Browse the Memory Board : page 2
- An Invaluable Resource Len Currie regrets that he did not make the most of the Baillieu's resources, except for the basement coffee shop, which was invaluable.
- A Home away from home For Rod Martin, the Baillieu was a home away from home. A place where he could sleep, drink coffee, even keep abreast of current affairs, sourced from the toilet doors and walls, or express his own views, accompanied by a sing along to Peter Paul and Mary songs. But sadly it also became the place where his heart was broken...
- Shelf Surfing James Phyland loved to meander through the Baillieu collection. The catalogue only posed difficulties, missing books and dead ends; instead, James preferred shelf surfing.
- A Case of Infatuation An impromptu daisy chain dangling from a rail between floors, stirred Geoffrey Hayes to imagine removing a piece to gently place around the source of his infatuation - the lovely Yvonne...
- A Wealth of Information Former Victorian Premier, Joan Kirner, valued the otherwise unaffordable texts, importance of primary sources & inspiration from some of our university's finest lecturers.
- Who loves you Baillieu? Controversial philosopher, Professor Peter Singer laments the good ol' days when he, along with many other students spent the night together at a Baillieu sit-in to protest cuts in library funding...
- Another era: Sputnik sighting and listening to "The Goons" on the Commerce lawns... Margery Mulcahy remembers the library emptying for 2 reasons: (a) For a Sputnik sighting and (b) to listen to the weekly to the "Goons" broadcast.
- A Happy Trip down Serendipity Lane... Former State Librarian for Victoria, Fran Awcock, recounts the happy times she spent browsing the Baillieu's marvellous collections, and of the times Germaine Greer shared her study table
- From a secret hideaway under the stairs Negotiating her way through the then dark basement trying to avoid romantic fumblings, Andrea Hurt would escape to her hideaway under the stairs. From that time in her secret hideaway, the Baillieu has been more than a work place for Andrea, sharing laughter and tears with a group of amazing people the Baillieu has helped to shape her life.
- Early Recollections of a Library Binder When Bob Hocking started as a library binder at the Baillieu, it was a different place. Bob remembers some of these differences: 'sit-in' protests, date stamps, the cloakroom, catalogue cards, and so much more...