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Small Rural and Regional Libraries Professional Development Program
23 - 27 March 2015
Mon 23 March
Date/time
Program
Venue
7.30am
Delegates breakfast: Take the opportunity to meet fellow library staff from regional communities
during a relaxed breakfast.
TBC
9.30am –
4.30pm
Library Innovations Forum
Join international library experts, Brian Gambles - CEO Birmingham Library Trust and Pilar Martinez
– Deputy CEO, Edmonton Public Library, as well as library researcher Annie Talve – Project Sisu, as
they discuss recent innovations in the world of libraries. Then take your pick from group
brainstorming sessions, solving Wicked Problems contributed by forum participants.
Auditorium 1,
level 2, SLQ
Note: SLQ is sponsoring all Small Rural Regional Program participants to attend the Library Innovations Forum.
Tues 24 March
Date/time
Program
Venue
9am – 1pm
Best Start Professional Development Part 1: Language to Literacy
This session will take a practical look at early childhood development including key information on
children’s language development and pre-literacy skills. Practical strategies that can be used to
enable parents and primary caregivers in their role; about how they can influence their child’s
language and pre-literacy development will be presented. Examples, handouts and resources will be
provided.
The Studio, level 1,
SLQ
(incl Morning Tea –
10.30-10.45am)
Presented by Dan Georgeson, Executive Manager, Literacy and Young People’s Services (LYPS) SLQ; Kylie Webb,
Consultant Speech Pathologist, LYPS, SLQ
1pm – 2pm
Lunch
2pm-2.15pm
Welcome: Introduction to the professional development program.
Talking Circle, kuril
dhagun, level 1, SLQ
Auditorium 2,
level 2, SLQ
Presented by Janette Wright, CEO and State Librarian, SLQ
Hot topics
A range of new and exciting projects are occurring in public libraries across the state. Learn how they
can help you further support your community.
Auditorium 2,
level 2, SLQ
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Small Rural and Regional Libraries Professional Development Program
2.15pm – 3pm
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23 - 27 March 2015
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and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Members have access to the
lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognised industry experts –
Presented by Jan Bayliss, Client Services Manager, and Jill Price, Sales Executive, Asia Pacific Lynda.com
3pm – 4pm
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Membership initiatives – Chris Sayer, A/Executive Manager, RP, SLQ
Digital Literacy forum – Colin Crosbie, Manager, Social Inclusion, RP, SLQ
Ideas Box – Lyn Thompson, Senior Project Officer, Social Inclusion, RP, SLQ
iHealth & wellness toolkits – Michelle Hughes, Online Resources Officer, D&L, SLQ
Signature Programs 2016 - Identity theme – Jennifer Hewitson, Signature Program Manager, SLQ
Wed 25 March
Date/time
Program
Venue
9am – 12pm
Putting readers first – An introduction to the reader-centred approach: Rachel Van Riel leads
an insightful workshop exploring the principles and practice of reader development – promoting
books from the reader’s point of view; demonstrating how an understanding of consumer psychology
can help create successful library promotions; considering how a reader-centred approach can be
used both inside and outside the library and online; and outlining a range of low-cost and easy-toimplement ideas which can be instantly put into practice to offer added value to library readers.
The Edge Auditorium,
SLQ
(incl Morning Tea –
10.30-10.45am)
Presented by Rachel Van Riel, Director of UK company Opening the Book
12pm – 1pm
1pm – 2.30pm
2.30pm – 4pm
Lunch
Ideas and resources for creative community spaces: A hands-on exploration of two accessible
ideas for providing learning and creating opportunities in your library.
 Workshop 1 – Automata 1 Edibles – Participants use pasta, biscuits, skewers and lollies. You
can build things that twirl, jump, rock or slide, and let your imagination run free to make toys and
gadgets powered by your fingers.
 Workshop 2 – Blinking Badges – Participants learn the basics of working with Arduino to create
badges that light up and do awesome things based upon code.
The Edge Auditorium,
SLQ
The Edge Auditorium,
SLQ
Presented by Daniel Flood, A/Creative Production Manager, The Edge, SLQ
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Small Rural and Regional Libraries Professional Development Program
23 - 27 March 2015
Thurs 26 March
Date/time
Program
Venue
Concurrent sessions
9am – 12pm
Option 1: Rural Libraries Queensland (RLQ)
focus
Option 2: Q ANZAC 100 – Memories for a
New Generation focus (Q ANZAC 100)
Welcome
Part 1 (9am-10.30am)
Q ANZAC 100 is a 4-year program of legacy
activities, designed to share Qld’s first-person
memories of WW1 with new generations. The
focus is to uncover, share & preserve personal
& untold stories.
Presented by Deb Stumm, Executive Manager, Public Library
Development (PLD), SLQ and Donna Semple PLD
Part 1
Using your collections and the Aurora library
management system to engage with your
community:
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Local history online - VGallery in action and
digitisation FAQs and discussion - Presented
by Russell Varney Systems & Reporting Officer and
Jason Richards, Librarian, PLD, SLQ
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Collections nitty gritty: what to keep, what to
send back in exchanges, giving customers
access to what they want etc - Presented by
Desley Cullen, Senior Librarian, PLD, SLQ
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Eresources – a hands on look at
emagazines, ebooks and downloadable
music and demonstrating best practice Presented by Leonie Berwick, Manager, SLQ, PLD
Presented by Vesna Andric, Project Manager, Q ANZAC
100, SLQ; Robyn Hamilton, Content Development, Q
ANZAC 100, SLQ; Kevin Wilson, Project Leader, Q
ANZAC 100, SLQ; Niles Elvery, Regional Coordinator, Q
ANZAC 100, SLQ
RLQ program – 196
Wynnum Road,
Cannon Hill
Q ANZAC 100 & Digital
Storytelling made easy
program – Meeting
Room 1B, SLQ
(incl Morning Tea)
Morning tea (10.30am-10.45am)
Part 2 – Workshop – LED postcards
(10.45am-11.30am)
One Q ANZAC 100 project will ask regional
audiences to express their feelings and ideas
around the First World War and war in general
on copies of First World War postcards from
the SLQ collection. In this hands-on activity,
participants design and wire up a custom
designed postcards incorporating LED lights,
as an opportunity to extend the postcard
project in your community.
Presented by Daniel Flood, A/Creative Production
Manager, The Edge, SLQ
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Small Rural and Regional Libraries Professional Development Program
23 - 27 March 2015
Part 3 – Q ANZAC 100: Historypin Hub
(11.30am-12pm)
Does your community have a First World War
story to share? This free online space allows
you to discover, create and share unique and
diverse stories about the Queensland
experience of the First World War.
Presented by Margaret Warren, Coordinator, Discovery
Services, SLQ
12pm – 1pm
Lunch
RLQ participants are invited to join a tour of the Cannon Hill facility and select collection items for
their library.
Concurrent sessions
1pm – 4pm
RLQ focus
Part 2
Promoting your success:
 Statistics and reporting – using reports to
influence Council and do your loans go
down in December – how to overcome this
and other conundrums - Presented by Ross
Duncan, A/Director, RAPL; Leonie Berwick, Manager,
PLD, SLQ
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New programming ideas for 2015 – small
group discussion - Facilitated by Rowena
Willmot, Library Programming Coordinator; Debra
Cooper, Outreach Librarian, Logan City Council
Libraries
1pm-3pm: Collection content - Presented
RLQ program – 196
Wynnum Road,
Cannon Hill
Q ANZAC 100 & Digital
Storytelling made easy
program – Meeting
Room 1B, SLQ
by Zenovia Pappas, Contemporary Collecting
Coordinator, Queensland Memory, SLQ;
Amanda Hayman, kuril dhagun Digital Program
Officer, SLQ.
RLQ Kids Only Card; RLQ Tourist Card:
your stories – Presented by Karen Hind,
Librarian, SLQ
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Digital storytelling made easy: Digital stories
are short videos that tell a person’s unique
story. They can use a combination of images,
sound, narration, animation, video and music.
Use digital storytelling to capture a diverse
range of Queensland stories.
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3.15pm-4pm: Workshop – Film trailer –
Participants script, shoot, cut and
upload a short film trailer of their own
devising - Presented by Daniel Flood,
A/Creative Production Manager, The Edge, SLQ
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Small Rural and Regional Libraries Professional Development Program
23 - 27 March 2015
Fri 27 March
Date/time
Program
Venue
9am –
12.30pm
Best Start Professional Development Part 2: Building Language & Literacy through your
service and community partnerships
This hands-on skills development session focuses on how to apply content covered in the Best Start
PD 1. In a fun and supportive environment, practice the skills and confidence required to engage in
effective communication with the primary caregivers and carers of 0-5 year old children about their
role in and the information and resources available to them. Practical ideas for language and literacy
contexts, such as sharing books and rhymes, including Baby Time and Story Time will be presented.
Outreach opportunities connecting to local organisations in the promotion of clear and consistent
communication and literacy messages to parents and primary caregivers will also be addressed.
Resources, examples and handouts will all be available for staff to take away and apply to their own
context.
The Studio, level 1,
SLQ
(incl Morning Tea –
10.30-10.45am)
Presented by Dan Georgeson, Executive Manager, LYPS, SLQ; Kylie Webb, Consultant Speech Pathologist, LYPS, SLQ
12.30pm –
1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
A Thousand Words
Join members of the kuril dhagun team for a guided tour of the many spaces that make up kuril
dhagun on level 1, including the A Thousand Words exhibition, which showcases portraits by artists
Cheryl Creed and Nickeema Williams as they capture Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander identities in fleeting moments in time.
Talking Circle,
kuril dhagun,
level 1, SLQ
kuril dhagun,
level 1, SLQ
Presented by Nadine McDonald-Dowd, Executive Manager, kuril dhagun, SLQ
2.30pm
3.30pm
Program celebration
Includes riverside snacks and certificate presentation.
Session Close
Talking Circle,
kuril dhagun, SLQ
The Development and Learning team will be providing support to this program. If you need any assistance during the week, please contact:
 Tammy Morley, Manager, Development and Learning, Regional Partnerships, SLQ: 0438 198 025
 Michelle Hughes, Online Resources Officer, Development and Learning, Regional Partnerships, SLQ: 0419 784 300
 Tammy Joynson, Learning Support Officer, Development and Learning, Regional Partnerships, SLQ: 0427 297 437
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