Got a media enquiry?
Contact the Communications & Marketing Manager on media@slwa.wa.gov.au or phone 08 9427 3241.
Do you want an image?
If photos and images are required from the Collection and are to be used by the media please contact the Communication and Marketing Manager at media@slwa.wa.gov.au. Reasonable requests for several images may be supplied to Media for publication free of charge however standard fees will apply if requests are excessive or substantial in nature. All images must be attributed to the State Library of WA.
Ministerial Media Releases and Enquiries
If you have a question for the Minister for Culture and the Arts please contact the Minister's Office on +61 8 6552 5400.
Visit the Minister for Culture and the Arts' website for Ministerial media statements. This includes a historic record of all archived Ministerial media releases.
Filming in the State Library
Permission for free-to-air broadcast media to film in the Public Access areas of the State Library maybe granted subject to information being received by the Communications & Marketing Manager at media@slwa.wa.gov.au or phone 9427 3241. This can include filming of exhibitions and displays, collection materials and interviews.
Please provide the following information when making an enquiry:
- Proposed date(s) and time for filming. Hours of filming are to be within the normal opening hours of the State Library.
- Names and role of all crew members attending.
- Equipment that will be used
- Preferred filming location within the Library.
- Collection Materials, if required, to be listed.
- Name of the media outlet represented.
- Name of the Program for which filming is being done
- Acknowledgment that the State Library of WA will receive attribution in the titles of the program.
Please note that any special requests for access to the Library for filming or setup outside of its opening hours may incur costs to cover security, lighting and airconditioning and approval will be subject to availability of resources to administrate.
State Library News
Here you will find the latest State Library media releases
20 July 2023
Excellence in WA Public Libraries honoured at 2023 Library Board Awards Night. Fellows, FA Sharr Award, ALIA pins and winners for the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Innovation and Collaboration.
7 June 2023
From 1 July 2023, there will be changes to the way library users will be provided with requested materials not currently held in their local library. At the forefront of these changes is a commitment to ensuring equitable and efficient access to library materials for all Western Australians.
2 May 2023
Students from Kindergarten to Year 10 are invited to read and log 12 or more book titles during the challenge. This year there are new and more extraordinary prizes for the readers.
State Library looking for rock'n'roll donations
21 April 2023
Collection Services is looking to add material related to the rock'n'roll street circuit High Voltage, Highway to Hell and WA's music scene to the State Library collection.
8 December 2022
In Australia, there are 4.4 million Australians with a disability. While the Library has some materials that reflect the stories of Western Australians with disability, we recognise that these stories are not well represented in our collection. This is something we want to change.
Fremantle Then & Now Wins Interpretation Project
28 November 2022
Fremantle Then & Now exhibition wins the “Interpretation Project” category at the Western Australian Heritage Awards. The interactive exhibition explores the changing face of Fremantle from the 1800s to the present day through a collaboration between Curtin HIVE and the State Library of WA.
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25 November 2022
The 16 Days in WA campaign runs from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) through to December 10 (Human Rights Day) each year. The campaign takes its inspiration from the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
7 November 2022
The State Library of WA is calling out for LGBTQIA+ related material, photographs, videos, posters, flyers and ephemera from events, social gatherings, festivals, historical moments, and daily life to add to the collection. The State Library's collections should mirror the diverse voices of WA, both past and present.
3 November 2022
Today is World Preservation Day, an important day for us at the State Library - the memory bank of Western Australia.
Delivered by Dr Kate Gregory, Battye Historian
6 October 2022
Cracking O’Reilly’s Code - Assessing the significance of John Boyle O’Reilly’s 1868 Book of Poetry.
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