Blogs

Jake's work explores Aboriginal culture through animation and storytelling, and he is interested in how technology can assist in cultural collaborations, preserving culture and visualising worlds.

Developing our ‘front-end’ interface — why we built it the way we did, the basic tools we used, and some of the challenges we faced.

Ben’s summer was spent reading his way through three volumes of Proust – in French! Find out what keeps him coming back to the Library. 

Photographs from the Tribune (Communist Paryt of Australia) by Noel Hazard documenting the historic 1965 Freedom Ride through regional NSW.

Each year, Library Fellows help uncover new stories and offer fresh insight into our extensive collection of original and published materials.

Why are older people more at risk from alcohol? What are the dangers of mixing alcohol and medications? Can regular use of non-prescription medicines harm your health? What is mobile drug testing?

Over 270 copies of The Law Handbook are on their way to public libraries and prison libraries across the state.

The Library recently acquired a fascinating album of 99 photographs taken on the maiden cruise of SMS Bismarck from 1879–80.

This public libraries project is progressing well.

There is so much to look forward to in 2020 with the State Library of NSW.

We've updated our Drug and Alcohol Information for PDHPE research guide for the new PDHPE syllabus.

Updated Drug and Alcohol Information for PDHPE research guide now available.

See original drawings by Australia’s best-known Aboriginal cartoonist Danny Eastwood.

The Library is collecting posters, flyers and mail-outs created in response to the bushfires in NSW.

Have you ever just started walking to see what you'd find? One of our librarians reflects on his own journeys while exploring Raynor Winn's inspiring book.

Enjoy an exquisite 5-course dinner for 4 in the stunning Shakespeare Room.