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A special issue to celebrate
the exhibition Future Memory: National Library Recent Acquisitions, 27 May – 1 August 2004

 

National Library of Australia News May 2004  with Detail from Amusing Alphabet. Le Jardin d’acclimatation [The Zoological Garden]. London Darton & Hodge, [1836–1865]

On the cover this month 

Detail from Amusing Alphabet. Le Jardin d'acclimatation [The Zoological Garden]
London: Darton & Hodge, [1836-1865]
SR 441.10222 A529

May 2004 Volume XIV Number 8

RARE BIRDS, A BOARD GAME AND A MATCHBOX

  Linda Groom celebrates the variety of pictures acquisitions in the exhibition Future Memory: National Library Recent Acquisitions
THE INTERNET, AUCTIONS AND ANTIQUARIAN BOOK DEALERS
  How does the Library acquire rare books, objects and ephemera relating to Australia? Rosalind McDonald reveals some of the methods
A GLIMPSE INTO ASIA
 

Collecting material on contemporary Asia, says Amelia McKenzie, helps us to understand our place in the region

PRESERVING THE COMMONPLACE
 

Although most 'manuscripts' end up in wastepaper baskets, Graeme Powell finds many have enduring value

KEEPING SCORE

The National Library’s music collections, says Robyn Holmes, range across printed music, unpublished manuscripts and archival sound recordings

FUTURE MEMORY: NATIONAL LIBRARY RECENT ACQUISITIONS
(INCLUDING EXHIBITION CHECKLIST)

From rare books to the sheet music of a pop princess, Margaret Dent previews some of the Library’s recent acquisitions, now on display in Future Memory

RARE PEARLS, PRECIOUS MEMORIES
 
A selection of Paspaley Pearls can be seen in the Future Memory exhibition
 
We admire photographs of dancers for many reasons. Michelle Potter reveals some of them
Maura O'Connor recalls some of the acquisition stories behind maps displayed in Future Memory
From antiquarian books to electronic journals, Angela Brown reveals the breadth of the Overseas Publications Collection
Mark Cranfield tells the story of how the National Library acquired John Meredith’s lagerphone
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