2000) to align with PLVN SIG terms of reference
NSW Guidelines are different. Marcia and Donna are researching the Guidelines for other library
services – including overseas.
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 .Cath Lukin has started to investigate using Survey Monkey (surveymonkey.com) as a format for a
questionnaire for Guidelines Project
 Patricia suggested that the survey should be sent to library managers to vet
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Marcia said we have criteria for participants but not for volunteers
Helen brought along Volunteering Australia: National Standards, Workbook and Resources Kit (3
volumes – price c$100) for members to look at
2012 Workshop
 Mylee J sent Marcia an email outlining what the NSW HLS group did at their workshop.
 Volunteers for members of the planning subcommittee are:
Brigitte Gallagher (Moreland)
Lilly Chorney (Melbourne)
Jadwiga Ridd ( Maribyrnong)
Helen Pickersgill ( Ballarat)
Maralyn Frances (Melbourne) - convener
 Suggestions for proceeding were discussed (eg developing a budget, catering, sign up service through
MAV, outline proposal to PLVN by June 2012, hire of room - MAV room 1101 can accommodate 70
people and has necessary technology.
 Need to book room as soon as a date has been finalised
4. General business
Maralyn to contact
volunteers re first
subcommittee meeting
Before June
meeting
Jo and Marcia to send
documents/templates
relating to 2010 Workshop
to Maralyn
Asap
Proposal to be sent to
Caroline Macvean, Elizabeth
Jackson when completed
By 30 June
2011
Change of Group Name
 Maralyn suggested that the Group consider a change of name to reflect its broader focus on
outreach/community issues as well as HLS
 Patricia proposed that the suggestion be put to Caroline
 Any suggestions for a new name will need to be presented to the Community Participation and
Engagement Subcommittee for consideration and approval
Multicultural Services Group
 Rita suggested connecting with the Multicultural Services Group
 Letizia Mondello is organising a Multicultural language seminar
Frontline
 It was suggested that members might be interested in having the staff at their libraries undertake
Frontline training (openingthebook.co.uk). Lilly is a supervisor and Maralyn is her trainee (both at
Melbourne L. S.)
Guest Speaker – Josh from Vision Australia
 Josh spoke about Vision Australia’s mission to assist a wide range of people with vision impairment
including dyslexia and diseases such as multiple sclerosis
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Monday 7 th March 2011
 VA assist around 20,000 people around Australia
 They are keen to work in partnership with other libraries as a free add-on to current service
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Josh brought along Braille books, a tactile picture book (Braille is superimposed on top of printed text)
and a children’s Phoenix kit.
He demonstrated some of the functions of the Daisy player
 For people who need audio textbooks Josh recommended Bookshare (www.bookshare.org)
 Bookshare scans books and then reads them aloud
FaHCSIA/ALIA "Increasing Accessibility Library Initiative" (Library Initiative)
 The Federal Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) is
working in partnership with ALIA to provide a variety of technology to print disabled people. They have
just gone to tender.
Wednesday 8th June
Avondale Heights Library
69 – 79 Military Rd
Avondale Heights
Guest speaker
Alison Daams
Reference Librarian
Moonee Valley Library Service
Topic
‘Reference tools for HLS selection’
Future Meeting Dates
Tuesday 6th September
Friday 9th December
Pakenham
Bendigo
All meetings
10am – 12pm
Next Meeting
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