Sep 8, 2008
 

State Library of Tasmania
Building Redevelopment
91 Murray Street

There are some changes happening at our Hobart building.

What are we doing?

Construction work has commenced on level 2, 91 Murray Street to create a single reference area for access to the services and collections of the State Reference Library, the Tasmaniana Library and the Archives Office of Tasmania.

Why are we doing it?

As part of the Tasmanian Government’s Community Knowledge Network strategy, the Archives Office of Tasmania and the Heritage Collections, State Library of Tasmania will merge to provide easy and integrated access to their services and collections. This amalgamation has provided us with the opportunity to design a new service delivery area. This new combined area will be open from early September. The project includes:

  • Installation of new service desks
  • Improved layout of the State Reference Library
  • An integrated and expanded family history service
  • Upgrade of the microfilm facilities
  • Creation of a new reference area to enable access to unique and rare archival and heritage material in a secure environment.

How will this affect services to the public?

As part of the building process, access to some items may be disrupted. We are doing our best to limit any inconvenience to client service delivery during this period.

Key dates for your information

Some services are temporarily unavailable:

  • Microfilm resources will be unavailable from the State Reference Library until Monday 1 September. Newspapers on microfilm can be accessed at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Murray Street. If you have an urgent need to consult other microfilm resources please ask our staff for advice.
  • The Tasmaniana Library is offering a limited reference service until Monday 1 September and now operates from a desk in the State Reference Library.
  • All resources in the closed storage areas of the Heritage Collections will be unavailable until Monday 1 September. Please consult the staff at the Tasmaniana desk if this creates special problems for you.

New spaces:

  • The current Tasmaniana space is being developed to create a History Room to provide secure access to heritage and archival resources.
  • The existing microfilm area is being redeveloped to create the Microspace to provide improved access to the microfilm resources of the State Reference Library and Archives Office of Tasmania.
  • The Archives Office of Tasmania will continue to offer services from their current site at 77 Murray Street until Friday 29 August.
  • From 1 September the Archives services will operate from the izone on level 2, 91 Murray Street. The History Room and Microspace will be open from this date.

We look forward to welcoming you to our new reference area, the izone, on Monday 1 September 2008.

New Reference Area Floor Plan [PDF 2MB]