SLV Email Newsletter September 2007
In this issue:
1. Foyer reception service
2. Meeting special needs
3. Chat with a Victorian librarian
4. Musical Treasures
5. Lectures, talks and forums
6. Can you identify this unknown object?
7. Alexis Wright among Premier's Literary Awards winners
8. Black Thursday returns to Cowen Gallery
9. Cultural Network Victoria to launch website
10. Book now for Stephen Murray-Smith Lecture
11. National Poetry Slam
12. Get Into Art!
13. Family activities
14. Voyages to the South Seas
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FROM THE INFORMATION DESK
FOYER RECEPTION SERVICE
Have you met our friendly Foyer customer service team yet? They are here to welcome you to the Library and help you find your way to the person, services or exhibitions you want to see. The team offers the same service to people who 'visit' by phone. They also help interstate and international visitors find their way to tourist destinations in Melbourne, and operate the Library's retail service. Whether you want to see Ned Kelly's armour, access the Library's free wireless internet service or buy an exhibition catalogue, our Foyer customer service officers are happy to help. Look out for them next time you visit - they're dressed in red!
Find out more about our Foyer at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/visiting/spaces/foyer.html?newsletter
MEETING SPECIAL NEEDS
The Library wants to ensure that its services and resources are available to all Victorians. Jan Brennan, Customer Services Librarian, has a particular responsibility for ensuring that people disadvantaged by a disability or cultural difference can access Library services and collections. She can be contacted if you have inquiries about services to people with special needs, or about the adaptive technologies available. Call 03 8664 7005, or email jbrennan@slv.vic.gov.au.
CHAT WITH A VICTORIAN LIBRARIAN
The Library's new, dedicated Victorian chat service is now open to answer your questions from 1 to 5pm Monday-Friday. Our expert librarians are available via this real-time, web-based chat service to provide you with recommended resources and research advice, particularly about all things Victorian.
To ask a question, or find out how the service works, see:
http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedirect?virtcategory=12742&?newsletter
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LISTEN UP
MUSICAL TREASURES
Hear the first two movements from rare Australian piano trio works performed by the Seraphim Trio at our first Musical Treasures concert, held at the Library in July. 'Allegro con brio' is from Charles Edward Horsley's 'Trio for violin, cello and piano, opus 13 in B flat major'. 'Allegro moderato' is from Albert Zelman Snr's 'Trio for violin, cello and piano in D major'. More works from this concert and from the second concert, featuring string quartet music, will be added to the podcast over time.
To subscribe to the Musical Treasures podcast, listen online or download the audio see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2007/musical_treasures/index.html?newsletter
LECTURES, TALKS AND FORUMS
This month, we have six new audio recordings - from our regular series of Digital Forums, Technology & Ideas Forums and Fellows' Lectures, as well as from a 'Famous' exhibition event, and a conversation with Thomas Keneally and Ari Roth.
To subscribe to the podcasts, listen online or download the audio see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/creative_fellows/index.html?newsletter
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/forums/digital_forums/index.html?newsletter
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/forums/tech_forums/index.html?newsletter
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2007/keneally_roth.html?newsletter
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CONTRIBUTE
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS UNKNOWN OBJECT?
Our 'Your Treasures' website has a challenge for you - if you think you know a little about table decoration, or brass objects, perhaps you can identify an unknown item that has been posted to the site. It is a 17cm-high brass stand that its contributor thinks could have something to do with a table setting - or maybe not! It is being catalogued at a regional museum, so if you can help with any information they, and we, would be most grateful for your help.
To view the item and make comments see:
http://your.slv.vic.gov.au/treasures/index.php/contribution/0/1/144?newsletter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ALEXIS WRIGHT AMONG PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD WINNERS
The winners of the 2007 Premier's Literary Awards were announced on 3 September. They included Alexis Wright, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction winner for her widely celebrated novel 'Carpentaria', Danielle Clode, winner of the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction, for 'Voyages to the South Seas', and Frank Moorhouse, winner of the Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate.
The RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Awards were announced at the same event. This year these awards provided $30,000 in funding for dramaturgical and development work. Recipients included Penelope Bartlau, Kit Lazaroo and Aidan Fennessy.
To find out more about the winners of these major literary awards see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/news/latest/040907.html?newsletter
BLACK THURSDAY RETURNS TO COWEN GALLERY
The painting 'Black Thursday', by William Strutt, returns to the Cowen Gallery on 5 October, after almost a year away for conservation work. The ABC will be filming the rehanging of the painting for its Sunday program, so stay tuned for more information on this broadcast.
To find out more about the painting, view the online version or hear a soundscape that brings to life the atmosphere of the Black Thursday bushfire depicted in the painting, go to:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/black_thursday/blackthursday1.html?newsletter
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COMING EVENTS
BOOK NOW FOR STEPHEN MURRAY-SMITH LECTURE
This year's lecture features Dr Tom Griffiths, Professor of History and Graduate Director in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He will speak on the cultural challenge of Antarctica, telling the story of Stephen Murray-Smith's 1985-86 voyage and subsequent call for a greater cultural investment in the continent of ice. The lecture is on Thursday 4 October and tickets cost $15/$10.
For more information and to book see:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/ltf/lectures/smsl/2007/index.html?newsletter
NATIONAL POETRY SLAM
Want to hear what Victoria's poets, hip-hop artists and other outspoken wordsmiths are up to? Watch them polish their rhymes and lyrics at Australia's first-ever national poetry slam. Each contestant gets a mic, a live audience and just two minutes to impress the judges. The next round of workshops and heats will be held in October - Mildura on 9-10, Geelong on 15-16 and Bairnsdale on 30-31. Entry to the heats is free, so head along and hear what the current crop of spoken word performers has to say.
For full details visit:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/poetry_slam/index.html?newsletter
GET INTO ART!
Discover the Library's art collection and galleries at Get Into Art!, a day of special activities at Melbourne's public arts venues. The Library is hosting talks, tours and children's activities.
See the full program at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2007/getintoart.html?newsletter
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Are you retired and looking to learn some new skills? Do you want to keep the kids amused? Would you like to improve your child's literacy? In October the Library is holding a fantastic range of programs for seniors, parents and children. Choose from events such as 'A night out at the Library', 'Playtime for fun and learning', 'Blogging for seniors' and school holiday activities.
Read about each of the family programs at:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/family_programs/index.html?newsletter
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ONLINE SHOP SPOTLIGHT
VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS
This month's shop spotlight goes to Dr Danielle Clode's 'Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes'. This was the winner of the 2007 Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, a category of the Premier's Literary Awards. The Awards judges praised the book, noting that it 'utilises the creative and intellectual skills of the writer to tell the little-known story of the French exploration of the Pacific landscape during the late 18th and early decades of the 19th century'.
To purchase this award-winning book online see:
https://shop.slv.vic.gov.au/details.php?imageNo=SHOP0112&?newsletter
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