ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be followed by a event with a difference. In 2007 the National Library Gallery celebrated the centenary of Reed Publishing with a great exhibition "Good books make good citizens: 100 years of Reed Publishing”. To quote the press release “This is a familiar and iconic world of good keen men, rugged high country adventures, colonial epics and mischievous pohutukawa fairies.”
Inspired by the latter, Susan Bartel (Turnbull Promotions) asked Lynne Jackett if she could adapt a story from Avis Acres’ adventures of Hutu and Kawa for performance in the exhibition related events programme. She could - and National Library staff dressed up and enacted this thrilling tale for an audience of public and children (and staff, astounded at their colleagues talent). Much fun was had by all – and very fortunately for us the whole performance of Hutu and Kawa find an island was captured on video and this has been made available to the Friends for the AGM.
To give the best venue for the showing of the video the Annual General Meeting of the Friends will be held this year in the National Library Auditorium on Wednesday 28 May 2008. We will meet for preliminary drinks and nibbles in the Auditorium foyer from 5.30pm and the AGM will follow at 6pm.
During the evening we will also be presenting the 2008 FDNW Scholarship to Bea Turner.
Dorothy Neal White Collection Bookplate
On Friday October 26 2007 Members of the committee of the Friends of the
Dorothy Neal White Collection joined Research Librarian Lynne Jacket to begin
attaching bookplates to the 8000 books currently in the collection. The
bookplates are sponsored by the Friends and were designed by Nina Zimowit and
incorporates an illustration by Trevor Lloyd from Piccaninies by
Isabel Maud Peacocke, published in 1920. Under the guidance of Senior
Conservator Lizzie Meek, the volunteers enthusiastically completed the first
four shelves.
See the pictures
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