State Library Victoria under fire as leaked report exposes deep cultural decay
A leaked proposal for staff and service cuts has ignited outrage, exposing how Victoria’s premier cultural institution is drifting from its mission to preserve knowledge toward corporate vanity projects
A leaked proposal for staff and service cuts has ignited outrage, exposing how Victoria’s premier cultural institution is drifting from its mission to preserve knowledge toward corporate vanity proj...
An example of the power of people's voices. A "good news" story... and a great outcome.
#StateLibraryVictoria
#StateLibraryVictoria #melbourne
what’s happening at the state library
(it’s rare book week)
@provbot This shows the complexity around studying #S_T_Gill’s diggings pictures. This photo is of an 1869 watercolour he did for the #StateLibraryVictoria - a Gill retrospective. (I’m still working on his early diggings works.)
View watercolour: https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE511858&mode=browse
I absolutely love this tapestry, 'Gordian Knot', by #KeithTyson and the Australian #Tapestry Workshop in #Melbourne
In all the writhing mass of details, my personal favourite are the #DNA nucleotides rendered in the bottom left corner.
It hangs in the #StateLibraryVictoria and is awe inspiring to study.
amyfallon
lumpenproletariat
Dr Angelika Heurich
primarysourcebot
Maude Nificent
David Coombe
Michael King
Keiran Rowell