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                                         • Various GYA workshops delivered in relation to Social Media marketing and use of online tools for creatives.
                                           Partnerships with Digital Hub and Noosa Open Studios to deliver.
                                         • Various creative digital skills workshops for kids/teenagers delivered during each school holiday program at
                                           Peregian Digital Hub (2019-2023). Workshops have included digital art, video editing, music production, 3D
                                           design/printing, game design.
                                         • Digital Hub Cadetship programs held in 2021-2022 for Digital Creatives in Grades 10/11 (20 per year) - in
                                           addition to an AI Cadetship program in 2020-2023
4   Include technology driven            • Noosaville Library Makerspace was created and opened in November 2018. This digitally-creative space
    makerspaces in Council’s libraries     provides access to digital arts technology and training and hosts 3D printers, Virtual Reality, digitisation
    to provide accessible technology,      equipment and sewing machines. Both static library branches now host a Makerspace.
    resources and training to the
    community
5   Provide opportunities for the        • Noosa Libraries delivered a range of programs which included digital arts and showcased digital creatives
    community to engage with and           including, "Noosa Mnemonic" - a VR residency project aimed to create VR replicas of Noosa constructed
    use new technologies in a              from individual community-members' memories (RADF funded); a '3D Intensive Design and Printing four-day
    creative and fun way                   course (funded via Engaging Science grant) providing eight scholarships to introduce participants to the
                                           concepts needed to design, model and manufacture simple objects from idea to print and a series of Tiltbrush
                                           VR painting workshops to create artworks within a VR environment.
                                         • Peregian Digital Hub delivered 'Immerse High' - the world's first immersive storytelling competition and VR
                                           conference featuring local digital artists & Noosa Libraries supported this program allowing student access to
                                           Makerspace equipment to create artwork
                                         • Noosa Libraries delivered 'Robotics Roadshows' - on the Mobile Library, to showcase emerging tech to the
                                           local community
                                         • Augmented reality experiences formed part of the artistic programs of Floating Land in both 2021 and 2023.
                                         • Peregian Digital Hub delivered 'Immerse High' - the world's first immersive storytelling competition for schools
                                           and VR conference featuring local digital artists & Noosa Libraries supported this program allowing student
                                           access to Makerspace equipment to create artwork
                                         • Noosa Libraries delivered 'Robotics Roadshows' - on the Mobile Library, to showcase emerging tech to the
                                           local community
                                         • Augmented reality experiences formed part of the artistic programs of Floating Land in both 2021 and 2023
6   Ensure Council staff are skilled     • Noosa Libraries delivered a series of Beginner 3D Design and printing workshops & a Robotics Roadshow
    and able to support the                Showcase for Council staff, to ensure staff have awareness of new technologies and skills to support the
    community in adopting and              community in adopting and using new technologies.
    exploiting new technologies          • Twenty Noosa Community Support employees utilised the Library Makerspaces VR equipment to experience
                                           and learn the Dementia Australia's VR program
7   Lead the way by being innovative     • In 2021, Noosa Libraries delivered a series of '3D Design and Print-Making' workshops for artists - using
    and supportive of digital creative     computer design software and 3D printing to create plates that can be used for embossing, printmaking or
    projects                               stamping into clay. (RADF-funded & first-of-its-kind program)
                                         • Augmented reality experiences were commissioned as part of the artistic programs of Floating Land in both
                                           2021 and 2023.



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