Country Australia Branch of LINC | Location Hobart, Tasmania | |
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State library of tasmania construction 1971
The State Library of Tasmania is the main library of the library system in the state of Tasmania, Australia.
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LINC Tasmania
The former separate entities of the State Library of Tasmania, the Archives Office of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Adult Education service, and the Tasmanian Communities Online all now operate as part of the Tasmanian Department of Education, in the form of LINC Tasmania
The headquarters of the State Library is located at the corner of Murray and Bathurst Street in Hobart.
Lending libraries
The State Library of Tasmania administers and funds all public libraries in Tasmania. There are 7 city/suburban lending libraries and 39 smaller branch libraries located in the main cities, regional and rural centres throughout the state. All libraries share a single catalogue and the collection circulates freely between the libraries.
Heritage Collections
The library operates several collections and archives of historical publications and documents, particularly those related to Tasmania. In addition, the library maintains a newspaper index, an image library and a sheet music database
Tasmaniana Library
A collection of historical and modern published material related to Tasmania, in a range of formats from paper to digital. All Tasmanian-related material is collected including all works published in Tasmania, all works published about Tasmania, and all works by Tasmanian authors.
W.L. Crowther Library
A collection of historical books, documents, photographs, works of art and objects collected by Sir William Crowther, whose great-grandfather arrived in Hobart in 1825. The library contains about 15,000 books and manuscripts, as well as photographs and artworks, and whaling ephemera including a collection of scrimshaw.
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
Another collection of historical material, bequeathed to the people of Tasmania by the Allport family to the library in 1965. It includes about 6,000 books, and outstanding collection of about 2,500 colonial-era artworks (by family members and others) and collections of Georgian era furniture, British, French and Chinese porcelain.