Arts on Film Screening

Arts on Film Screening

March 13, 2012

Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:

The Arts on Film series (formerly Music & Dance on Film), commences for 2012 this Wednesday March 14.  It will feature music and theatre performances, and arts documentaries.   A great… Read More ›

Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond now open.

Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond now open.

March 9, 2012

Announcements, Exhibitions, Family history events, News:

The largest exhibition of illustrated Persian manuscripts in Australia’s history is now open at the State Library of Victoria.

Love and Devotion in music and words

Love and Devotion in music and words

March 9, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

To celebrate the opening of the Library’s magnificent new exhibition, Love and Devotion: from Persia and beyond, I thought it might be interesting to highlight some of the material we… Read More ›

Videos galore on Naxos, and a great trivia question!

Videos galore on Naxos, and a great trivia question!

March 2, 2012

Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:

Drum roll, fanfare, marching band, etc., etc.! I’m really pleased to be able to tell you that, along with the Naxos Music Library, we are now able to offer our… Read More ›

Labour Day Monday 12 March 2012

Labour Day Monday 12 March 2012

March 2, 2012

Announcements, Exhibitions, News:

The Library will be open from 10am to 6pm on Monday 12 March during the Labour Day public holiday.

Bibliography saves the day!

February 29, 2012

Family matters, Uncategorized:

Reference and research librarians, especially those fortunate enough to work at institutions such the State Library of Victoria, have a large arsenal of reference sources to draw on in the… Read More ›

Movies, backlots, a bit of art and a gust of wind!

Movies, backlots, a bit of art and a gust of wind!

February 24, 2012

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

A mixed bag from the new books shelf this week; just the way I like it! That movie book : awesome, weird and wonderful movies for every weekend of the… Read More ›

Good news for South Australian family history researchers!

February 20, 2012

Family matters, Research tips & tricks:

Genealogy SA in conjunction with the South Australian Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages  has just announced that public domain South Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages Indexes are now available online via… Read More ›

May I quote you?

May I quote you?

February 18, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

I’ve been watching some old Mae West movies lately, and her snappy way with a one-liner  (“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork“) got me thinking… Read More ›

World Radio Day….can you hear me?

World Radio Day….can you hear me?

February 11, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

International commemorative days come thick and fast, but I can’t let World Radio Day on February 13th slip by without some kind of celebration! Out of the bakelite box :… Read More ›

Such was life

Digitised dogs

Digitised dogs

August 26, 2024 0 comments

Celebrating this much loved (and digitised) species on International Dog Day.

Arts

Portrait of Ken Pound for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project, 2010. Photo by Gwenda Davey. This work is in copyright. National Library of Australia; nla.obj-228944556

‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound

August 19, 2024 4 comments

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.