Contact us
- General inquiries
Phone
03 8664 7000
In person
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
AustraliaPlease note: Librarians are working offsite during lockdown and onsite in limited numbers at other times, with restricted access to collections. It can take a little time to find you the best information available, so please bear with us and a member of our team will be in touch as soon as possible.
- Reference and collection queries
Reference queries
- Ask one of our librarians
- See our catalogue help pages and research guides
Collection inquiries
- General information inquiries: Ask a librarian or call 03 8664 7002
(including Arts, Newspapers and Family history collections) - Australiana & heritage collections: Ask a librarian or call 03 8664 7009
(including Pictures, Australian Manuscripts, Maps, Australian Rare Books and the Rare Children's Books Collection) - Conservation advice: Ask a librarian
- Copyright inquiries: copyright@slv.vic.gov.au
- Copy ordering service: directdelivery@slv.vic.gov.au
Other inquiries
- Library membership
- Library membership inquiries, including registration renewal: Ask a librarian
- Library membership inquiries, including registration renewal: Ask a librarian
- Enewsletter subscriptions
- Visit our subscriptions page to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription details for our enewsletters
- Media contact details
- Natalie Silber: 03 8664 7325
- media@slv.vic.gov.au
- Program & event information
- Education programs: 03 8664 7555 or education@slv.vic.gov.au
- Event bookings: 03 8664 7099 or inquiries@slv.vic.gov.au
- Access for people with a disability
- Access and inclusion librarian: 03 8664 7005 or accessinclusion@slv.vic.gov.au
- Deaf or hard-of-hearing visitors, please call us via the National Relay Service
- Feedback
- To provide us with feedback on our website, services or facilities, simply fill out our online feedback form
- Venue hire
- Inquire about venue hire: 03 8664 7291 or venuehire@slv.vic.gov.au
- Volunteering & employment
- Volunteer program: volunteer@slv.vic.gov.au
- Employment opportunities: employment@slv.vic.gov.au
- Bookshop & cafes
- Readings bookshop: 03 8664 7540 or slv@readings.com.au (please note that Readings will reopen in early 2021)
- Guild Cafe: guild@almondmilkco.com.au (please note that Guild will reopen in early 2021)
- Mr Tulk: 03 8660 5700 or info@mrtulk.com.au
- Public assemblies, demonstrations & rallies
- Submit an application for public assembly on Library property
- Security Operations: securityoperations@slv.vic.gov.au