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National Library of Australia News, January 2005 cover with a black and white photograph
On the cover this month

Bruce Howard (b.1936)
On a Bicycle Built for
?
[Melbourne:: Herald and Weekly Times, 1981
gelatin silver photograph; 30.3 x 40.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24986517

 
 

January 2005 Volume XV Number 4

REDLIGHTGREEN: HOW TO ‘GOOGLE’ YOUR LIBRARY CATALOGUE

 

Merrilee Proffitt explains how RedLightGreen makes searching library catalogues more like surfing the Web

INDEXING AND DELIVERY OF HISTORICAL MAPS USING TIMEMAPTM
  We invited Ian Johnson to describe an innovative research tool for clients using map collections in the National Library and elsewhere
‘BUILDING CASTLES IN THE AIR’—THE CASTIEAU DIARIES
 

Mark Finnane gives us a tantalising glimpse into the diaries of a colourful official who was acquainted with many of the notable characters of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’ from the 1850s to the 1880s

WHAT TIME’S DINNER, MA?
 

Russell Doust has a bit of fun tracking changes in our grazing habits

COMIC CAPERS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

Edgar Crook investigates the varied history and fortunes of the comic book in Australia

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