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Genealogy Centre closure: The Genealogy Centre will be closed for essential building work from Tuesday 26 February to Friday 1 March 2013 inclusive. More details

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News

News blog

The Genealogy Centre will be closed for essential building work from Tuesday 26 February to Friday 1 March 2013 inclusive. It will reopen at 10am on Saturday 2 March. During this t... More

Dome 100

Dome Centenary news blog

Continuing my countdown of cool library domes around the world, I’ve been surprised by how many takes on a classical domed rotunda there are. From robots to brain shapes, domes co... More

Family matters

Family matters blog

The Genealogy Centre of the State Library of Victoria will be closed for essential building work from Tuesday 26 February to Friday 1 March 2013 inclusive. It will reopen at 10am o... More

Arts

Arts blog

New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: Bill Cunningham New York : the New York Times and First Thought Films presents a film by Richard Press.   John Cag... More

Such was life

Such was life blog

                      To one I love, H93.29/196                                        Do embark with me, H93.29/188 The State Lib... More

Read alert

Read alert blog

The Centre for Youth Literature has picked the brains of Australia’s YA publishers to gain insight into their work, and their titles.  For the next few weeks we will be featu... More

Inside a dog residence

Inside a dog

  If you're not doing what you love you're wasting your time - Billy Joel I would also add to that, if you have a talent and you are not fostering it, you're squandering it, a... More

Inside a dog news

Inside a dog

As this school year already promises to be long and arduous, I quickly find myself being sucked back into the miseries of homework, stressful SACs and the threat of exams looming o... More