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Inky Awards youth literature shortlist announced

August 27, 2012

Announcements, News:

The State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2012 Inky Awards for young adult literature and now invites Australian teen readers to vote for a winner.

Library’s most appetising exhibition

August 6, 2012

Collection, Exhibitions, Family history events, News:

Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria, a new free exhibition at the State Library of Victoria, opened Friday 3 August. It provides a fascinating insight into the gastronomic world of… Read More ›

Catalogue upgrade this weekend – service disruption

July 31, 2012

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The Library’s catalogue is being upgraded in stages this week. The second part of the upgrade will start at 5.30pm on Thursday 2 August and continue over the weekend. The Library’s catalogue… Read More ›

Library catalogue unavailable 31 July 8.30am–10am

July 27, 2012

Announcements, Collection, News, Opening hours, Uncategorized:

Our online catalogue will be unavailable between 8.30am and approximately 10am on Tuesday 31 July due to a software upgrade.

The R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Award Winners Announced

July 23, 2012

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The 2012 R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Award winners have been announced sharing a total of $30,000 in prize money. These annual awards, administered by the State Library… Read More ›

National Year of Reading teen reader prize awarded

July 10, 2012

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  The eight winners of the National Year of Reading’s Read This! creative reading competition were announced today. readthis2012.com The Read This! competition asked 12-18 year-old readers to nominate a… Read More ›

State Library announces 2012-13 Fellowships

July 10, 2012

Collection, Education, Exhibitions, Family history events, Grants, Library services, News, Search, Talks, Uncategorized, Updates:

The State Library of Victoria is pleased to announce the 2012-13 Creative Fellowships awarded to researchers, writers, artists and scholars who will make creative use of the Library’s rich collections… Read More ›

Rare Persian Manuscripts Purchased After Successful Appeal

Rare Persian Manuscripts Purchased After Successful Appeal

July 10, 2012

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The State Library of Victoria is delighted to announce the acquisition of two extraordinary Persian manuscripts following a successful public appeal for their purchase.  The State Library of Victoria Foundation… Read More ›

Library retires Classic catalogue

June 22, 2012

Announcements, News:

Since launching in September 2009, the Library’s new-generation Search service has been enabling our users to find collection items in one easy search. Although our previous search tool, the Classic catalogue, has remained available, its older technology is not able to offer the same, easy-to-use features as our newer, more powerful online catalogue. To provide our users with the best possible search experience we have decided to retire the Classic catalogue and focus our resources on the Search service.

Queen’s Birthday hours and services (Mon 11 June)

June 4, 2012

About us, Announcements, Collection, Education, Exhibitions, Family history events, Grants, Library services, News, Opening hours, Search, Uncategorized, Updates:

The Library will be open from 10am to 6pm on the Queen’s Birthday public holiday.
However, requests for items from storage may be affected.