ephemera Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/ephemera/ The magazine for the library and information sector Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:25:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://incite.alia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-logo-32x32.png ephemera Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/ephemera/ 32 32 Profile of the PMI Victorian History Library https://incite.alia.org.au/profile-of-the-pmi-victorian-history-library/ https://incite.alia.org.au/profile-of-the-pmi-victorian-history-library/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:25:01 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2646 The PMI Victorian History Library began life as the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute in 1854 and it still hold true to its original aims of being for the mental moral improvement and rational recreation of its members, by means of Lectures, Discussions, Library, Reading Rooms, Classes, Museum, Philosophical Apparatus, &c. The PMI Library still does all of this, excepting the museum and the Philosophical Apparatus, as the current staff remains unclear on exactly what a “Philosophical apparatus” constitutes. Today the PMI Library specialises in Victorian history and holds a collection of over 70 000 items onsite in its building in Prahran. Most of the PMI Library’s collection is available for loan to its members, with membership only costing $30 a year.

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