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Upcoming Projects Cultural Gift Donors citizenj The Edge is a creative space where young people aged 15–25 creatively experiment across art, science, technology and enterprise. Since its inception, The Edge has embraced journalism as a core element of programming, and has partnered with a number of leading organisations to deliver journalism and factual content programming. With the very generous support of Mr Tim Fairfax AM, a community centric journalism program entitled CitizenJ will be based at The Edge. The new project is designed to make citizen journalism a viable way to record Queensland’s contemporary history through the eyes of the local community. CitizenJ will be a twelve month program trialling a new model for sourcing, developing and publishing community news. The project has four main components. The Newsroom will provide production facilities for existing community news journalists, training facilities for interested citizen journalists and a custom publishing platform for multi-media content. The second component is the CitizenJ Experiments Competition. This is an opportunity for journalists, developers, entrepreneurs and innovators around the country to apply for up to $10,000 to create new platforms or content for the media industry. The third component is a public program that includes a training framework that will cover basic journalistic skills, through to specialisation in video, audio or interactive content production. Four casual Newsroom Facilitator roles will be offered as a further professional development opportunity for young and emerging journalists. A fourth component is the Walkley Talks monthly lecture series sponsored by the Walkley Foundation. Our thanks to Mr Tim Fairfax AM for his ongoing support for the CitizenJ project at The Edge. State Library’s John Oxley Library collection was greatly enhanced this year with a landmark donation by distinguished Queensland collectors Sue and Michael Brown. The gift is 20 works of art by some of Queensland’s most important 19th and 20th century artists. The collection, assembled over many years, consists of eight topographical watercolours and pencil sketches by colonial artist Conrad Martens (1801–1878), along with works by Isaac Walter Jenner (1837–1902), Oscar Fristrom (1856–1918), John Salvana (1873–1956) and Robert Emerson Curtis (1898–1996). The works will be known as the Sue and Michael Brown Gift. Another major addition to the John Oxley Library collection was a unique and extensive archive of black and white and colour photographic negatives produced by Brisbane-based commercial photographer Ian Poole, covering the period 1972–1993. The collection, donated by its talented creator, consists of many hundreds of negatives as well as photographic prints, copies of invoices, job cards, memorabilia and guard books. Ian Poole worked on commission for a wide variety of clients and the collection covers over two decades of Queensland life and activities, all of which until now have been under-represented in the John Oxley Library collection. Subjects include the Ballet Theatre of Queensland, the architecture of Conrad & Gargett, displays at the Brisbane Motor Show, new housing developments at Hooker Centenary Estates, interior design by Peter Baker-Finch and iconic businesses such as the Bobo Boutique in Brisbane. The collection is especially valuable for its strong advertising component, providing an archival record of popular culture and taste of the time. State LibRARy RegiONAL TOURing ExhibitiONS We would like to acknowledge all those who have donated significant gifts of cultural material to State Library. A list of cultural gift donors is on page 26. State Library’s mission is to creatively engage people with information, knowledge and community and one of the major ways it does this is through extending its regional reach by touring exhibitions to regional areas. In the 2012–2013 financial year a new project will be launched that will facilitate an annual tour of two State Library exhibitions throughout regional Queensland. Its goal is to tour 10 key exhibitions to approximately 200 regional Queensland centres over the next five years. Commencing with the popular Floodlines exhibition, the regional touring project began on 8 August 2012. It is expected to travel until 2014 across 60 venues throughout Queensland. Our thanks to Dr Philip Bacon AM for his support for this project. 22 ANNUAL REPORT 2011– 2012 ANNUAL REPORT 2011– 2012 23
Signature Spaces & Events Heritage Talks As custodians of Queensland’s documentary heritage, State Library has an obligation to provide access to significant items that reveal aspects of our history and culture. State Library’s signature spaces have, over the past six years, become vital areas for clients to engage with collections and exhibitions and to become involved in programs and handson workshops – thereby enabling a high degree of access to our collections. These rooms and facilities would not have been possible without the support of key donors, and the Queensland Library Foundation would like to acknowledge the generosity of current and new donors who have supported these spaces. Dr Philip Bacon AM generously renewed his support for the Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery. The Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery exhibited three major and unique exhibitions during the year in review. Strait Home from 1 July – 23 October 2011, was a part of a cross-Cultural Centre first that saw State Library partner with the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Museum and Queensland Performing Arts Centre in The Torres Strait Islands: A Celebration. This partnership showcased the diversity and vibrancy of historical and contemporary arts and culture of Torres Strait Islander Australians. It was followed by Cane Toad Times from 5 November – 25 March 2012. This exhibition exposed an alternative view of Queensland through counter-culture journalism in the late 1970s and 1980s, and was linked to the display Queensland Votes in the Talbot Family Treasures Wall. In January 2012 Floodlines: 19th century Brisbane was held in the Gallery featuring photographs, personal letters and other material from the historic Brisbane floods of 1890 and 1891. The Bank of Queensland Heritage Collections Learning Room continues to be a popular venue for corporate workshops and other State Library programs including events such as the 24 Hours to Massive Change Workshop with Bruce Mau, part of the Nielson Design Lecture (see page 20). Thanks to Bank of Queensland for their ongoing support. Two exhibitions were held in the Talbot Family Treasures Wall during 2011–2012. In Songs from the heart: the romance of sheet music from 26 March – 11 September 2011, beautifully illustrated sheet music of songs of love and romance from Edwardian times to the 1950s, were on display. In a very different vein, Queensland Votes, as part of Politics & Persuasion from 24 September 2011 – 17 June 2012 showcased a collection of Queensland election memorabilia from the 1920s through to the present, telling the story of our state’s political past, its players and the parties in their bid to persuade you to Vote 1. The very popular Heritage Talks series continued throughout 2011–2012. Exclusive to loyal supporters of the Foundation, these talks give guests an inside and in-depth look at various aspects of State Library collections and services. D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 1 cOLLEction PRESERvation The work of the extremely skilled Collection Preservation team, while lesserknown than the more public areas of State Library, is nonetheless vitally important in terms of ensuring fragile and damaged items are repaired and able to be handled, as well as in digitising the collections to make these items accessible to Queenslanders, and the world. On 6 December 2011 Collection Preservation staff showcased the key operations involved in the conservation and preservation of our collections, image production, quarantine facility, disaster response resource and cold storage vaults. A p r i l 2 0 1 2 FLOODLiNES In April annual donors were given a tour of the two-part Floodlines exhibition. Floodlines featured the use of Web 2.0 and augmented reality technologies to manipulate existing State Library collections, data and information in order to create new meaning around historic Brisbane flood events. Curator and historian Helen Gregory delved into the personal histories, events, politics and stories of recovery from the 1893 floods, as told through the exhibition Floodlines: 19th century Brisbane in the Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery. State Library Executive Manager, Learning and Participation, Linda Pitt guided guests through Floodlines: a living memory in the slq Gallery, a digital celebration of the power of communities, their stories and spirit arising from the summer of 2010–2011. In addition to hosting State Library events, the Fox Family White Gloves Room continues to be used by a wide range of individuals, special interest and school groups wishing to explore significant items from the John Oxley Library. The Tim Fairfax Newspaper Reading Room provides client access to news content through the use of databases such as NewsBank to search the Australian Newspapers collection and newspapers from across Queensland and Australia. This space complements the CitizenJ project and enables Queenslanders to read, produce, publish and preserve commentary on issues of significance to society. The Queensland Terrace again played host to many events in 2011–2012 including Brisbane Writers Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival Launch and Premier’s Design Award, in addition to significant State Library events. Thanks to all our donors who have made these beautiful spaces accessible to all Queenslanders. 24 ANNUAL REPORT 2011– 2012 ANNUAL REPORT 2011– 2012 25
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