by PMI Librarian | Feb 7, 2026 | Library, News
Extended Open Hours at the PMI Library Many of you mentioned in our last members survey that you’d like the library to be open longer, over the next six months we are doing just that. Below you will find a list of all extended open hours for 2026. Thurs 5th...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 27, 2026 | Library, News
Our Book Shop will be closed today, 27 January Due to the incoming heat, we’ve encouraged our amazing volunteers who run our bookshop to stay home today. We will be back to normal hours next week.
by PMI Librarian | Jan 21, 2026 | Blog, Collections, News
….and why do we have a lecture named after her? Florence Bartleman was the first female librarian at the PMI Library, and, arguably, our first professional librarian. She only appears briefly in our minute books, where the Library Sub-Committee recorded a...
by PMI Librarian | Sep 18, 2025 | Library, News
PMI Victorian History Library Announces Strategic Plan to 2029 The PMI Victorian History Library has released its Strategic Plan 2025–2029, outlining its priorities to strengthen its mission as the leading resource on the history of Victoria. Guided by six strategic...
by PMI Librarian | May 20, 2025 | Library, News
An Afternoon Tea to Launch Two Exciting New PMI Library Initiatives We have digitised the interviews from Community Gardens: People plants and recipes by Penny Woodward and Pam Vardy. These interviews, undertaken in 2003, were with gardeners from across Melbourne’s...
by PMI Librarian | Feb 5, 2025 | Library, News
This year we are starting a new lecture series to honour Florence Bartleman, our first employed Librarian. In a historic decision on December 2nd, 1907, Florence Bartleman of Middle Brighton became the first female, professionally employed librarian at PMI Library,...
