It's a glorious and inspirational space, but I have to admit that when I work in the SLV, for preference I tend to use the Redmond Barry Reading Room instead, as I prefer the more subdued lighting level.
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/visit/our-magnificent-spaces/redmond-barry-reading-room
Have been working here today, such a fab spot. Plenty of space. And you don’t have to get there at the crack of the dawn to get a desk like the British Library too. It’s now got its own subway as well! #Melbourne #libraries #statelibraryvic #Australia #work
@wragge (5/5) Another tool eventually needed for this to keep growing is a way of finding maps in the collection that are digitised but not yet geolocated. (But maybe this is a recommendation to come out of your initial #StateLibraryVIC residency.)
If you’re interested in the history / heritage of a place in #VictoriaAU - be it a house, street, town or suburb - be it your own or an ancestor’s - including who lived there! - check out @wragge ‘s new discovery thing https://slv.wraggelabs.com/myplace/ using the digitised resources of #StateLibraryVIC. #houseHistory #familyHistoryAU
As is his custom Tim @wragge Sherratt undersells (above) what he's done.
He's programmatically geolocated "18,603 out of 20,644 photos" digitised by #StateLibraryVIC.
Tim: "When I started working on the collection I wasn’t really sure what was possible." So he learnt, tried, adapted, all with a goal in mind. Tim has an uncommon mind and set of skills. And uncommon productivity. His article is easy to read - if needed one can skim the more technical detail. Tim documents his methods to be shared.
#digitalHumanities #historicalMapping #OpenStreetMap #heritageAU #ozGLAM
Tim's blog post: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2026/01/29/geolocating-photos-from-the-slvs.html
(1/3) I recently took advantage of Tim @wragge Sherratt's #SLVResidency to see what #StateLibraryVIC maps might be useful for mapping scenes of the 1850s Australian gold rush. I found a perfectly suited 1853 map of Mount Alexander / Bendigo goldfields. The neat part is using the @IIIF map tiles via #AllMaps without having to go through #MapWarper. #digitalHumanities
Tim's project guide: https://wragge.github.io/slv-allmaps/
#StateLibraryVIC image viewer is now fixed.
#StateLibraryVIC still working on the images problem. (I note small images sometimes work). #ozGLAM
SLV status page for this: https://slv-vic.libanswers.com/systems/5160?product_id=5160&m=view_posts
#StateLibraryVIC image viewer has been out of action today.
EDIT: Back up again 16:50 AEDST
EDIT: Gone again 22:00 AEDST
Sample: https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE15499328&file=FL21307078&mode=browse
#StateLibraryVIC currently not displaying digitised images from catalogue. Message reads:
System currently unavailable
Sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to rectify the problem soon.
EDIT 2025-12-28 working again
Interested in #Melbourne and regional #VictoriaAU built heritage? Then do check out @wragge's digital mapping of 1970s Committee for Urban Action (CUA) photographs from the #StateLibraryVIC collection. Currently includes inner Melbourne suburbs and goldfields towns. Zoom in, click on a street! #historicalMapping
