The #Frontyard library channel in is an extensive arts collection, founded on the decommissioned Australia Council for the Arts Research Library, and a growing collection of works relating to and generated by people who've spent time at [[Slack|Frontyard Slack]] is used for discussing the library.
== Catalogue == [https://docsThe Australia Council’s library was decommissioned in November 2014 due to very low usage levels over a sustained period.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IMTYu5F9psAe4sPoeUukPdNY-qRq-LZaDIjl3eV2DC8/pubhtml View the catalogue spreadsheet]. == About While the collection == Frontyard library was founded on small, the Council endeavoured to have key materials remain publicly available through donations to other libraries. Items that were unique to the decommissioned Australia Council Research Library and is now a growing collection of material related were offered to, and generated by, the Australian arts communityNational Library of Australia in Canberra.
The Australia Council’s [https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/library was decommissioned -in-bloom/ See Michelle Kelley's essay, Library in November 2014 due to very low usage levels over Bloom], produced through a sustained period. While the collection was small the Council has endeavoured to have key materials remain publicly available through donations to other libraries[https://sydneyreviewofbooks. Items that were unique to the Australia Council collection have been offered to the National Library com/srb-frontyard-writers-residency/ Sydney Review of Australia Books/Frontyard residency in Canberra2018].You can do a residency in the library too!
We would like to thank:
* The Australia Council for the Arts and Rachel Smithies and Amanda Coombes in particular for their generous donation of the collection to [[Frontyard]].
* Marrickville Library for lending us some bookends
* Isabelle Hore-Thorburn, Eddie Hopely, Kailana Mia Sommer and Peter Williamson for helping cataloging catalogue this mammoth.* Benjamin Forster, ex-Frontyard Janitor & Chief Librarian, for salvaging the Australia Council collection and tending it valiantly between 2014 - 2022!
[https://www.frontyardprojects.org/library/Decommission%20Remaining%20Book%20Collection%20-%20Incomplete%20%282015-06-12%29.xlsx An incomplete list of items at the time of decommissioning is available]. Not all the items listed are within the collection.
== Library Projects & Publications Working Group == [[The Library & Publications Working Group]] tends to the ongoing care and exploration of the library, as well as [https://wiki.frontyardprojects.org/everything/Publishing our common publishing imprint (we have ISBNs!]. The Working Group meets regularly, if you'd like to get involved, drop us a message via [[our #library channel]] [[Slack| in the Frontyard Slack]] == Catalogue == [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IMTYu5F9psAe4sPoeUukPdNY-qRq-LZaDIjl3eV2DC8/pubhtml View the catalogue spreadsheet].
* [[Weeding]] BOOKS ARE FOR USE.* EVERY READER [[Organising]THEIR]BOOK.* [[New acquisition policy]] EVERY BOOK ITS READER.* [[Moving to Slims catalogue]] SAVE THE TIME OF THE USER.* [[Catalogue the ephemera collection]] THE LIBRARY IS A GROWING ORGANISM.* [[Become a lending library]]* [[Publishing]] (S. R. Ranganathan, 1931)