The man who shrank the book
Do you like to take your books with you; to read on the train, a park, or in a plane? You have a man named Aldus Manutius to thank for that.… Read More ›
Archive for 2015
Chess in Victoria
Social life & customs, Such was life:
The Library’s Chess Collection reflects Victorian’s long enthusiasm for the game.
A Christmas Listening List
Christmas always brings with it a wealth of seasonal music, and who could resist the Wiggles and Santa Claus?
A very Argus Christmas
The Library’s Argus Collection consists of thousands of newspaper photographs, mainly related to WW1 and WW2, many of which have been digitised.
Rare 17th-century works acquired
News:
A selection of rare 17th-century English Civil War pamphlets have been acquired for the State Library’s Emmerson collection. The 33 pamphlets were purchased using funds bequeathed by John Emmerson to support ongoing additions to his exceptional collection of early printed English books.
The Howard Arkley Archive
People & professions, Such was life:
Howard Arkley (1951-1999) is acknowledged as one of the most important artists in contemporary Australian art. His archive was acquired by the Library in 2011 and consists of hundreds of drawings, sketches, watercolours, photographs and diaries which give insights into Arkley’s planning processes, influences and reading.
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie slice of summer
You don’t have to be outdoors to enjoy summer.
The little blue building
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
There’s a little blue building outside Flinders Street Station. ‘When was it built?’, a curious library patron asked. The question led me to some interesting research involving milk cans, viaduct vaults and bananas.
1970s photos of Fitzroy and Castlemaine now online
News:
Thanks to the many generous supporters of our 2014 public appeal, we have recently made hundreds of never-before-seen historic photographs of Fitzroy and Castlemaine available online.
Life behind the stacks
11 kilometres of books, papers and ephemera are hidden beneath the streets of Melbourne. Anyone can access them, but they’ll need a State Library card.
