SLV Email Newsletter June 2006

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In this issue:
1. Do your in-depth research online at home
2. Library cafe opens for business
3. Your Treasures website launched
4. 2006 Creative Fellowships announced
5. Guided audio exhibition tour of Naked Democracy
6. Redmond Barry Lecture in July

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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK

DO YOUR ONLINE RESEARCH FROM HOME
Are you looking for in-depth information for your research project? Do you enjoy reading through articles in old newspapers? Wouldn't you love to do this at home without having to pay for subscriptions to specialist information databases?

Now you can access a selection of Library databases from home via our website. And it's free! All you have to do is become a registered Library user to access the service. Then you can:

-Read 200 year's worth of the London Times (1785-1985) in the Times Digital Archive
-Find reviews, extracts and summaries of over 550,000 books, in the Book Review Digest Plus
-Dig up facts on famous figures through history in Biography Resource Center
-Browse six major US newspapers, from the 1800s to now, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
-Discover musical styles, composers and works in the encyclopedic Grove Music Online.

Explore the selection of available databases at:
http://slv.vic.gov.au/catalogues/information_databases/offsite.html?newsletter
 
If you're not already a registered Library user, find out how at:
http://slv.vic.gov.au/about/using/register/index.html?newsletter

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LIBRARY CAFE OPENS FOR BUSINESS
The eagerly-awaited cafe, Mr Tulk, opened for business in early June. Located on the ground floor of the Library's north-west wing, Mr Tulk offers visitors a casual dining experience in a strikingly renovated space.

Peter Van Haandel, Michael Benko and Andrew Kubale, former head chef of Melbourne Wine Room, head up the licensed cafe espresso bar. The team are serving a variety of dishes from the kitchen for breakfast and lunch, as well as baguettes, toasted flatbreads and other lighter fare. Snacks and pastries, and drinks including coffee, soft drinks, wine and spirits are also on offer.

Mr Tulk is open from 7am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 7am to 7pm Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturday.

For more information about the cafe see:
http://slv.vic.gov.au/about/visiting/spaces/cafe.html?newsletter

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YOUR TREASURES - NEW LIBRARY WEBSITE GOES LIVE
Have you got a treasure you'd like to tell others about? The State Library of Victoria has a new website that invites you to share your treasures by contributing a digital photograph and a written description of an object that is important to you. This could be anything that you think is special:

-your first toy
-an old family photograph
-your uncle's war medals
-the ticket to your footy team's winning grand final game
-even a tattoo!

So how do you contribute? All you need to do is register using your email address and a nickname of your choice. Then you can add your own treasure to the site, add comments about other people's treasures, and more...

Explore the Your Treasures website at:
http://your.slv.vic.gov.au/treasures/index.php/home

Register to contribute at:
http://your.slv.vic.gov.au/treasures/index.php/register

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STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED
Artists, historians and writers were the recipients of the 2006-07 Fellowships which were announced last Friday, 23 June. Recipients include authors Chloe Hooper and Kirsty Murray, playwrights Sarah Cathcart, Christopher Kohn and Lally Katz and cartoonist Judy Horacek.

The Creative Fellowship program is funded by the State Library of Victoria Foundation and awarded annually by the Library on the advice of an independent committee of the Library Board of Victoria. It encourages the scholarly, literary and creative use of the Library's rich collections to generate new works.

To read the full list of this year's Fellowship and their projects see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/research/fellowships/recipients.html?newsletter

To read more about the fellowships see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/research/fellowships/about.html?newsletter

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WATCH OUT FOR...

DOWNLOADABLE GUIDED AUDIO TOUR OF NAKED DEMOCRACY
In early July the Library will launch a new online service - a guided audio tour of the Naked Democracy exhibition. The audio tour is narrated by the exhibition curator and author, Robyn Annear, who talks about the various objects in the exhibition and offers insight into the way public protest, social change and political debate helped shape Victoria's legislative history.

You can access the audio files two ways:

1. Subscribe to the Naked Democracy Podcast and receive the audio files of the tour in your RSS feed reader, ready for mp3 download.
2. Download the mp3 files from learning.slv.vic.gov.au to your mp3 player.

You can download the audio files at home, or bring your mp3 player into the Library to download the files before you visit the exhibition. A map of the exhibition will also be available from the Library's website, as will transcripts of the tour.

The guided audio tour will be available from the 3 July. In the meantime, why not sign up to the Library's podcasting service?

Subscribe to the SLV Podcast here from 3 July onwards:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/index.html?newsletter

Find out more about RSS feeds and how to set up a feed reader at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/rss.html?newsletter

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WHAT'S ON NEXT MONTH

REDMOND BARRY LECTURE
The annual Redmond Barry Lecture will be held at the State Library on 17 July. This year the Lecture will be delivered by Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University. Professor Davis will speak about the changes at the University, particularly in its research activities and postgraduate courses.

For more details about the venue, time and bookings see the What's On Calendar:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/whats_on/wo_070601_e_01.html?newsletter

To find out more about the Redmond Barry Lecture see: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/rbl/index.html?newsletter
If you can't make it to the event, this year's lecture will be available as a podcast or as audio files on our website.
To subscribe to SLV Podcasts see: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/index.html?newsletter

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