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Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ books, literature, and eResources
15 May 2023Our Research Library is full of reference books and eResources ready for you to browse and explore. We regularly add new books to the shelves in the...
- Media release
State Library acquires never-before-seen map linked to scandalous land tale
8 May 2023The State Library of South Australia has acquired a rare, never-before-seen map of a town that was proposed for South Australia but was never built...
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A rolling globe gathers no dust
28 April 2023Did you know that the earth’s natural movement, traffic, and building works can sometimes create vibrations within buildings? The State Library’s...
- Media release
Grants available for digitisation of South Australian community newspapers
4 April 2023The State Library of South Australia is celebrating the first success story of the Community Newspaper Digitisation Project with the Port Lincoln...
- Announcement
Building works and services updates
7 March 2023Over the coming months, the State Library will undergo building works and service changes, including updates to opening hours from Monday 3 April 2023...
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State Library serves up menus from the collections in new exhibition
28 February 2023Sweet and savoury: Menus from the collections of the State Library is a new free exhibition now showing at the State Library of South Australia. It...
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Wanted! Adelaide Fringe and Festival promotional material
27 February 2023Do you end up with a collection of promotional materials from Festival and Fringe events? Well don't recycle them, be a part of preserving South...
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New exhibition at the State Library celebrates the art of political cartooning
7 February 2023Behind the Lines: the year in political cartoons 2022 is the latest free exhibition to open at the State Library of South Australia. This travelling...
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The low-down on Legal Deposit
9 December 2022Legal deposit is a statutory provision that requires publishers to lodge copies of their publications with designated libraries. 'Publishers’ include...
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Douglas Darian Smith Photographic Collection
8 November 2022The Library has acquired a significant pictorial collection by famed South Australian commercial photographer, Douglas Darian Smith – adding more than...
- Media release
Giant Christmas Tree to light up this festive season in the Mortlock
3 November 2022Adelaide’s largest indoor Christmas tree will light up for the first time this festive season on Pageant Day at the State Library of South Australia...
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eResources: Sometimes you just need a little help
1 November 2022Sometimes you just need a little help to find that extra bit of information. Perhaps you need to check a product review or maybe you are a keen...