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Painter of light in the dome
By fnegrin
Tuesday 21 May 2013
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One of the works featured in the exhibition Enchanted dome: the Library and imagination is a superb watercolour...
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Categories: Behind the scenes
Gideon Haigh's good innings at the Library
By fnegrin
Tuesday 14 May 2013
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Gideon Haigh is one of the world's most highly regarded and best known writers about the game of cricket. When I interviewed Gideon for his...
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Categories: Dome stories, Latest news
Top 5 library domes in the world, number 1
By mcooper
Wednesday 08 May 2013
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My final Top 5 domed library is a bit of a celebrity, having appeared in a few movies. The domed building is part of one of the older libraries on the list: the Oxford University library was established circa 1320.
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A creative decade on display
By fnegrin
Thursday 02 May 2013
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We want to make a confession: this year is not all about the dome!
2013 also marks the tenth anniversary of the Library’s annual Creative...
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Categories: Behind the scenes
Dome multimedia
By fnegrin
Wednesday 24 April 2013
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Have you seen our dome multimedia page? You can hear or download audio and video of talks, lectures and stories which open a window onto the rich, multifaceted life of our domed...
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100 readers
By mcooper
Friday 19 April 2013
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Who is your favourite author? If you could pick only one book, which would it be? As a part of our dome centenary celebrations, we’re asking these questions and inviting people into the dome to read 100 seconds of a significant book of their choice....
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Top 5 library domes in the world, number 2
By mcooper
Monday 08 April 2013
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This entry in my Top 5 domed libraries is just plain cool! The Free University in Berlin was founded after World War II and is now the largest of Berlin’s three universities.
Number 2 – The Philology Library of the Free University in Berlin
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The dome in digital space
By tchanning
Wednesday 03 April 2013
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Pyewacket Kazyanenko is a digital performance artist working and experimenting in virtual worlds, and the first avatar to contribute to our...
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Categories: Dome stories
Josh Earl's dome crush
By fnegrin
Wednesday 20 March 2013
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When comedian Josh Earl isn’t doing stand-up shows at comedy festivals, he’s performing to high school students on Library tours – arguably a tougher gig. Josh told me about his work at the Library, and what the dome means to him.
'I work as a...
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Categories: Dome stories
Top 5 library domes in the world, number 3
By mcooper
Thursday 07 March 2013
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This instalment of my Top 5 domed libraries looks at a library with over 22- million catalogued books and more than 151- million items. It’s the largest library in the world.
Number 3 – The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the...
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Didgeridoo in the dome
By tchanning
Thursday 28 February 2013
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I’ve always loved the idea of the dome being filled with sound, so was delighted to talk to Not Drowning Waving’s David Bridie about his experience performing a specially composed piece for Mystery of the Dome in the domed reading...
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Categories: Dome stories
White Night extravaganza
By mcooper
Tuesday 26 February 2013
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White Night was brilliant - we had such a great time on Saturday!
Our dome was popular all night long, with a queue stretching all the way down the marble stairs, through the lobby and down to Swanston Street for most of the night. The line up...
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White Night Melbourne
By mcooper
Tuesday 19 February 2013
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We're excited to be taking part in White Night, an exciting new major event for Melbourne, inspired by the international Nuit Blanche network.
White Night (the anglicisation of Nuit Blanche) was originally conceived in Paris, France in...
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Hijinks in the dome
By fnegrin
Thursday 14 February 2013
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An intriguing photograph of staff graffiti inscribed in the dome is currently on display in our Enchanted dome...
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Top 5 library domes in the world, number 4
By mcooper
Wednesday 06 February 2013
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Continuing my countdown of cool library domes around the world, I’ve been surprised by how many takes on a classical domed rotunda there are. From robots to brain shapes, domes come in a lot of different iterations.
Number 4 – The Mansueto...
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