Outline of conference

1. South East Queensland
Small Museums Conference
The Times, They Are a Changing
19 - 21 October 2012
The Glennie School

2. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
SEQ Small Museums Conference 2012
Welcome Mrs Donna Evans
Head of Middle & Senior Years
Deputy Head The Glennie
School
Official Opening Mrs Ros Scotney
Councillor
Toowoomba Regional Council

3. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session One: CHANGES IN FOCUS & THINKING
Presenter: Suzanne Gibson
Manager
Cairns Historical Society Museum
Topic: The Times, They Are a Changing
Because of You !
Making & leading change in a Volunteer-run Museum

4. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Two: IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
Presenter: Suesann Vos
Sponsorship & Marketing Manager
Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology
Caboolture
Topic: Small Museums & Social Networking
Case Studies to show how to build engagement, bookings and
much more

5. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Two: IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
Presenter: Jeff Powell
Curator
Cobb & Co Museum
Toowoomba
Topic: Audio-visual elements of the
‘Toowoomba Never Floods’
Exhibition
Experience from a ‘disaster’ exhibition

6. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
MORNING TEA
Presenter: Sam Nicolosi
General Manager
Creative Industries Skills Council
Topic: CISC and what it does for the
Museum Sector in Queensland
Museums – Tourism Destination & QLD Govt. pillars of
priority; Workforce Development Pathways; Workforce
succession in Museums & course structure & content for
new Cert IV in Museums & Galleries

7. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Three: NEW STANDARDS & REGULATIONS
Presenter: Katrina North
Board Member
Museum & Gallery Services Queensland
Topic: New National Occupational Health &
Safety Regulations
The new WH&S laws recently introduced in QLD & NSW
redefine ‘workplaces’ for OH&S purposes

8. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Three: NEW STANDARDS & REGULATIONS
Presenter: Rebekah Butler
Executive Director
Museum & Gallery Services Queensland
Topic: New Lighting & RH/Temperature
Standards
A overview of the new standards as applicable to small
museums

9. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Three: NEW STANDARDS & REGULATIONS
Presenter: Mark Hoppe
Raylinc Lighting
Brisbane
Topic: LED Lighting Presentation
Practical solutions for new lighting requirements – with ERCO
LED Gallery Lighting

10. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
LUNCH
12.30pm – 1.30pm
will be served in the Dining Hall
During lunchtime, please check the Workshop Allocation
Sheet for your workshop selections and Room
numbers upstairs

11. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Four: WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1: Creating Learning Experiences for School Groups
Presenter: Alan Morrison
Morrison Education
Workshop 2: Digitisation for Small Museums
Presenter: Lydia Egunike
Museum Development Officer
QLD Museum, Cobb & Co
Workshop 3: eHive – An online Collection Management System
Presenter: Zoe Hill
Vernon Systems, New Zealand
Workshop 4: Telling Tales. Digital Recording Workshop
Presenter: Chris Peckham
Source Media, Sunshine Coast

12. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Afternoon Tea
2.45pm – 3.15pm
will be served in the Dining Hall Courtyard

13. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Upstairs Room
Session Five: WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1: Creating Learning Experiences for School Groups
Presenter: Alan Morrison
Morrison Education
Workshop 2: Digitisation for Small Museums
Presenter: Lydia Egunike
Museum Development Officer
QLD Museum, Cobb & Co
Workshop 3: eHive – An online Collection Management System
Presenter: Zoe Hill
Vernon Systems, New Zealand
Workshop 4: Telling Tales. Digital Recording Workshop
Presenter: Chris Peckham
Source Media, Sunshine Coast

14. Saturday 20th October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Group Session: DISCUSSIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Topic: Questions
Wrap Up and Close
Group session time with question and answers lead by MC
Ann Baillie from Museum & Gallery Services Queensland

15. Saturday 20th October, 2012 DownsSteam Railway
Conference Dinner:
DownsSteam Tourist Railway
& Museum
16 Cambooya Street
Drayton
Museum Tour: 6.00pm
Nibblies & Pre-Dinner Drinks: 6.30pm
Dinner is Served: 7.00pm
Evening Ends: 9.30pm

17. South East Queensland
Small Museums Conference
The Times, They Are a Changing
19 - 21 October 2012
The Glennie School

18. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Six: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Presenter: Bobby Barnett
Head of IT – The Glennie School
Topic: The Story in Digital Format
School Archives & IT in Collaboration

19. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Six: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Presenter: Leanne Kelly
Curatorial Project Manager
Museum of Brisbane
Topic: Collaborating to Produce a Product
From ‘The Cabinet of Curiosities’ Exhibition currently running
in Brisbane

20. Sunday 21st October, 2012 Dining Hall Courtyard
Morning Tea
10.10am – 10.45am
will be served in the Dining Hall Courtyard

21. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Seven: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Presenter: Vicki Warden
Museum Development Co-ordinator & MDO
Cobb & Co
Queensland Museum
Topic: It’s a Group Effort
QLD MDO’s have instigated various joint projects involving a
number of cultural heritage organisations. Advantages of
working collaboratively and project examples will be
presented.

22. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Seven: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Presenter: Pamela Armstrong
Manager, Library & Cultural Services
Toowoomba City Library
Toowoomba Regional Council
Topic: Council Managed Venues
Community Museums managed by Council – based on
the Pittsworth Pioneer Village

23. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Seven: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Presenter: Colin Wilson
Director of ICT
The Anglican Church Grammar School
(Churchie)
Topic: Turn on the Light
Third Light is a web-based program with great storage and
access solutions for your digital photographs
and museum or archive information

24. Sunday 21st October, 2012 The Glennie Room
Session Seven: WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Plenary Session
Recap of Conference proceedings,
Evaluation & Conference Wrap Up