SLV Email Newsletter November 2005
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In this issue:
1. Electronic newspaper resources @ the Library
2. New Library website launched
3. Win a $100 voucher by completing the Library’s online survey
4. Malcolm Fraser’s lecture now online
5. Upcoming exhibitions at the Library
6. David Williamson delivers National Biography Lecture
7. Ned Kelly: 125 years
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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK
ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPER RESOURCES @ THE LIBRARY
In the last 18 months, the Library has purchased several electronic newspaper resources which are proving to be extremely popular with our users. These include the Times Digital Archive, NewsBank, and PressDisplay.
-The Times Digital Archive of the London Times newspaper covers the years 1785-1985. It contains full-page images from every page of the Times and is fully searchable.
-NewsBank is an up-to-date database of news articles from Australian and international newspapers, including all major Victorian newspapers, and 33 suburban newspapers from the Leader Group.
-PressDisplay is a new type of resource for the Library, providing electronic access to current and recent editions of over 200 international newspapers. PressDisplay allows the reader to view virtual editions of newspapers which replicate the print editions in all details, including pictures, advertisements, headlines and page layouts.
NewsBank and the Times Digital Archive are accessible throughout the Library building. PressDisplay is available on selected workstations, with the best viewing on the extra large screen in the Newspaper Reading Room.
For more information about the Library’s Newspaper Collection see: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/newspapers/index.html
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NEW LIBRARY WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The Library launched slv21.com in early November to showcase a range of our online services and digital programs, and offer users a taste of what’s to come.
To visit the website, go to the Library homepage and follow the links from the Spotlight:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/index.html
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WIN A $100 VOUCHER BY COMPLETING OUR ONLINE SURVEY
Fill out the Library’s online survey and be in the running to win one of five $100 Coles Myer vouchers. The information we collect from the survey will help us to continue developing high-quality web content that is tailored to our users’ interests and needs.
You can access the survey from the right-hand side panel on every webpage, including the homepage: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/index.html
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LISTEN TO MALCOLM FRASER’S LECTURE ONLINE
If you missed the extremely popular 2005 Stephen Murray-Smith Lecture, you can listen to it on the Library’s website, download it to your mp3 player, or print off the transcript and read it at your leisure. In this year’s lecture, former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser examined one of the most controversial issues of our time - How Democracies Fight Terrorism.
To listen to the lecture and read the transcript see: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/smsl/2005/smsl2005.html
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AT THE LIBRARY
Two new exhibitions will be opening in the Keith Murdoch Gallery and Experimedia on 18 November. Both are the result of State Library’ Creative Fellowships which were established to give scholars, writers and artists the means and the uninterrupted time to work closely with the Library’s rich collections.
‘Lost & Found’ features new paintings, prints, drawings and artists’ books by Peter Lyssiotis and John Wolseley. These are displayed alongside the rare books and pictures from the State Library’s collections which inspired them.
To read more about this exhibition see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/kmg/2005/lost_found.html
‘Picturing the Old People’ is a sound and video installation by multimedia artist Genevieve Grieves, consisting of a series of ‘moving portraits’ based on 19th-century photographs of indigenous Australians in the State Library’s collection.
To read more about this exhibition, and find out about associated events see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/new_media/index.html
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WHAT'S ON THIS MONTH
DAVID WILLIAMSON DELIVERS NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY LECTURE
Foremost Australian playwright David Williamson will deliver the 2005 National Biography Lecture at the State Library tonight. Limited places are still available.
For more information about this event and how to book see: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2005/williamson.html
NED KELLY: 125 YEARS
It’s been 125 years since Ned Kelly was executed at the Old Melbourne Gaol. To commemorate the anniversary, a series of events are being staged at the Library and other venues from Friday 11 November to Sunday 12 November.
For detailed information about these events see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2005/kelly_weekend.html
The Library has a great collection of items relating to Ned Kelly and his gang. Two of these items - Kelly’s armour and his ‘manifesto’ the Jerilderie Letter - can be viewed online in our Treasures section:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/kellyarmour1.html
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/jerilderieletter1.html
Kelly’s armour and other images of Ned Kelly and his gang are also featured in a multimedia presentation on the new Library website slv21.com. (See item above for details on how to visit the slv21.com website.)
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