Connecting Community and Culture - Libraries in action
Kogarah Municipal Council (4 other projects)
Connecting people and groups builds dynamic communities. Building communities and providing cultural programs is a key objective of Kogarah Library and Cultural Services. The Strategic Plan 2008-2012 focuses on 'providing opportunities for engagement in a variety of library programs designed to contribute to individual and community literacy and cultural development'.
The Connecting Commuity and Culture project provided the opportunity to connect people from differing age groups, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds through planned community and cultural events, workshops and exhibitions undertaken throughout 2008, connecting over 10,000 people to their community.
The cultural programs bought a new element to traditional Library services and were structured within a framework of:
• storytelling and story making
• various forms of literacy - reading, writing, technology, life - skills
• lifelong learning
• community development and memory
The project developed the Library as a cultural hub by designing programs that facilitated connections between diverse groups within the community.
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Cultural Officer
Linda Heald ()
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Award Category
Library and Information Services – Division B
Photos
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NAIDOC Week celebrations brought together a wide range of cultures and ages in a celebration of indigenous stories by Col Hardy.
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Community members got together to knit blankets for distribution by local charity organisation
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Enthusiastic kids from Crazy Pages Book Club
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HSC students get some tutoring at Kogarah Library
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Videos
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Imagine a world without imagination. Short animation byhttp://www.onewhale.com/for Kogarah library.
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