PROJECT TIMELINE Project 1: KRIC Archiving & Collection of Materials The KRIC has an 18 year collection of materials from its involvement in Indigenous affairs since 1989. This project aims to organize and file KRIC’s records. Having a system that catalogues these records makes this information accessible to the local Aboriginal community and in part to the broader community. Links through this project have also been made with the Shepparton Family History Group . KRIC also aims to further explore ways in which KRIC can continue working with the Shepparton Family History Group to develop a process for Aboriginal people to collect general information on their family histories.        Photo of Tui Crumpen, Libby Woodhouse and  Katrina Alford working on the archives.   Project 2: Launch of the Koori Library Pathways Project (Achieved) The Koori Library Pathways Project was launched on the 20 November 2006. The Honorable John Cain, President of the State Library of Victoria, Library Board, was guest speaker for the event. The Yachad Accelerated Learning Project  was also invited to display their student’s school work on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. Students were from Gowrie St Primary School. Photo of John Murray, Sharon Atkinson-Firebrace, John Cain & Peter Darbyshire signing the MOU. Project 3: Koori Library Pathways Project Webpage Development of the Koori Library Pathways Project Webpage promotes a link between the public library and the Indigenous community. It promotes knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the role of the Indigenous community, specifically in projects such as the Koori Library Pathways Project, in the Goulburn Valley. Project 4: Cross-Cultural Awareness Training Picture of the Goulburn Valley Regional Library Staff out the front of the Cuummeragunja School. Cultural awareness training aims to be an opportunity to share experience, skills, information and knowledge. It aims to develop the capacity of library staff so that they are better informed and have enhanced appreciation and understanding of the local Indigenous community. This project aimed to provide awareness to library staff of the project and a brief look at the local Indigenous history. The program followed the historical Cummergunja Walk Off. We visited Barmah and the Cummeragunja Reserve, now known as the Cummeragunja Village. To end our journey we then travelled back to Shepparton to a location where the local Indigenous community lived after the walk off - on the river flats between the towns Shepparton and Mooroopna.   Project 5: Library Services to the Indigenous Community This stage of the project aims to take the findings from a consultative process with the local Indigenous community to achieve a better understanding how library services can be delivered more effectively. Project 6: Story Telling We had a story telling day on the 16th January 2007 with Aunty Irene Thomas at the Shepparton Regional Library.  Aunty Irene read from her own published book as well as some other library  books to the children and their parents, and also told some stories about when she was a little girl . We finished the story telling by getting the children to do some drawing.  Raquel Davis also drew some pictures for the children so they could colour them in.  The event was well attended with over 30 adults and children enjoying the day. Picture of Raquel Davis at the Shepparton Regional Library with Aunty Irene Thomas' book. Project 7:The Library Section of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Collection.  This project aims to establish an identifiable section within the library of Indigenous books. The collection is still in development, however, the use of the section has increased due to its visibility, through the use of Aboriginal flag stickers. The collection is located next to the local Goulburn Valley history section and the project team is in the process of making stickers for these books. The stickers will help to identify local Indigenous references within books in this section.  Project 8: Mobile Library Visits for the Indigenous Community An initiative of this project will be to pilot a visit of the Mobile Library to four key organisations in the Goulburn Valley region. These visits will be followed up by a visit from these organisations to the library. Project 9: NAIDOC Week Celebrations The GVRL aims to celebrate NAIDOC week with an Open Day that displays information about the local Indigenous community and culture, and promotes the use of its own Indigenous collection. Project 10: Project Evaluation The final stage of the project will involve an evaluation of the project and recommendations for strategies and approaches for meeting the information and library needs of the Indigenous communities in the Goulburn Valley region.