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 ...

The 2026 State Library Victoria end of financial year appeal, 'Hear Their Voices Again: Help us preserve 100 years of ...

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 ...

The Community and Public Sector (Victoria) called a protest, which drew 200 people, on December 13, to oppose cuts to the State Library of Victoria. The acting State Library Victoria management is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost 200 authors and identities, whose number includes a Nobel Prize-winning immunologist and singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, have signed an open letter seen by The Australian and to be delivered to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...