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COMMUNITY LANGUAGES OPERATING COMMITTEE MEETING
Date:
Time:
Location:
Friday, 4 March 2015
9:30am
PLS
Chair:
Minute Taker:
Chris Kennedy PLS
Anne Pascoe
1. Welcome & Apologies
Apologies: Tim Law (Murray Bridge), Sue Lawrence (ACC), Pauline Stephens
(Marion) and Mirsia Bunjaku, Migrant Resource Centre
Network Attendees: Anne Pascoe (WTCC,) Chris Holles (City of Charles Sturt,
Pauline Stephens (Marion), Wendy Stacey (Marion), Renie Sotiropoulos, Ethnic
Schools Board, Hanna Janniska (West Torrens), Shirley Mauger (PAE), Caroline
Parr (NPSP), Joy Smith (Burnside).
2. Action items from November meeting
Action required
School Holiday
Program details to
MRCSA
Welcome to our Library
Flyer/Document
Person
Due
Action
Responsi
date
Status
ble
Mirsia Bunjaku
All libraries to send their School Holiday
Program directly to Mirsia so she can
mirsia@mrcsa.com.au advertise them in the Migrant Resource
Dilky Wijeyekoon
Centre. Aware that many school holiday
dilky@mrcsa.com.au
programs are booked out immediately.
Also email information of any other
programs being held.
To look at flyer and
Chinese & Persian version ok to use.
reword accordingly
Nepalese - Salisbury checking correct
font with their IT.
Dari & Arabic - Renie to check
Description
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Other languages - Burmese & Tamil
suggested
Welcome to our Library
Flyer/Document
Chris to contact Mirsia
to source a
recommended
translator
Completed list to be
sent out to all libraries
CALD storytellers or
storytelling agencies
Chris K looking for contributions to list
asap. Only 2 received so far.
Multicultural Story
Telling project using
PENPAL books and
pens funded through
the Community
language budget.
PAE may be a trial
library
To be promoted in Farsi.
Waiting on translation & update
Liaise with SBS on
translated version of
Simultaneous
Storytelling title
'Brothers Quibble.'
Multicultural
Storytelling
Anne P to source Chinese translation.
Completed list to be
sent what non English
Magazines are
currently purchased in
various libraries.
Work out a new format
and then send out to
CL Group
To talk to James K at
the possibility
developing something
similar to Toronto’s
Library Language Map
Community language
staff interested in
participating in
Multicultural Contact
Officer network to
contact Chris K
Magazine Purchasing
Chris
Open
List to be updated & re sent. Any
new information to Chris K please
asap
By the
end of
Novemb
er
Multicultural Language
List
Chris & Gill
Multicultural Language
List in a digital map
format
Chris K meeting with BIM UniSA
student Friday March 4 to begin
project. Chris H to provide data. Will
be loaded to LibrariesSA site when
complete
MyLanguage will
continue to meet via
teleconference as
Multicultural Contact
Officer network
All CL
Group
Members
3. Tomorrow's Libraries: Impact on Current Committees
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ASAP
Open
Open
PLS role in future on CL Committees is one of policy & procurement (cataloguing,
stock delivery, invoicing)
4. Report on partnership with Migrant Resource Centre
Mirsia not present to report.
5. Report on partnership with Ethnic Schools Board
Good response to One Card system, PressDisplay and list of shared languages.
Welcomed visual aspect of system so multicultural Language map would be
good. Ethnic Schools Board will be merging with Multicultural Education Centre
mid year.
Hanna Jasinska will attend the next meeting, June 4 with Chris
6. Community Language Cataloguing
Realia kits created from the collections of the now closed Aboriginal,
Multicultural, Languages & Learning Resource Centre. Burnside have completed
cataloguing of the Japanese kits. West Torrens have completed cataloguing of
the Indian and the Chinese kits. These are available for displays and are
searchable on the catalogue. Contact the owning library direct.
Feedback to agencies:
Charles Sturt report a good turnaround time & cost from CAVAL. Approx. $8/DVD
cataloguing cost
Trial project to catalogue & RFID tag DVDs.
Any problems with cataloguing - please let Chris K know
7. Community Language Stock Sharing Update
Burnside would like to establish new collections in Hindi & Sinhalese and are
looking for any extra stock.
Stock Swaps - Only include a language if you have enough to spare, ie a box and
still able to maintain a viable collection
To send an email request just to the Community Language Group rather than an
askplsa hit Reply All on a previous email from Chris K regarding CL business.
Multicultural Language List available on PLSA Intranet. Chris K will update
information.
8. Community Language Reports
Di Cranwelll is happy to help with these if needed.
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9. CL orders and purchasing for 2014-15
On track, just a matter of ensuring all funds spent.
$5k on Community Language CDs; Greek, Italian, French, Chinese, Korean,
Polish, Vietnamese, Japanese.
a. Unallocated funds used for additional stock ordered in Serbian and
Croatian, Dutch large print, Italian Mills and Boon
b. Additional funds originally designated for potential online resources
has been spent on Tagalog resources, top up Arabic and Top up
Russian.
10. Working Party preparing orders for 2016
Usual suspects - Tina, Joy, Caroline, Shirley, Katharine, Chris, Wendy/Pauline.
Anyone else?
11. Other Business
Cultural Awareness training booked for April 28 & 29. Please promote and
provide feedback for convenor to customise our course.
Meeting dates for 2015
There will be one Steering Group Meeting, regular Operating Committee Meetings
and Working Party meetings when required.
Dates of other meetings
CL Steering Committee
9:30 am May 1st at PLS
Working Party
9:30 am April 10th at PLS March 26 at Burnside tbc
CL Operating Committee
9:30 am August 7th at PLS
9:30 am November 6th at PLS
Meeting closed at 12noon
Next Meeting: Working Party: 9:30 am Friday 26th March
2015 at Burnside (venue tbc)
Includes TOR & policy updates
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