Minutes of Meeting of Collections Special Interest Group held on Thursday 20 August, 2015 10am to 1pm
VENUE: MAV building Level 12/60 Collins Street, Melbourne. 3000
Item
1. Attendance &
Apologies
Agenda
Action
By
Apologies: Tania Barry, Sherrill Harvey Sherrill.Harvey@grlc.vic.gov.au, Thomson, Susan
Susan.Thomson@cgd.vic.gov.au, Michele Bence mbence@stonnington.vic.gov.au, John Radford
jradford@moreland.vic.gov.au, Anita Catoggio ACatoggio@yprl.vic.gov.au,
Attendance: Brandt McCook (bmccook@portphillip.vic.gov.au), Naomi Barr (naomib@egipps.vic.gov.au);
Warren Winshe(wwinshe@cgd.vic.gov.au ): Karen Vardon (kvardon@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au); Yasmin
Cole (yasmincole@ballarat.vic.gov.au ); Michael Byrne (Michael.byrne@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au); John
Ruddle (Johnr@monlib.vic.gov.au ); Michelle Donelly (michelle.donelly@maribyrnong.vig.gov.au); Julie
McCulloch (Julie.mcculloch@latrobe.vic.gov.au); Sarah Hopkins (shopkins@bayside.vic.gov.au); Robyn
Fisher (robyn.fisher@mornpen.vic.gov.au); Teresa Wight (Teresa.wight@cclc.vic.gov.au); Marcela
Russnak (marcela.russnak@cclc.vic.gov.au); Lachlan Turnbull (Lachlan.turnbull@wyndham.vic.gov.au);
Katie Norton (Katie.norton@wml.vic.gov.au)
2. Confirmation of
Minutes
3. Business Arising
Michael Byrne
Michael spoke to the group about the changing terms of reference in light of the merging of the collection
and information services groups
Sarah suggested that Michael alert librarians about the merger and encourage people to come along
4. Guest
speaker10.10
Guest Speaker: Kylie Carlson Branch Manager Mill Park
Role of LibMark and marketing in libraries
Michael to
forward the
terms of
reference to
Brandt
Kylie gave a stimulating presentation on marketing in public libraries which focused on changing
established attitudes to both our services and those who use these services. Drawing on a book shop
model she had created themed spaces where library “customers” could comfortably browse. Kylie also
spoke about the role of Lib Mark and the possibility of both working more closely with the Collections SIG
5.Guest speaker
11.00
Guest Speaker: Mary Dalmau General Manager Reader's Feast Bookstore
Mary’s gave a fascinating talk that drew on her many years of experience in book sales. She noted that
whilst there had been many changes in book selling the intention to put books in the hands of avid readers
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Minutes of Meeting of Collections Special Interest Group held on Thursday 20 August, 2015 10am to 1pm
VENUE: MAV building Level 12/60 Collins Street, Melbourne. 3000
9. Site Reports 12.00
had remained the same. She stressed the need for staff to know their collections, the importance of
people being both visible and readily available to help people, and the importance of staff being actively
engaged in reading so as to provide a personalized approach. For Mary the book shop offered a sense of
place and contributed to the creation of a “book culture”. She saw her marketing brief as focusing on
people and connecting with them.
Site reports/Feedback from other SIGs
Whitehorse Manningham – Introducing Chinese language material via Zinio. A general discussion about ebook promotion followed
Monash – RFID is being set up, Walking away from concerns over locked cases and AV security as they
use donut tags
Bayside – weeding of fiction and identifying reasons for stock not moving, shift to face out picture book
shelving that had resulted in a rise in stats
Greater Dandenong – Collection HQ training And installation of RFID book sorter.
Hobson’s Bay – New manager and introduction of Collection HQ.
Central Highlands – have set up a Good reads account and encouraged staff to discuss specific titles
Latrobe – adding Zinio, and revamping Moreland and Tarralgon
Mornington – developed an email newsletter
Casey Cardinia – Reloading Bolinda files to avoid duplication of records as a result of renewed some titles
and not others
Wyndham – opening a fifth branch at Tarneet at the end of the year and the creation of a position with
marketing responsibilities.
West Gippsland – running e-book training
Next meeting
Thursday, 15 October 2015 –General topics to be confirmed
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VENUE: MAV building Level 12/60 Collins Street, Melbourne. 3000
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