Can you help identify this church?

The State Library of W.A. has photographs of the interior of a church but the location of the church in Western Australia is not known. We have 4 glass negatives taken by commercial photographer Illustrations Limited, about 1929-1930. The church has brick walls and a sloping roof, with beautiful timber features in the interior.  

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Interior of church [013572PD

Please post a  reply to this blog message if you know where this church is located. The catalogue record is in the SLWA catalogue. 

 

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Side wing of church [013574PD

 

MyLanguage Information Session

Would you like to know more about how MyLangauge can empower your CALD (Culturally and Liguistically Diverse) clients to search for information?

MyLanguage is an award-winning multilingual website developed in partnership with the major State and Territory Libraries of Australia, and is freely available to all via the Internet.

You are invited to a free information session about MyLanguage.

WHEN:                        Friday 20th November 2009

                                      9.30am – 11.30am

WHERE:                     State Library Theatre

                                      State Library of Western Australia

                                     25 Francis Street, Perth

The session presenter is Brendan Fitzgerald, Manager: Vicnet, State Library of Victoria. Vicnet is the community-based ICT business unit delivering a number of significant digital inclusion programmes, including development of the MyLanguage website.

 

WA Week and Seniors Week at the State Library

Take a new look at your State Library by coming along to a tour, talk, concert or event during WA Week and Seniors Week at the library.

Find out about WA history, see your State Library at work, entertain the grandchildren, or enjoy a talk or concert. 

There are still places left, and for some events you don’t need to book at all – so bring a friend and come along.

whats on SLWA Oct2009-for web & email

 

What we collect…

Ever wonder how librarians decide what gets included in the library’s collection? What guidelines we use to select resources from the mass of published  information?  That’s where a collection development policy comes in!   The State Library has recently updated it’s Collection Development Policy.  The policy, together with the supporting document Developing our Collections – a Collection Development Policy Framework, is now available on the State Library’s website.  So now you can see not just why we collect, but what we collect and how we collect it.

 

‘Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia’ on sale at SLWA Shop.

SLWA Shop is proud to be one of the very few vendors to sell ‘The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia’.   UWA Press says this book “…will become the outstanding reference for researchers, teachers, students and the general public throughout Australia enabling them to locate information about significant events, institutions, people and places,
themes and topics in the history of Western Australia.

The editors are well known historians, each entry is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and each entry is refereed. Many of the writers are members of local historical associations and other organisations.

The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia has more than 300 contributors and through this collaboration has become the “People’s Encyclopedia” – a gift to the people of Western Australia from the historians of Western Australia.”

It retails for $89.95.

 

Better Beginnings is Making a Difference

Better Beginnings is a family literacy program run by the State Library of WA. Results from research conducted by Edith Cowan University were released on February 17 and among them were :

Before receiving their Better Beginnings kit (a bag with free board book and information) 14% of mothers were reading to their baby.

After receiving the kit, 85% read to their baby.

70% of parents reported that they spent more time reading and talking with their baby after receiving the kit.

28% joined their local library after receiving their kit.

For the full results and more information about this award-winning program, log on to www.better-beginnings.com.au

 

Cafe Poet Program

The Australian Poetry Centre is seeking poets, in each Australian State or Territory, interested to sit as ‘poet-in-residence’ in a café in their capital city for a period of six months getting free tea or coffee while you write.

Please apply by emailing admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au with an expression of interest stating:

a) all your contact details
b) what you would get out of being the poet in residence
c) a clear personal objective focussing on what you would like to achieve with your poetry in the six months and
d) a measurable public objective to benefit others, such as being prepared to give a reading at the end of it, or providing the cafe with a poem to display.

 Deadlines for applications are Feb 20^th, 2009.

 For more details see the Australian Poetry Centre website or call the office on (03) 9527 4063.

 

IPL to merge with LII

Since October 2008, iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, home of the Internet Public Library, in Philadelphia has hosted LII (Librarians’ Internet Index).  The next step is for LII and IPL (Internet Public Library) to merge.  The two websites rank as two of the best subject directories for the Internet.  Thousands of high quality Internet sites are organised and maintained by librarians.  You can search by browsing subject listings or using a search box.

 

Visit us for your Christmas sheet music needs

Can you believe it’s that time of the year again?  If you’re looking for Christmas music to play on your piano, flute, sax, harmonica, accordion or even that brass band that you’ve got hidden in the back shed, the State Library can probably help you. We’ve brought all our Christmas music together in one place so you can trawl through to your heart’s content. You can borrow sheet music directly from the State Library building. If you are looking for a particular song or carol, use our online Song Index to track a copy in an anthology.

 

WAGS Open Day

As part of W.A. Week 2008 The Western Australian Genealogical Society is holding an open day. If you are thinking of starting to research your family history, or are interested in the social history of  Western Australia you will find much of interest.

Special interest groups that will be represented include the Swan River Pioneers 1829-1838,  the Convict Group, The Enrolled Pensioner Guards, and the Computer Group.

WAGS members will be available to provide free advice to both new and experienced researchers.

When:    Tuesday 21st October  10.00am – 4.00pm

Where:   Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.

Units 4-6/ 48 May Street, Bayswater