State Library Victoria

Charmaine Matyson, RIP 1986-2019

December 25, 2019

State Library Victoria, and specifically the History of the Book and Arts Collections here, lost a rare treasure earlier this month. On the night of Sunday 8th December 2019, volunteer… Read More ›

New Sights & Sounds : Summer highlights

December 19, 2019

classical music, country music, Dance, Film, jazz, Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, rock:

Some great new arrivals for Summer, include recent releases and acquisitions in popular, rock and country music, musical theatre, jazz, ballet, classical and film music on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray. … Read More ›

The Chief Librarian’s casting vote

November 26, 2019

People & professions, Such was life:

It is quite a tenuous connection but could our Library claim some credit for the exploration of the Antarctic?

Cataloguing detective work, exploring the SLV ‘unknowns’

October 30, 2019

Collection, Such was life:

Can you help us identify people and places in our digitised collections?

Pop music ephemera is pop music

October 25, 2019

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

There has been an amazing new collection that has received a steady stream of attention here in the SLV Arts Collection, and it’s more obscure than you might immediately guess:… Read More ›

Branching out with a special guest.

October 16, 2019

Family matters, Training:

The Branching out online course is curated by the Family History Team from State Library Victoria (SLV), who guide participants through the processes involved in family history research. Participants learn… Read More ›

New-look catalogue: News Articles search

October 4, 2019

Tips and tricks:

This new search feature makes it easier to find the newspaper articles you want.