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 State Library of Victoria – recognised this year as the third most popular library in the world – is proposing major cuts to staff and services. The number of reference librarians will be cut from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
The State Library of Victoria plans to halve the number of reference librarians it employs and significantly reduce services, including provision of computers for public use, causing widespread ...
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