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 | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight, Collections, Placement Students
Originally Posted 24 Nov 2023 I grew up in Melbourne’s North West with two shift working parents. My parents were both fans of op-shops, fetes, garage sales and markets. Money was never plentiful, but I always had things to keep myself amused. My brothers and I were...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight, Collections
Originally Posted 30 April 2020 The National Library of Australia puts out a list of all the recent publications that have been added to their collection. We go through this list each month and determine which resources fit with the PMI Collection Policy. That is the...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight, Collections
Originally Posted 29 April 2020 On this cold and wet day, I thought I’d provide some further reflections on the books going into the collection, that will be waiting for you when the PMI reopens. I have collected another box of books to work my way through from...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight, Plotting History
Originally Published 3 April 2020 We at PMI Library collect works on the Australian film industry with a focus naturally on Victoria. Despite our relative size to other places such as the United States, Asia and Europe we punch well above our weight in terms of film...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog, Collection Spotlight
Originally Published 1 April 2020 “Ahoy there!” Today’s collection spotlight is on two journals we receive and index here at PMI. Shipping has a long and rich history in Victoria and we are proud to state that we actively contribute to the recording...
