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On 28 July, the State Library of Western Australia celebrated libraries and their staff at the annual Library Board Awards. Held during Library and Information Week, this year's theme of "rewrite, renew, reimagine" reflects how libraries continue to grow and diversify with changing community needs.  

Noongar version of Better Beginnings Baby Ways book launched

The State Library is wrapped in nearly 400 QR codes, each linking to a free classic eBook download.

The State Library of Western Australia and Screenwest are pleased to announce the WA Reflections – Our History Rediscovered short documentary production initiative, designed to share Western Australian culture and stories with the community, is back for 2022.

Inviting students from Kindergarten to Year 10 to uncover great mysteries through the world of books. The challenge is to log 12 or more book titles from now until to 9 September 2022.

The winning submission is by Sze Tsang, who releases music under the name Samarobryn.

Please take some time to look around. We welcome feedback.

Video interviews capturing the stories of four West Australians with diverse cultural backgrounds, speaking in English and in their first language about their heritage, culture, language and life in Western Australia - Arabic, Indonesian, Philippines and Vietnamese.

Good news, the recent COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. This means that you will  no longer be required to wear a mask in the library, although you might choose to. It also means there will be no two hour time limit and the maximum number of people in the library at one time has been increased to 900.

You will, however, still be required to register for contact tracing either manually or via the SafeWA app. Thank you for being so cooperative and thoughtful over the last two weeks – we appreciate it.