Here in Adelaide, there is a small, specialist library that looks like it will have to close for business in mid-June after 35 years of operation. It is the Women's Studies Resource Centre in North Adelaide. Run for years on a shoestring budget with only sufficient funding to cover staffing for three days a week and relying on donations for everything else, it may now have to close its doors as part of its funding has been withdrawn (cost-cutting, of course). It will only be able to stay open if its board manages miraculously to find additional funding between now and June 12th.
Although I only learnt about its existence last year, it seems to me that it would be a great shame if it were to close. Its collection of feminist texts and works on gender studies, plus books by women authors, journals, posters, photos etc, is quite possibly unique. Although under-utilised (no money for marketing), it should be a collection of interest to anyone undertaking feminism and gender studies. If you can help at all, I urge you to get in touch (08) 8267 3633 or email them at wsrc@wsrc.org.au.
An aside
Matthew Hooper (Flinders University Library) found and posted to the SALIN* list a link to a very amusing video on Youtube - a riff on library catalogs to the music of Lady GaGa. Disclaimer: please do not view if you are offended by Lady GaGa and/or her music.
Cheers!
Catherine
* South Australian Library and Information Network
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