A series belonging to the Supreme Court Library Queensland’s legal heritage collection, Supreme Court Library Queensland catalogues and indexes, 1881–1975, has been inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register at a ceremony in Canberra.
Principal Librarian Collections Claudia Davies attended last week’s ceremony which was held in the Menzies Library at the Australian National University.
The UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Program honours documentary heritage of significance for Australia and the world, and advocates for its preservation.
The official certificate of recognition.
Supreme Court Librarian and CEO Marian Morgan-Bindon said it had been “a mammoth effort by all involved, especially former Legal Heritage Collection Coordinators Gab Garde and Dr Helen Sims, who initially brought this opportunity to the library’s attention, and Claudia Davies”.
She also thanked library committee members, “especially Dr Sarah McKibbin, whose significant contributions to the library’s application helped us secure this honour, and Dr Karen Schultz who advised the library during the application process”.
Items are now on display.
The items will be showcased in a new legal heritage display was installed in the Brisbane library yesterday, 31 March.
This irreplaceable documentary heritage traces the library’s growth over more than century from its origins in 1862, serving as a historical record of evolving library cataloguing practices.
Entry to the display is free and open weekdays from 8.30am until 4.30pm on level 12, QEII Courts of Law.
Visit www.sclqld.org.au/unesco-series for more details.
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