Hobart City Council Library
Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd. Technical Library
Tasmanian Environment Resource Library

Hobart City Council Library

1st Floor, Hobart Council Centre
16 Elizabeth Street, Hobart 7000

or GPO Box 503, Hobart 7001

Telephone: (03) 6238 2105 OR (03)6238 2126
Facsimile: (03) 6234 7109
E-mail:library@mailnet.hcc.tas.gov.au
Web site: http://www.hobartcity.com.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:15 pm

Librarian: 

Subjects: Highway engineering; Recreation areas; Waste management; Water engineering.

Access: Phone call in advance required.

Borrowing: No. Read in library only.

Interlibrary loans: Yes.  Most of the library holdings are on Kinetica.

Photocopying: Yes. 20 cents per page.

Facilities: Very limited facilities.

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Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd. Technical Library

Bell Bay, Tasmania
or GPO Box 290, George Town 7253

Telephone: (03) 6382 5378
Facsimile: (03) 6382 5564

E-mail: Heather.Ashley@comalco.riotinto.com.au

Librarian: No. Contact Heather Ashley

Subjects: Aluminium technology; Carbon technology; Ecology; Electrical engineering; Electrode materials; Electronics; Environment; Extractive metallurgy; Pollution abatement.

Books (titles): Approx. 500 Current serials (titles): 60

Serials (volumes): Standards: 2500 on microfiche

Special collections: 600 audio visual items.

Classification: UDC.

Access: No.

Borrowing: Only Interlibrary loans.

Interlibrary loans: Written, phone, e-mail requests accepted.

Photocopying: No.

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Tasmanian Environment Resource Library

102 Bathurst Street, Hobart 7000

Telephone: (03) 6234 5566
Facsimile: (03) 6234 5543
E-mail: restec@southcom.com.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
(May be extended. Phone to check.)

Co-ordinator: Margaret Steadman
Office Manager: Margaret Wood
Library Manager: Susanna Van Essen

Subjects: All environmental, including natural and built environments; natural resources (incl. forestry, water and land use/abuse); Biodiversity and endangered species; Energy; Pollution; Campaigning & Politics.  Also provides information for land care, coast care, bush care and water watch groups.

Provides a referral service; journals of conservation organisations - Tasmania, interstate and overseas; Press clippings from 1972 onwards, books, EIS reports, proposals, management plans.

Access: Prefer phone call in advance if assistance required.

Borrowing: Yes.

Interlibrary loans: No.

Photocopying: 20 cents per page. (15 cents per side, back-to-back).

Facilities: Study area.
Environmental education kits, audio visual items, posters and tree leaflets.

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