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Upcoming Friends of the Library event - a woven Book of Hours

Posted on Jul 15 2024 by a1198610

Early computer science applied to weaving in silk. Don’t miss the presentation and display of this amazing book artifact from the Barr Smith Library! A lunchtime Discovery Event, Monday 5 August 2024.

Friends of the Library event with Dr Margot Osborne

Posted on Feb 14 2024 by a1198610

Come along to the first Friends of the Library author event for the year with Dr Margot Osborne on 8 April 2024. Dr Osborne will be discussing her new book "The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary, 1939-2000".

Musical Fusion - East meets West

Posted on Sep 20 2023 by a1198610

A cross cultural experience of stringed instruments from East and West in the awesome acoustics of the Barr Smith Library Reading Room. Join us for Music in the Reading Room with Friends of the Library on Saturday 14 October 2023.

Friends of the Library event with Oliver Mayo

Posted on Aug 21 2023 by a1198610

Come along to the next��Friends of the Library event with Professor Oliver Mayo on Monday 28 August 2023.

Lunchtime Discovery event with Alison Reid

Photo of 2022 Hugh Martin Weir Prize winner Alison Kim Reid

Posted on Jun 28 2023 by a1226964

Register to attend the latest Friends of the Library Discovery Event on 31 July 2023 - “Bandaids in a Battlefield” with Alison Reid.

Meet the author event with Sophie Gonzales, in conversation with Sean Williams

Posted on May 17 2023 by a1198610

Come along to the latest Friends of the Library meet the author event on May 31 with Sophie Gonzales, in conversation with Sean Williams.

Friends of the Library presents Take Two Oboes

Posted on Jul 27 2022 by a1198610

We are thrilled to announce that this postponed event is now back on the calendar! This is a not to be missed musical celebration in the beautiful heritage listed Barr Smith Library Reading Room. Celebrate 90 years of Library memories and commemorate Jiri Tancibudek.

Discovery Event with Cheryl Hoskin

Posted on Jun 27 2022 by a1198610

Come along to this Friends of the Library event on June 30 2022 and discover one of the Library’s most beautiful rare books with Cheryl Hoskin:��Berthe Hoola van Nooten’s��Fleurs fruits et feuillages choisis de l’ile de Java,��published in 1880.

What will research collections be like in 2121? Digital Preservation and the University Library

Posted on May 24 2021 by a1687532

The University Library looks after many wonderful and unique collections of manuscripts and archives. These collections may contain correspondence, diaries and notebooks, all of which provide a valuable insight into notable researchers’ experience and approach.�� We know that in 2021 much of this work now happens digitally.

Friends of the Library event with Garry Hiskey

Posted on Mar 16 2021 by a1198610

Come along to the first Friends of the Library event of the year: Maralinga with Garry Hiskey on Thursday 25 March.

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