WHAT'S ON

Eeek it’s a Mouse!!!
The very basics of computers taught in a
friendly and supportive environment by
caring and professional staff. Learn how
to hold and use the mouse; basic use
of the keyboard; navigate a windows
application; basic create, edit and delete
of text using the mouse.
For computer novices. This course is
conducted in English.
Presenter: Maureen Driver, Cert IV in
Workplace Training and Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays:
6 June, 1 August, 5 September, 7
November & 5 December
Time: 10am–12noon
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Internet Searching – woe to
go, go go!
Learn fi rstly to navigate Internet
Explorer and then embark on an
audiovisual safari. Explore the wonders
of the web utilising information
seeking tricks and tips. Experience
Infotainment and unravel the myth
of the “Hidden Web”. Get past that
“just enough info” fi x and learn better
evaluation, search strategies and
refi ning techniques to obtain more
substantial results.
Pre-requisites: Basic computer, mouse
and keyboard skills required. This
course is conducted in English.
Presenters: Kris Svendsen BA Lib &
Info Sc., Cert IV in Workplace Training
& Assessment or Stamos Ganiaris
B.A., Grad. Dip., Cert IV in Workplace
Training & Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
6 June, 1 August, 5 September, 7
November & 5 December
Time: 1pm-4pm
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
13 June, 8 August, 12 September, 14
November, 12 December
Time: 10am–1pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
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Easy Email
Forget postcards! Register and get
started with a free email service to keep
in touch with family and friends around
the world. By the end of the session
participants will have established an
e-mail address with a free Internet
based e-mail service and will be able to
send and receive basic e-mails as well as
reply and forward messages.
Pre-requisite: Basic computer skills
are assumed (keyboard skills, mouse
use). Experience in using the Internet
is desirable, but not necessary
(recommend Internet Searching
course before this one). This course is
conducted in English.
Presenter: Maureen Driver, Cert IV in
Workplace Training & Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
20 June, 15 August, 19 September, 21
November & 19 December
Time: 10am–1pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Career & Business Research
@ SLSA
Find out how the State Library can help
you research your job interview or get
timely information for your market
/company research. This course will
introduce the Library’s varied business
resources and help you interrogate the
world of market information available
in the public domain.
Pre-requisite: Basic keyboarding and
Internet navigating skills.
This course is conducted in English.
Presenter: Sharon Bubner, Post Grads
in Business & Information Studies; Cert
IV in Workplace Training & Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Tuesday 29 August
Time: 10am-12noon
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Computer
& Internet Training
Searching Electronic
Newspapers & Periodicals
Learn how to locate electronic
newspaper articles, and how full
text and Australian databases can be
an invaluable source for published
article information for research and
assignments. Advisable for students
embarking on years 11 & 12 and tertiary
study.
Pre-requisite: Basic Internet skills
required.
Presenter: Kris Svendsen BA Lib & Info
Sc., Cert IV in Workplace Training &
Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
27 June, 22 August, 26 September, 28
November
Time: 10am-12noon
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Searching SLSA’s Family
History Databases
Learn how to make the most of
searching the family history databases
of the State Library of South Australia.
This relates signifi cantly to the Macbeth
Applications/Digger series of Birth,
Death and Marriage Indexes.
Pre-requisite: Basic Internet and
keyboard skills required.
This course is conducted in English.
Presenter: Maureen Driver, Cert IV in
Workplace Training & Assessment
Venue: Training Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
27 June, 22 August, 26 September & 28
November
Time: 2pm–4pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
An introduction to family
history research
This course, running over 3 consecutive
weeks, introduces basic genealogical
research techniques. It covers keeping
and maintaining records as well as
techniques needed to access and
evaluate records in libraries, museums
and archives.
Ideal for those beginning family history
research.
Presenter: Graham Jaunay BA, Dip T.,
MACE
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Thursday 22, 29 June & 6 July
OR Saturday 9, 16 & 23 September
Time: 10.30am–1.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: $30.00
Tracing your Irish ancestors
from afar
There are specifi c access issues
associated with 19th century Irish
research that will be explained along
with what you can expect to fi nd in the
major repositories and how you can
minimize research expenses in what is
one of the most expensive countries in
which to research from afar.
Pre-requisite: basic understanding of
family history research.
Presenter : Graham Jaunay BA, Dip T.,
MACE, AAGRA
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Tuesday 1 August
Time: 10.30am–1.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: $10.00
Family History
Courses
Tracing your Scottish
ancestors from afar
There are specifi c access issues
associated with Scottish research that
will be explained along with what
you can expect to fi nd in the major
repositories and how you can access
them.
Pre-requisite: Basic understanding of
family history research.
Presenter : Graham Jaunay BA, Dip T.,
MACE, AAGRA
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Tuesday 19 September
Time: 10.30am–1.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: $10
Meet the Specialists
Meet staff from the State Library of
South Australia, National Archives,
State Records, Lutheran Archives and
the South Australian Genealogy and
Heraldry Society and discover the
resources available in each of these
organisations which may assist in your
research.
Presenters: Marie Maddocks (SLSA),
Enid Woodley (NAA), Jane Thimke
(State Records), Suzanne Maiden
(Researcher), Lyall Kupke (Lutheran
Archives).
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Institute
Building
Date: Saturday 19 August
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
Meet the State Library
Specialists
Meet some of the team of State Library
Specialists and discover how some of
the various collections can help with
researching and preserving your family
history.
Presenters: Marie Maddocks
(Family History), Jenny Scott
(Photographic Collection), Neil
Thomas (Archival Resources), Peter
Zajicek (Conservation), Anthony Laube
(Newspapers).
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Monday 16 October
Time: 9.00am-4.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
Family history resources in
the State Library of South
Australia
Discover the many resources held in
the Family History area which may
be useful for researching your family
history. Resources included are South
Australian, Interstate, and overseas.
Presenter: Marie Maddocks, Collection
Specialist, State Library
Venue: Bray Study Room 1, Spence
Wing, Level 1
Date: Wednesday 12 July 2006
Time: 6pm-7.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
Researching the maternal
line
Researching women is uniquely
challenging and has its roots in the
social position of women in society.
Presenter: Graham Jaunay B.A, DIP
T., MACE
Venue: Bray Study Room 1, Spence
Wing, Level 1
Date: Wednesday 9 August 2006
Time: 6pm-7.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
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Family History
Seminars Family History Forums
Photographic collection in
the State Library of South
Australia
Photographs relating to South Australia
are among the most popular materials
in the State Library, featuring localities
across the state, houses and buildings,
portraits, social and historical events,
industry, farming, transport and more.
The earliest images date back to about
1850, including the work of signifi cant
early photographers such as Captain
Samuel Sweet, Ernest Gall, Townsend
Duryea, Harold Casneaux and F J
Joyner. Photographic formats include
glass negatives, lantern slides and
daguerrotypes. Other pictorial formats
are original artworks and posters. The
Library has over 360,000 photographs
held in various collections, and this
session is an introduction to them.
Presenter: Jenny Scott, Collection
Specialist, State Library
Venue: Bray Study Room 1, Spence
Wing, Level 1
Date: Wednesday 13 September 2006
Time: 6pm-7.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
Have you tried? Lesser
known South Australian
family history resources
The State Library has a wealth of
resources available to family history
researchers, many of them familiar
to those who have been researching
for some time. However, there are a
number of resources which are not
commonly explored.
Pre-requisite: Awareness of common
South Australian family history
resources
Presenter: Marie Maddocks, Collection
Specialist, State Library
Venue: Bray Study Room 1, Spence
Wing, Level 1
Date: Wednesday 11 October 2006
Time: 6pm-7.30pm
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: FREE
WHAT’S ON July to December 2006
Family History
on the Internet
Introduction to the Family
Search Website
This resource has many aspects to it
which aren’t commonly utilized. Learn
how to make the most of this website
for your family history research.
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays 4
July, 5 September, 7 November
Time: 10.30–11.30am
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Introduction to Ancestry
Library Edition
The State Library provides free Ancestry
Library access on all computers, and is a
complex tool. Learn how to interrogate
this tool effectively.
Venue: Foundation Room, Institute
Building
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays 1
August, 3 October
Time: 10.30-11.30am
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Useful websites for Family
History
With a myriad of websites relating to
family history information available,
learn how to use some of those linked
to the SLSA website for effective
researching.
Presenter: Marie Maddocks, Collection
Specialist, State Library
Venue: Meet in the glass foyer, Spence
Wing
Date: Course is repeated on Tuesdays
11 July, 15 August, 19 September, 17
October, 21 November
Time: 10.30am-12noon
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
Guided Tours
Introductory tour of the
Family History Area
Take a guided tour through the
resources in the Family History area of
SLSA to familiarise yourself with the
tools available for your family history
research.
Presenter: Marie Maddocks, Collection
Specialist, State Library
Venue: Meet in the glass foyer, Spence
Wing
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 10.30am–12noon
Bookings essential: 8207 7269
Cost: Free
State Library buildings
(see Friends of the State Library)
Bradman Collection
Exhibition
Open 10.00am–5pm Monday to Friday
12 noon–5pm Saturday and Sunday
Cost: Exhibition Free
Guided tours by arrangement.
Bookings essential: 8207 7215
English
Conversation Classes
A comfortable environment in which to
practise English.
Suitable for anyone from a non-English
speaking background whose level of
English is of intermediate standard and
above.
Presenters: ELLIS (English Language
Learning and Improvement Service)
tutors
Venue: Meeting Room, Level 1, Spence
Wing
Date: Every Friday
Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
Date Every Sunday
Time: 2.00pm–3.30pm
Bookings: not required, but please
arrive early as places are limited. Once
all 18 places are fi lled, no more people
can join the class.
NB Class times do change, so please
check for latest class times 8207 7250.
Wednesdays at One
Friends of the
State Library
The Friends’ popular “Books in my
Life” series, where identities talk about
books that have infl uenced their lives,
continues.
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Institute
Building
Date: First Wednesday of each month
Time: 1pm-2pm
Enquiries: 8207 7255
Cost: $6.50, $5.50 Conc, $4.50 Friends
Date: 5 July 2006,
Presenter: Dr Philip Jones, SA Museum
Curator & Chair,
National Cultural Heritage Committee
Date:2 August 2006,
Presenter: Valerie Sitters, Collection
Specialist, State Library of SA
Date:6 September,
Presenter: Prof Nicholas Jose, Head of
Creative Writing, English Discipline,
University of Adelaide
Date: 4 October 2006,
Presenter: Alexander Ward, Past-
President, Law Society of SA
Date: 1 November 2006,
Presenter: Penelope Curtin, Proof
reader/Publisher & Bookshop owner
Date: 6 December 2006,
Presenter: Richard Heathcote, Director,
Carrick Hill
For further details on Friends’ events
please contact Helen Williams,
Executive Offi cer, Friends of the State
Library, GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA
5001. Email: friends@slsa.sa.gov.au
Tel: 8207 7255, Fax 8207 7274, offi ce
hours Monday to Thursday 10am-3pm
and Friday 10am-12noon (answering
machine at other times).