Stuart Kells’s speech at the launch of From Convict Printers to Book Arcades: The History of the Book in Australia Volume 1. Acknowledgement of country. Distinguished guests and representatives of Melbourne’s book community. It’s great to be back at the Athenaeum Library. Thanks for the opportunity to launch this important book – the definitive publication…
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Melbourne University Publishing: A Centenary History
1. Why did you want to write about the history of Australia’s oldest university press? I relished the opportunity to write about one of Australia’s most important publishers. Many details of MUP’s history are not widely known, and with the press reaching its centenary, the timing for the book was just right. I’ve always been…
Mildura Library, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
A Library Planet post by Fiona Kells The Mildura Library is housed in the Alfred Deakin Centre. The Centre, which was named in honour of Australia’s second Prime Minister, opened in 1997. Up until that time, the Mildura Library had occupied the nearby Carnegie Centre, a grand old dame of a building that opened in…
Marrickville Library and Pavilion, Sydney, Australia – Magic in Marrickville
Written by Paul Jewell (Business Librarian, Western Sydney University) @pdjewell For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ Marrickville Library main entrance (picture courtesy of Inner West Council Library and History Services) Acknowledgment of Country Firstly, we recognise the Library is situated on land which was home to the Gadigal and Wangal Peoples of the Eora Nation. The library site…
City of Perth Library, Perth, Australia – a Dream in universal design
Written by staff at City of Perth Library For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ The modern, award-winning City of Perth Library is in the vibrant Cathedral Square precinct in the heart of the City. It is a public library, with a collection split across five levels and a range of…
Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Australia – a library littered with ghosts of the past
Written by Kirby Fenwick For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ Athenaeum Library Melbourne wouldn’t be complete if it didn’t attempt to wade into the history of a library that has existed for more than one hundred and seventy-five years. A library that sits above the street, a quiet place where a…
Melbourne Cricket Club Library, Australia – the best kind of secret
Written by Kirby Fenwick Pictures by David Studham For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely of places—so said Roald Dahl. I thought about his words this week when I stepped through the doors of a library that was only recently brought to…
The Geelong Library & Heritage Centre – the Dome
Written by Jes Layton For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ It’s no secret the modern community library is and has been experiencing a renaissance of sorts. There is near to no other more perfect example of this than the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, affectionately called ‘the Dome.’ The Geelong Library…
State Library Victoria, – the oldest public library in Australia
Written by Jes Layton For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ Melbourne is well known for its thriving public library network, although the gem at the city’s centre is none other than the State Library of Victoria. State Library Victoria, Australia’s oldest public library is home to a large rare books collection,…
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