Browse the Memory Board : page 1
- Card Catalogue Crush Its 1960's Baillieu: the card catalogue and central staircase provide an inspirational backdrop for a scene in Alex Miller's book 'Landscape of Farewell', where Max first sets eyes on the lovely Winifred...
- Gruesome Tunes In the research collection, through a door marked "No Entry", among dark shelves, Kerry Greenwood discovered the "Black Letter Ballads" from whose pages come the most gruesome tunes
- Labor, loss, lamentation: librarians A savage attack, thick books bound in red, fresh razor cuts! Peter Carnley, celebrates the toils of long-suffering librarians, who maintain and care for the Baillieu collection despite the hazards
- Teen Dream While studying her HSC, the Baillieu was a safe place where Rebecca Scott could escape her turbulent teens into the dreams of a uni life.
- A Friendly Move For Marina Herriman the friends she discovered at the Baillieu made her move from Adelaide to Melbourne all the more worthwhile.
- Inside a carrel's walls Katherine Smith takes us inside the walls of her carrel, sharing the view through the little mesh grille of the picture and quotations that inspired her during her masters.
- Ode to the Baillieu A poetic portrayal of the Baillieu
- The Art of Borrowing Borrowing some books is an artful endeavor, taking excellent foresight and timing, and as Brian Carroll remembers, returning books has its challenges too.
- Setting the Record Straight Monica Jacomb fondly remembers the Baillieu's 78 record collection, but that was not the only kind of record she remembers. It was at the Baillieu that she uncovered a family mystery and set a record of her own.
- Steamy Stairwell Shenanigans Nicholas Ribush went to the Baillieu because that was where the girls were. One girl he particularly remembers, not for her literary interests, but for the hot, furtive, desperate 'knee-trembling' experience they shared in the back stairwell.