August 2012 Entries
The last known Katherine Mansfield material held in a private collection was recently acquired by the Alexander Turbull Library.
"What is wrong with New Zealand novels" is the core question of a research paper written by Pia White, Client Services Librarian at the Architecture Library.
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Shakespeare.
Would you like some support with your first essay assignments?
The Library now has trial access to the North China Herald, a primary source periodical crucial to research in the history of the foreign presence in China during the so-called "treaty-century" (1842-1943).
Papers Past contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. Latest additions to Papers Past include the New Zealand Herald (1863-1884).
The current General Library display marks the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer 1662 edition. This is the edition which is still in current use in Anglican churches around the world for services of Matins and Evensong, and in particular Anglican dioceses such as the Archdiocese of Sydney for the Eucharist or Lord’s Supper.