Archive for October, 2011

New CDs & DVDs in Arts

New CDs & DVDs in Arts

October 16, 2011

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

New CDs arriving into the collection include some titles from the Classic Film Scores series such as Casablanca, Gone With the Wind and Sunset Boulevard.  Music superstars also feature with teen pop sensation,… Read More ›

New to Ancestry Library Edition

October 13, 2011

Collections, Family matters, New to the collection, Websites:

Ancestry have added a number of interesting records to their database recently. The Australian Electoral Rolls database has been updated to include years ranging from 1903 – 1980 (previously only… Read More ›

A festival of festivals

A festival of festivals

October 12, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

It’s Melbourne Festival time again and as the CBD is taken over by gigantic demonic (and angelic) babies, as well as other assorted festival paraphenalia, I thought that we’d have a… Read More ›

Three Tenors Concert Screening

Three Tenors Concert Screening

October 11, 2011

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

The Original Three Tenors Concert : Carreras, Domingo & Pavarotti, is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series to be screened this Wednesday 12 October in Arts. This… Read More ›

It’s art Jim, but not as we know it

It’s art Jim, but not as we know it

October 7, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

You may not be aware, but we are in the midst of World Space Week (4-10 October) which aims  “to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space… Read More ›

Who says you can’t judge a record by its cover?

Who says you can’t judge a record by its cover?

October 1, 2011

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

We’ve been adding quite a few popular Australian vinyl records from the 1960s, 70s and 80s  into the collection lately, and it got me thinking about all of that wonderful… Read More ›