BOOKS

ON-LINE INTERNET CONNECTION

	on 10 computers
	on 6 computers

MICROFILM,  MICROFICHE  and  CDs

• Australia                                   
• England & Wales
• Ireland                      
• Scotland                                  
• Rest of the World                  

Microfilm are on open access. Most are in labelled drawers arranged by Counties or States. Please place a wooden block with the corresponding number to your film reader in the space left by your film. Spare spools are available, please ask a Library Assistant. The Australian microfiche and microfilm are also listed on the computer catalogue.

Microfiche are kept on closed access and are only available, one at a time at the Fiche Counter. Please hand the Library Assistant your membership card or day visitor's receipt in exchange for the microfiche

MAGAZINES

• Photocopying of books. Please note, not all books can be copied owing to age or binding. There are also restrictions on the amount which can be copied due to Copyright.
• Printouts from fiche, film and computers.
• Download from computers onto disks purchased from the Book Stall.
• A bookshop selling books, fiche, CD's, maps, magazines & charts.
• A Research Service.
• Courier Services to obtain overseas BDM certificates and Wills.
• Miscellaneous Services such as Commemorative Certificates, Donate a Fiche.
• Sterling Cheque Service.
• Overseas Stamps.
• Classes on many aspects of Family History.

• Some points we would ask you to remember:
• You must sign in on arrival and leave your bag and any other large items in a bag locker at the entrance.
• Sign out when you collect your belongings at the end of your stay.
• Folders brought into the Library shall be no larger than A4 size and 2 inches thick.
• Children under the age of 12 years are not admitted to this research  Library.
• Pencils should be used at all times.
• No food or drinks are permitted in the Library.
• You may only use one microfiche or microfilm at a time.
• A Library Assistant will allocate a fiche or film reader or computer for your use.
• Please strike your name off the booking sheet when you have finished with the machine.
• The Library contains over 125,000 fiche, 6,000 films, and hundreds of CDs, in addition to the books and magazines.
• Please replace all records where you found them.
• A misplaced record can be lost for months.
• Please remember that all our Library Assistants are volunteers who will do their best to help you.

Members of the Institute have reciprocal rights with a number of interstate societies.
They are as follows:-

• Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory
• Genealogical Society of Queensland
• Genealogical Society of Tasmania
• Queensland Family History Society Inc.
• South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc.
• The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.
• Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.
• Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies in Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, England.  
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.

To use any of these Interstate Libraries, please present your AIGS membership card.
For members of the above Societies to use the Institute's library, they must present their membership card at the entry desk for verification and sign the admission book. This dispensation does NOT apply to members of interstate societies who are domiciled in Victoria.

New members are entitled to a New Members' Tour of the Library.

These are held on the 2nd. Saturday of each month, except for January, starting at 9.00am.
Please phone the Library on 9877 3789 during Office Hours to make a booking.
Extra tours will be arranged during the month if there is sufficient demand.