A new space to hang out in the Library
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We are building a more comfortable space for visitors to hang out, check email and have a break
Q&A with children’s author Andy Griffiths
Hear from children’s author extraordinaire Andy Griffiths in the lead up to his visit to the Library for Children’s Book Festival 2015.
Media Release: CEO and State Librarian Ms Sue Roberts will be retiring from her role
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Media Release Monday, 16 March 2015 – for immediate release CEO and State Librarian Ms Sue Roberts will be retiring from her role The State Library of Victoria announces that… Read More ›
Upcoming: Children’s Book Festival
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We’re inviting kids and their families to dive into the pleasures of books and reading.
Bring the sound of the world into your home
With the global sounds of WOMADelaide still vibrating in the air, it seems like a good time to draw your attention to one of our most fascinating eresources, the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries database from Alexander Street Press; full of beautiful and unexpected pleasures and treasures from around the world.
The Final Frontier: putting the fiction into science
Film, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
The sad news this week of the death of American actor Leonard Nimoy (aka Star Trek’s Mr Spock) transported me back to my days of rubber Vulcan ears and plastic phaser guns…..
Have you looked at the online records available at PROV recently? with guest blogger Charlie Farrugia
Charlie Farrugia Senior Collections Advisor at Public Record Office Victoria is our guest blogger for March 2015. He updates us on the range of records now digitised, indexed and available… Read More ›
Moomba
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Melbourne’s Moomba festival first took place in March 1955 and was initiated to liven up Melbourne and attract tourists.
Ned Kelly is going on tour
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Ned Kelly’s armour, rifle and death mask will be on loan to Bendigo Art Gallery until 8 July.
Upcoming La Trobe Journal to focus on artists’ books
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The latest La Trobe Journal explores how more artists, printmakers and binders are creating and designing books than ever before.
Such was life
Online Collection Spotlight: Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail
Watch the wonders of fashion unfold with this informative and visually stunning peak into the history of clothing. This video database, with companion articles, explores historical contexts, materials, and construction methods, enabling you to see how different garments were worn, and the function that each item served.
Arts
Online Collection Spotlight: American Music
From Willie Nelson to Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters to Flaco Jimenez, you can enjoy a journey across the diverse musical roots of America with the Music Online: American Music database. Hosting an astonishing array of talent the collection consists of almost 7000 albums and 120,000 songs.
