Victorian public libraries receive funding in government grants program
Victorian public libraries will share in $350,000 worth of funding from the latest round of the Victorian government’s Local History Grants Program. Libraries to receive grants include the Bayside Library...
Death in July festival to run in Ballarat
The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria, from 4 to 5 July. Running in...
Death in July festival to run in Ballarat
The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria from 4-5 July. Running in partnership with...
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Arts Victoria report finds awareness of SLV ‘very high’Awareness of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) is ‘very high’, according to a report by Arts Victoria. The report, entitled Audience Atlas...
Guide to government records of Aboriginal people in Victoria released
A new guide to government archival records of Aboriginal people in Victoria has been released, reports PS News. The guide, called walata tyamateetj, or ‘carry knowledge’ in the Gunditjmara language...
Bendigo TAFE library staff cuts include Vic Librarian of the Year
Five staff at the Bendigo TAFE library in regional Victoria were made redundant in November, including a staffer who was named Victorian Librarian of the Year in 2013, reports the...
Bayside Literary Festival to be replaced with year-long event series
The Bayside Literary Festival in Melbourne will be replaced with a new year-long event series, Words by the Bay. Words by the Bay will be launched by Bayside Mayor Laurence Evans...
Review of Victorian Public Libraries recommends statewide library card system
A two-year review into Victoria’s public library system has recommended that a library card system be introduced across the state. The second stage report in the ‘Tomorrow’s Libraries’ review, conducted by the...
Victorian Community History Awards 2013 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Victorian Community History Awards were announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on 21 October. The winners in the book-related categories are: Victorian Community History Award...
Ballarat children to receive 60 free Penguin books from Imagination Library
Families in Ballarat in regional Victoria are being encouraged to sign up their children to a local version of the Imagination Library, which will launch in November. The program, which originated...
Vic govt to hold ‘Support Small Business Day’ in October
Victorian booksellers will have an opportunity to be part of the state’s first Support Small Business Day on 19 October. Announced this week by Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise...
Bendigo Writers Festival 2013 program announced
The program for this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival in Victoria, which runs from 9 to 11 August, has been announced. The festival kicks off with a speech from former prime...
Yarra Plenty Regional Library to provide collection, program and training support for Murrindini Library Service
In Victoria, the Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) has announced that it will provide collection, online, program and training services to the Murrindindi Library Service (MLS). Under the new agreement, MLS, which...
Arts Victoria announces latest arts development grants
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of Arts Development Program grants. In all, 60 new projects will share in more than $810,000 in funding as part of the grants program, which...
SLV, PLVN launch strategic framework for Victorian public libraries
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) and the Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) launched a new strategic framework for public libraries in Victoria this month. The Victorian Public Libraries 2030...
Victorian Government announces $29 million in new arts funding, restructures arts funding processes
The Victorian Government has announced close to $29 million in new funding for the state’s arts sector in its latest budget. The government, which released its 2013-14 Budget on 7...
New funding for SLV announced in budget
New funding for the State Library of Victoria (SLV) has been announced in the 2013-14 Victorian state budget, released on 7 May. Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria said in a statement that...
Collins Beechworth goes independent
The former Collins Booksellers store in Beechworth, Victoria, is now operating as an independent bookstore under the name Beechworth Books. The store left the Collins group in 2012 and is now a member...
New library services for western Victoria
A new library in Lake Bolac in western Victoria was officially opened in December. The $240,000 facility is the first permanent library for the town, which is located approximately 100km...
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Jobs cuts at Victorian library service Three positions have been made redundant at the Murrindindi Library Service in regional Victoria, reports the Age. According to the Age, the redundancies are...