SLV Email Newsletter September 2006

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In this issue:
1. Personal copying equipment now permitted
2. Temporary delay on photographic orders
3. Watch Tim Flannery video online
4. Literary winners awarded
5. Lazarus Diary purchase
6. Comics exhibition draws near
7. Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture
8. Seniors Week movie-making workshop
9. Travelling Treasures
10. A Family History Feast
11. Portrait of Victorian Goldfields

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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK

PERSONAL COPYING EQUIPMENT NOW PERMITTED
Library users can now copy approved collection items using personal copying equipment such as digital cameras. Conditions and restrictions apply.

To find out more about this new policy and how it affects you see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/news/latest/090906.html?newsletter

TEMPORARY DELAY ON PHOTOGRAPHIC ORDERS
Orders for photographs are being temporarily affected by urgent building works and the relocation of the Imaging Studio. Between 9 and 29 September orders may take up to 20 additional days to complete, and no rush orders are being accepted. From 29 September to 30 October no new photographic orders will be accepted. Service will return to normal from 31 October.

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LISTEN UP

WATCH TIM FLANNERY VIDEO ONLINE
You can now watch a special video presentation on our website featuring internationally renowned writer on climate change, Tim Flannery. He speaks to Melbourne secondary students about global warming and what can be done about it. The talk marks the launch of his young-adult book on climate change, 'We Are the Weathermakers'.

To find out more see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/schools/reading/specialevents/flannery/flannery.html?newsletter

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

LITERARY WINNERS AWARDED
Premier Steve Bracks announced the winners of this year's Premier's Literary Awards on 4 September. Peter Carey, Helen Ennis, John Tranter, David Marr and Ursula Dubosarsky were among those rewarded. The RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Awards were also announced on the night, with five playwrights receiving recognition.

To read more about the Premier's Literary Awards winners see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/news/latest/050906.html?newsletter

To read more about the RE Ross Trust Awards winners see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/news/latest/040906.html?newsletter

LAZARUS DIARY PURCHASE
The Library recently purchased the Lazarus Diary, a rare first-person account of the Eureka uprising. It is a significant addition to the Library's collection, and will be on display temporarily at the Gold Museum in Ballarat from 3 October. An interactive (pannable, zoomable) version will be available to view on the Library website from the same date.

To view the Diary online from 3 October follow the links from:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/index.html?newsletter

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COMING EVENTS

COMICS EXHIBITION DRAWS NEAR
The State Library of Victoria's next major exhibition, 'Heroes & Villains: Australian comics and their creators', opens on 20 October in the Keith Murdoch Gallery. The free exhibition, curated by Kevin Patrick, showcases the colourful history of Australian comics from the 1940s to today. A jam-packed program of events is also on offer.

To find out more see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/kmg/2006/heroes/heroes_villains.html?newsletter

STEPHEN MURRAY-SMITH MEMORIAL LECTURE 
Award-winning Australian writer Martin Flanagan will deliver this prestigious annual lecture on 17 October. He will examine why some people rise to the political challenges of their times while others fail to do so.

For more information and to book see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/smsl/2006/smsl2006.html?newsletter

SENIORS WEEK MOVIE-MAKING WORKSHOP
Learn how to make a movie about one of your treasured objects in this hands-on workshop. No previous film-making skills are needed. Just bring yourself and the object you want to capture on film to the Library during Seniors Week. The cost is just $10.

To find out more see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/news/latest/190906.html?newsletter

TRAVELLING TREASURES
The Library is again taking some of its collection treasures to regional Victorians in this last travelling tour of the year. Five magnificent books dating from the 1400s to the late 17th century will be on show in Hamilton, Port Fairy and Colac between 24 and 27 October.

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

A FAMILY HISTORY FEAST
Don't forget about this major event for family history researchers, on Saturday 30 September. Although free, bookings are essential as numbers are limited.

To view the full program see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/genealogy/index.html?newsletter

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ONLINE SHOP SPOTLIGHT

PORTRAIT OF VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS
To celebrate the Library's acquisition of the Lazarus Diary, we highlight another significant record of Victoria's goldfields history. 'An American on the Goldfields: the Bendigo Photographs of Benjamin Pierce Batchelder' is a 134-page photographic portrait of Bendigo. The images were produced for the 1862 London International Exhibition, to mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of gold in Bendigo, and show 'all the places of interest' in the developing city.

Purchase the book from the Library foyer shop or online at:
https://shop.slv.vic.gov.au/details.php?imageNo=SHOP0044&newsletter

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