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"Upgraded main reading room is fantastic!"(3 Tips)
"Order a latte at The Bookplate"(2 Tips)
"... you with obtaining a library card, requesting books, and learning about Trove..."(2 Tips)
"The meals are huge at the Book Plate café"(6 Tips)

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Chinchew PalsuMay 4, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Upgraded main reading room is fantastic! Newspaper selection is limited- no Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Straits Times, South China Morning Post or Le Monde.
M SNovember 21, 2013
Helpful staff will assist you with obtaining a library card, requesting books, and learning about Trove (an awesome resource!). The current maps exhibit is super cool, too!
Ehma JohnstonNovember 23, 2015
New locker instructions could be clearer - code locks and unlocks without you having to set one first. So open empty locker, stash you gear, *then* input code to lock and retrieve.
TomfooleryMarch 31, 2017
It's a lovely building... there's the occasional good exhibition too.
YulSeptember 12, 2015
Been here 25+ times
Digital Scanning is free, but you need to have a little bit of credit on your library card.
Nat SNovember 13, 2011
Don't forget like i did that the reading room doesn't open on Sunday till 1.30pm. Thank god for the free wireless and outdoor cafe!
Kathleen CobcroftAugust 25, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Get the iPhone app and request your books from your phone. It tells you when they've arrived in the reading room.
Chiquita AbidinSeptember 21, 2011
The view outside is spectacular on a sunny day. Order coffee and sit outside!
JH H-DApril 3, 2018
The gift shop is amazing!
AzimuthalAugust 17, 2015
The meals are huge at the Book Plate café
Chinchew PalsuAugust 16, 2015
Been here 5+ times
New procedures mean you have to go through the "Auschwitz" routine. No bags over 30x30x30cm which means no laptop bags.
Chinchew PalsuMay 4, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Times and New York Times copies are a week old! In 2015! Only in Australia.
YulSeptember 12, 2015
Been here 25+ times
Request your books online before coming to the library.
Kai HuangFebruary 19, 2011
Register the membership and then find the book you want and click 'get it'. Most books will be available within 45 minutes. However none can be taken away.
Kathleen CobcroftSeptember 23, 2010
Been here 25+ times
Go downstairs to level LG1 to find the Paperplate cafe - much cheaper and more casual than Bookplate
Chinchew PalsuAugust 7, 2014
Been here 5+ times
Good library. Wifi connection can be poor.
Chinchew PalsuAugust 19, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Fascist management no longer allow laptop bags
Lyn HayAugust 2, 2010
Order a latte at The Bookplate, great way to start our #sv2010 Canberra study visit
Chris O'ReganJuly 28, 2011
The prices at the café are extortionate.
Lexi MetherellAugust 13, 2011
Beware of birds.
Portrait GalleryJanuary 24, 2010
Ask for a large coffee at the cafe....
Kathleen CobcroftSeptember 23, 2010
Been here 25+ times
Free wi-fi!

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