Australian Library Week

All around Australia from 4 to 10 May, libraries will celebrate the role of libraries and information. The theme for 1997 is "Libraries a Web of Information".

In Victoria, Australian Library Week is co-ordinated by the Victorian Branch of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

Great Victoria-wide activities include:

• Competition for Kids, Ages 6 - 11.
  drawn Friday May 2nd. The winner is: Brett Mclatchie of Berwick
  PRIZES: Books to the value of $100, and a t-shirt too!
• Competition for Teenagers, Ages 11 - 18.
  drawn Friday May 2nd. The winner is: Dale Wilson of Lara
  PRIZES: Access to the Internet for a Year with Vicnet ($250), Vicnet Software ($90), total prize value: $340.

Public libraries all around Victoria will host their own displays and activities. Visit their web sites here!

Libraries - a web of information!

• The Age Pictorial Library
  
• The Age Library
  
• Melbourne Cricket Club Library
• Torquay Primary School Library
• Geelong Science and Technology Digital Library
• Geelong Regional Library Service

Launch of Australian Library Week in Victoria

Behind the scenes tours of the Library book stacks
2pm to 5pm

See the old book stacks in the Domed building, and our new basement stacks, while library staff and voluntary guides talk about the history of the Library, how we store and deliver from the collections, and the impact of the Library Redevelopment on these services. Numbers on each tour are limited, no bookings taken! Meet in the foyer of the Library and Museum, corner of Swanston and La Trobe Streets, Melbourne. FREE!

The NEW State Library of Victoria

Music in the Dome

Displays in the Foyer