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Library
Library Catalogue The Catalogue
The Magazine Collection The Collection
What is purchased for the Library? What is purchased for the Library?

 

The Catalogue

The Canberra Quilters Inc. Library must have one the largest collections of patchwork and quilting books in the country. There is over 1100 items! We have over 750 books, 400 magazines, 7 videos, and one set of slides.

We are hoping to bring you a copy of the library catalogue soon...

 

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The Magazine Collection

The collection includes a strong magazine component. Below is a list of current magazine subscriptions and a list of back issues for subscriptions we no longer purchase.

Current Subscriptions:

  • American Quilter
  • Artonview
  • Australian Patchwork & Quilting
  • New Zealand quilter
  • Textile Fibre Forum
  • Threads
  • Quilter's Newsletter Magazine

Back issues only:

  • (British) Patchwork & Quilting
  • Patchwork Quilt Tsushin

There are also a number of miscellaneous magazines, mostly donations, which are held in the magazine boxes.

 

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What is purchased for the Library?

Three factors are important in our decision-making :

  1. There are just so many delicious books out there and selecting items has become a harder and harder job.
  2. We are facing a falling Australian dollar, and so we can buy fewer items than before.
  3. The Library is a vital part of Canberra Quilters - both as a resource for existing members, and as a major contributing factor urging new people to join the organization.

Thus it is more important than ever that we build the collection both purposefully and carefully. To this end the Committee is working on a Collection Development Policy which will guide the development of the Library as the group continues to grow.

The policy is still being written, but includes the following principles:

  1. That we purchase ALL books as they are published from certain key publishers
  2. That we purchase ALL significant Australian books
  3. That we subscribe to all Australian patchwork and quilting magazines, and also as many major overseas titles as funds allow.

 

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Page last updated: 5 August 2010