State Library of Victoria Foundation

The State Library of Victoria Foundation is dedicated to building relationships with members of the community who recognise the importance of the State Library and want to contribute to its work.

Since its establishment in 1994, the Foundation has raised funds through memberships, donations, sponsorships and bequests. This money has enabled the Library to purchase items of historical significance, conserve and develop its magnificent collections, deliver information services, mount exhibitions, run educational and cultural events, publish State Library of Victoria News, the La Trobe Journal, and create the La Trobe Journal website - an online archive of every edition printed since 1968.

Foundation staff

Michael van Leeuwen
Taegan Munro
Bobby Krisohos

Foundation Executive Committee

Peter Lothian, Chair
Martin Armstrong
John Arnold
John Cain 
Dr Anne Colman
Andrew Coloretti
Arturo Gandioli Fumagalli
Kerry Gillespie
Gary Graco
Julie Kantor
Stephen Kerr
Robert Lang
Michael van Leeuwen
John Mortimore
David Mullaly
Maria Myers
Anne Marie Schwirtlich, CEO and State Librarian, Library Board representative

La Trobe Journal Committee

John Arnold, Editor
Shane Carmody
Dr Anne Colman
Des Cowley
Greg Kratzmann
Kevin Molloy
Dianne Reilly
Michael van Leeuwen