SLV Email Newsletter July 2006

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In this issue:
1. Wireless service launched
2. Our latest podcasts
3. Genealogy events bonanza
4. Travelling Treasures on tour
5. Late-winter talks
6. Ethno Aerobics exhibition
7. Souvenir postcards

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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK

WIRELESS SERVICE LAUNCHED
Free wireless broadband web access is now available at the Library - in Experimedia, the Redmond Barry Reading Room and the Journals & Magazines room. This service is offered in conjunction with RMIT University and is available to all registered Library users and RMIT students with compatible laptops or PDA devices. This service complements our existing Optus (fee-based) service.

For more information on either service see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/using/wireless/index.html?newsletter

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LISTEN UP

OUR LATEST PODCASTS
Did you miss the recent Redmond Barry Lecture, delivered by Melbourne University Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis? Or 'Magic in the Hands of the Reader', a conversation between acclaimed British children's author Jonathan Stroud and Melbourne author Michael Pryor?

Now you can hear both events via podcast or audio download from our website. Just subscribe to our SLV Podcast or visit the relevant web page to download the audio files.

To find out how to receive the SLV podcast see our RSS Feeds information:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/index.html?newsletter

To download audio files or read a full transcript of the events visit:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/rbl/2006/index.html?newsletter or http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/schools/reading/specialevents/stroud.html?newsletter

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COMING EVENTS

GENEALOGY EVENTS BONANZA
Amateur family history buffs and professional genealogists alike can indulge in a raft of activities over the next few months. National Family History Week kicks off proceedings from 31 July to 4 August. The Library is marking the occasion by holding a range of free genealogy-related events. Bookings are essential.

On 19 August the Library will have a stand at the Family and Local History Treasure Chest. This event, at Dallas Brooks Centre, is designed to help people trace their family history. Entry costs $10. On 30 September the third annual Family History Feast will provide free information sessions for family history researchers. The Library is one of the organisers.

For more information see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/genealogy/index.html?newsletter

TRAVELLING TREASURES ON TOUR
The Library’s Travelling Treasures program hits the road again in August, visiting schools and public libraries in Castlemaine, St Arnaud and Dimboola.

If you live in these areas you can see Library collection treasures such as Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, a Book of Hours and an artist's journal from Cook's Endeavour trip to the South Seas.

To find out more see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2006/travelling_treasures/index.html?newsletter

LATE-WINTER TALKS
The Library is hosting a multitude of brain-warming talks during August. Technology buffs can enjoy two talks in Experimedia, on design innovation and IT journalism. Those with a political bent can hear the curator of Naked Democracy talk about the exhibition. The annual Monash University Institute for Public History lecture focuses on medieval history, illustrated by superb manuscripts from the State Library's collection. Christian Bumbarra Thompson's artist talk and performance introduces the concepts behind his video work Ethno Aerobics.

For full details see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/whats_on/wo_060801_e.html?newsletter

ETHNO AEROBICS EXHIBITION
'Ethno Aerobics: The Percy Leason performance' is Christian Bumbarra Thompson's subversive and humorous new video work. It uses movement and performance to challenge our notions of Indigenous culture and identity. It opens in Experimedia on 7 August.

For full details see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/new_media/index.html?newsletter

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ONLINE SHOP SPOTLIGHT

SOUVENIR POSTCARDS
Are you forever scrabbling for notepaper or cards when you need to write to friends and family? Or looking for a suitcase-friendly gift for visitors? Why not purchase our Library Souvenir Postcard pack? Six glossy colour postcards feature interior and exterior views of the Library, the iconic Ned Kelly helmet and more. At just $6.50 per pack they're the perfect gift or addition to your stationery drawer – and they make a great memento for yourself, too.

Purchase from the Library foyer shop or online at:
https://shop.slv.vic.gov.au/details.php?imageNo=SHOP0084&newsletter

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