Meet our collection staff

Meet the teams behind our amazing, living collections in these videos, and discover some of the intriguing insights that their collections reveal.

Building on a record of Victoria’s social and cultural development that dates back to 1856, our collection managers are constantly adding new items to our collections to build a living picture of our past for future generations.

Watch our collection teams' videos now.

Madeleine Say on the photographic collection

In this video, hear the stories behind the faces as pictures collection manager Madeleine Say shares some of her favourites from the Library’s digitised photography collection.

Tim Hogan on Australian Rules football

Watch the video to meet Tim Hogan, a self-described history, culture and sport buff whose interests and passions come together in his role as the Library’s Australian history and literature librarian.

Jan McDonald on botanical books

Get hands-on with two very special volumes of botanical illustrations in this video presentation with rare books librarian Jan McDonald.

Andrew McConville on Keith Jack and the trans-Antarctic expedition

In this video, digital access librarian Andrew McConville shares poignant stories from the Keith Jack collection of glass lantern slides taken during the ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914–17.

John Stevens on zines

Watch the video to take an in-depth look at our collection of quirky and one-off magazines and fanzines with the Library's expert on all things zine, librarian John Stevens.

Laurie Ferdinands and Peter Jetnikoff on the Library's collections

Librarians Laurie and Peter from collection resources share insights into the Library’s cataloguing systems and collections.

Sarah Mason and Ross Genat on digitising the Library's collection

Visit our photographic studios with photographers Sarah and Ross to learn the history of digitisation at the Library.

Anne Burrows on family history research

Hear from genealogy librarian Anne Burrows on how she uses the Library’s collections to research family history.

Ann Copeland on answering family history queries

Watch our access and information librarian Ann Copeland at work in this video, as she shows us the steps involved in answering a family history query.