About us, Collection, Education, Exhibitions, Family history events, News:
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 ›
Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
One of the delights of the WG Alma Conjuring Collection is a collection of magic pamphlets. They cover a wide array of conjuring techniques from training doves and showmanship to… Read More ›
The Library has a great collection of CD box sets featuring some of the world’s biggest names in recorded music. Recent arrivals include: The Rolling Stones : the singles 1971-2006.… Read More ›
Three MacMillan Ballets is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday July 4 in Arts. Featured are three very different ballets by renowned… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
The Library’s Genealogy Team is pleased to announce the publication of the Aboriginal people and family history online Research Guide to coincide with NAIDOC Week (1-8 July 2012).
Don’t you love it when something comes along, quite unexpectedly, and just knocks your socks off? Taking a punt (as one should every so often) I recently bought a recording… Read More ›
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.
There are many great new DVDs arriving in Arts that include the following. These & other audiovisual items can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual equipment… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Television:
This week’s Outside-in cinema screening is the multi-award-winning documentary Being Elmo, which has yet to be released in Australian cinemas (in or out of a festival). The film focuses on… Read More ›
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote): an opera in two acts, is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday June 20 in Arts. This… Read More ›
Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.
To celebrate the Children’s Book Council of Australia Week, we pay tribute to the life of children’s literature collector, Ken Pound, and the collection he has left for us all.
