1. Travelling Librarian 2013
9th October – 30th October 2013

2. Objectives
• Build relationships with colleagues in the Commonwealth of Australia and open up
channels for future collaboration
• Learn about the process of building and maintaining collections around an
international sporting event
• Learn about using social media and crowd sourcing content to develop collections
and encourage engagement
• Learn about using web archiving software to capture online content
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/about.html
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/
• Learn about managing digitization projects
• Finding out how libraries can contribute to the ongoing social legacy of the games
• Sharing ideas on how libraries can optimize opportunities for advocacy through the
wider cultural programme and outreach projects associated with the event.

3. Itinerary
Brisbane
State Library of Queensland
Fryer Library, University of
Queensland
Sydney
Mitchell Library
State Library of New South Wales
University of Technology, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum
Canberra
National Library of Australia
National Sports Information Centre
(Australian Sports Commission)
Melbourne
State Library of Victoria (2 days)
Melbourne Museum
Hume Global Learning Centres
(Broadmeadows and Craigieburn)

4. Collections
Official Documents (bid books, results books, post-
games reports)
Anti Games and Protest Collections
Ephemera
Oral Histories
Electronic Collections and Crowd Sourced Content

5. State of Emergency exhibition at
SLQ’s indigenous knowledge
centre.
Kuril Dhagun in October 2013

6. Fryer Library Reading Room, University of Queensland, Brisbane

11. Main Reading Room, The Mitchell Library, Sydney
Items of Interest
* E.S Marks Collection (chairman of Australian Olympic Federation; vice chairman o0f the NSW
Olympic Council and chairman of the British Empire Games Australian Division)
* Papers of Olympic athletes including Basil Dickinson (athletics) and Shane Gould (swimmer)

12. National Library of Australia, Canberra

13. National Library of Australia from Lake Burley Griffin

14. La Trobe Reading Room, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

15. Melbourne Museum

16. Items from Centre for Olympic Studies Ephemera Collection

17. Off-piste
The Edge provides Queenslanders with
the opportunity and inspiration to explore
creativity across the arts, technology,
science and enterprise.
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-
us/corporate/the-edge
The Edge is an initiative of State Library of
Queensland, creatively engaging the next
generation of library users and continuing
State Library’s leadership in reimagining
libraries for the 21st century.
3d Printing available to the general public, part
financed through crowd funding at
http://www.pozible.com/list/pop

18. • Candidates encouraged to take up hospitality with
branches and attend local ESU events.
- cut costs
- social engagements
* Remember to leave time for yourself!
Queensland Parliament House,
Brisbane
Otway National Park, Melbourne Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Library & Tom Keneally Centre, Sydney

19. www.travellinglibrarian2013.wordpress.com
Visit the blog

20. http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/membership/membership-
benefits/careers-advice-and-support/grants-and-
bursaries/travelling
Travelling Librarian Award
2014

21. Outcomes and Applications
• Asked to establish and lead a cross-service CWG
Collections Working Group (2 reps each from libraries,
museums and arhives).
• Develop Glasgow Libraries CWG Action Plan
• Contribute to the Mitchell Library’s new collecting policy
for major international events.
• Currently working on presenting a business case to
senior managers seeking approval for a Wikimedian in
Residence at the Mitchell Library.

22. Action Plan

23. Application Process
• Cover Letter
• - short personal profile and context of your application
• - statement of objectives
• - outline programme of institutions and collections
• - intention to share experience and good practice (blog,
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr)
• Interview
• - specific projects you are working on
• - demonstrate research and preparation for the scholarship
• - define intended outcomes and application in your own
workplace
• - reference letter from employer

24. Pre-Tour lunch in London
• Informal lunch with a Cilip and ESU
representative, possible Guy Daines and
Mary Greer
• Travel expenses will be paid
• Opportunity for visits elsewhere in
London?

25. kirsten.mccormick@glasgowlife.org.uk