by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Research
Originally Posted 7 Oct 2021 Â It’s Love Your Bookshop Day this weekend so I thought I’d use the opportunity to celebrate the bookshops that have been essential to us during lockdown, and to talk about acquisitions a little more. We order from all over...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Research
Originally Posted 1 Oct 2021 Â PMI Library member Cecily Hunter is working on a biography of Edward Dyason using the PMI’s collection for research. We’re delighted that she’s written a short synopsis of her work for the blog and look forward to...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog, Collections, Research, Staff
Originally Published 16 April 2020 As a Collections Librarian, managing a collection under Covid is a new way of thinking. I’m working from home at the moment, going into the library occasionally to collect more books. It’s an excellent chance to...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Plotting History, Research
Originally posted on 12th April, 2019 From the moment I stepped into the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute (PMI) in about April last year (2018) I have felt welcomed and encouraged in my family research. It is a lovely environment to carry out research, and this is...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Research
Originally posted on 4th April, 2019 Review by Jennifer McCoy This book is an annotated and transcribed copy of significant sections of Niel Black’s journal, that covers his journey here and the first 5 months of his life in Australia, between October 1839 to May...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Research
Originally posted on 29th March, 2019 The Outer Circle: a history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Railway by David Beardsell and Bruce H. Herbert Review by Michael Canavan In the day, the Dasher dashed, carriages had swing doors and trains travelled to Deepdene. The...