Collections, Characters and Communities: the Shaping of Libraries in Australia and New Zealand

Papers from the 9th Australian Library History Conference (2009). Contents: Carnegie down under: a century of the Dunedin Public Library / Mary A. Ronnie The origins of inter-library loans in Australia in relation to special libraries / Donald Keast, Edmund Balnaves, Judy Czuchnowski and John Balnaves The Australian Law Librarians' Association / Fiona Brown Government promotion of public libraries in New Zealand, 1869-1935 / David Verran John's gospel: Metcalfe and the writing of Australian library history / David J. Jones War between the States averted : how the NSW Free Library Movement's territorial ambitions came to little / Carmel Maguire 'Not yet ready': Australian university libraries and Carnegie Corporation philanthropy, 1935-45 / Michael J. Birkner The impact of overseas agencies on the development of education for Australian library workers / Mary Carroll 'To elevate the tone of moral and intellectural attainment': the Braidwood Literary Institute and its subscribers, 1858-62 / Andrew Sergeant A little bit of love for me and a murder for my old man': the Queensland Bush Book Club / Robin Wagner 'Our excellent little library' : an account of the Cosme Library / Mark Cryle Melbourne's circulating libraries 1857-1974: their demography and geography revisited / Peter Pereyra Characters in conflict at the library of the Supreme Court of Victoria: Redmond Barry and Robert Pohlman / Sue Reynolds