by PMI Librarian | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog, Placement Students
When I was growing up in the 1980s, my father worked for some big household names in the food and beverage industry. I vividly remember his time working for Cadbury-Schweppes and the array of chocolates and other treats that he would bring home for testing, allowing...
by PMI Librarian | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog, Book Review, Collections, Library Guides
Welcome to the first of our new book blogs. We’re going to take you beneath the covers of some of our exciting new books every month. Each of the categories below you’ll see reflected in our physical displays in the library. Ready to dive in?… Local Victorian...
by PMI Librarian | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight, Collections, Library Guides
As it is the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival this month, we’re excited to highlight the PMI Library Food and Wine collection. The books you can see are only part of the wide-ranging collection, if you want to know about food and wine in Victoria we’ve got you...
by PMI Librarian | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog, Collections, Placement Students
The Prahran Mechanics Institute (PMI) Victorian History Library boasts an impressive and diverse LGBTQ+ collection, offering patrons access to a wide range of literature that celebrates and explores the experiences of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex,...
by PMI Librarian | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog, Collections, Placement Students
In the immortal words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, “Second comes right after first!” Sure, this is a joke from The Simpsons, but it leads me to a very interesting topic – second place. We often hear of the “world’s first” or “the first of its kind”, but what about those...
by PMI Librarian | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog, Collections
Melbourne is a city known for its laneways and for its music, but why are we featuring both together? Well February sees the return of the Laneway Festival. This Melbourne icon, started in 2005 in Caledonian Laneway in the CBD, on a cramped deck at an ex- Sweedish...
