In a statement, board president Christine Christian said: “After careful consideration of feedback received during the consultation period, the library has decided to withdraw the Reorganisation ...

Agatha Christie is the biggest selling writer in the world yet the State Library of Victoria had virtually none of her early books.

Public libraries embody the values of democracy by offering free access to knowledge. But the role of contemporary public libraries extends far beyond access to books. Libraries are places for ...

Nick Cave, 1973, gelatin silver photograph by Ashley Mackevicius. Gift of the artist 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Goths, punks and hipsters roam the streets, wilfully asserting their ...

More than 200,000 votes were cast in the 1,000 Libraries Awards, with State Library Victoria ranking as the world's seventh most beautiful Melbourne is overflowing with cosy cafés and magical secret ...

Top writers, professors and researchers have united to express alarm about the major changes proposed for Victoria’s State Library and have demanded transparency. Helen Garner, Trent Dalton, Geraldine ...

With over 1.9 million visitors and 4 million online users each year, the State Library Victoria caters to the educational needs of people from a wide range of ages and cultural backgrounds. These ...

A state library has abandoned plans to restructure its services following public outcry from prominent Australian historians, writers and academics. State Library Victoria announced in November it ...

The acting State Library Victoria management are rushing dozens of changes to library operations that will degrade and diminish core library services. These will gut the reference library staff (from ...