Department of Health and Human Services. Wingfield Library
Department of Health and Human Services. Sir John Ramsay Memorial Library
Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Richard Buttfield Library

Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. Mineral Resources Tasmania Library
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. Transport Library

Department of Primary Industries and Water
Department of Primary Industries and Water. Mount Pleasant Laboratories Library
Department of Primary Industries and Water - Primary Industries Library - New Town
Department of Primary Industries, Inland Fisheries Commission Library

Forestry Tasmania Library
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Library
State Library of Tasmania. State Reference Library
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Library

Department of Health and Human Services, Wingfield Library

St Johns Park,
St Johns Avenue, New Town, 7008

Telephone: (03) 62307796
Facsimile: (03)62307798
E-mail: library@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Mary Fraser

Subjects: Allied health; Community health; Health economics; Health planning; Health policy; Housing; Mental health; Social welfare.

Books (titles): 23 000 Current serials (titles): 670

Serials (volumes): 3000

Classification: Dewey Decimal.

Access: Full library services are available to DHHS staff. There are limited library services available to other users. Please telephone the librarian in advance.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Serials in NUCOS. Science and Clinical libraries at the University of Tasmania hold a copy of the serials list. GAIN CD, member of GRATISNET.

Facilities: Study facilities available.

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Department of Health and Human Services. Sir John Ramsay Memorial Library

Level 2, Launceston General Hospital,
Charles Street, Launceston 7250

Telephone: (03) 6348 7057 or 6348 7056
Facsimile: (03) 6348 7058
E-mail: ramlib@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Librarians: Karen Carson (Manager), Beth Sowter

Subjects: Clinical medicine; Health administration; History of medicine; Nursing; Staff development and training.

Books (titles): 3500 Current serials (titles): 213

Serials (volumes): 6500

Classification: Library of Congress.

Electronic sources: Medline, Cinahl, CD-ROM- Austrom, HealthRom  (restricted access )

Access: Normal opening hours for general reference.

Borrowing: Department of Health and Human Services personnel.
Arrangements may be made with library staff for students to borrow limited resources when they are based at LGH and their primary campus is outside the 63 Telstra area.
Intercampus requests.

Interlibrary loans: Free to Tasmanian libraries and GRATISNET members.
Accept written, telephone, e-mail and facsimile requests.
Contact details as above.

Photocopying: 10 cents per page.

Facilities: 3.5" diskettes $1.00
Faxes $2.00 for 5 pages.
Meeting room. Four Internet access points for Departmental (DHHS) staff.

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Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Richard Buttfield Library

North West Regional Hospital
Brickport Road, Burnie
or GPO Box 258, Burnie 7320

Telephone: (03) 6430 6534
Facsimile: (03) 6430 6686
E-mail: buttfield.library@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Mary Shepherd

Subjects: Allied health; Medicine; Nursing.

Books (titles): 2000 Current serials (titles): 160

Standards: Standards relevant to Health care are acquired.

Classification: Dewey Decimal.

Electronic sources: Kinetica, Ebsco Research Databases.

Access:  Department of Health and Human Services staff: students on placement

Borrowing: Books yes, serials no.

Interlibrary loans: Yes.

Photocopying: Yes.

Facilities: Open-access browsing; computers with Internet.
  and word processing, audio visual room.

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Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. Mineral Resources Tasmania Library

30 Gordons Hill Road, Rosny Park
or GPO Box 56, Rosny Park 7018

Telephone: (03) 6233 8316
Facsimile: (03) 6233 8338
E-mail: klau@mrt.tas.gov.au
Web site: http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Kylie Lau

Subjects: Environmental aspects of mining; Geology; Geomorphology; Geophysics; Groundwater investigations; Hydrology; Mineral exploration; Mineralogy; Palaeontology; Petrology and geochemistry; Sedimentology; Structural geology.

Electronic Sources:  Internet

Books (titles): 10 000 Current serials (titles): 350

Special collections: 4500 Company reports; 4000 unpublished reports; petroleum and seismic survey data; aerial photographs and maps.

Classification: Dewey Decimal.

Access: Open to the public.

Borrowing: Interlibrary loans only.

Interlibrary loans: Yes.

Photocopying: Yes.

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Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. Transport Library

10 Murray Street, Hobart 7000

Telephone: (03) 6233 2048, 6233 2096
Facsimile: (03) 6233 5336
E-mail: library@dier.tas.gov.au 

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Judy Jensen

Subjects: Bridges; Road engineering; Road safety; Traffic engineering; Transport.

Books (titles): 11 000 Current serials (titles): 210

Electronic sources: Australian Transport Index

Borrowing: At the discretion of the Librarian.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Serials listed in NUCOS and Kinetica.

Photocopying: Copying facilities available.

Facilities: Limited reading area.

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Department of Primary Industries and Water
DPIW Library - Hobart

Lands Building, 5th Floor, 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart 7000
or GPO Box 44, Hobart 7001

Telephone: (03) 6233 6418
Facsimile: (03) 6233 6655
E-mail: library@dpiw.tas.gov.au

Web Catalogue: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/library/catalogues.html

Other staffed locations: DPIW Library - New Town;  DPIW Library - Launceston

Hours:  Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Manager:  Fiona Preston

Subjects:  Air Pollution; Cultural Resources;  Energy;  Environment;   Land Use;  Local Government;  Mapping;  Natural Rresources;  Park Management; Surveying; Urban and Regional Planning;  Valuation;  Waste Disposal.

Books; Serials; Reports; Standards; Electronic Resources

Special collections:   National Estate collection; Tasmanian Development and Environmental Management Plans

Classification:   Dewey Decimal.

Electronic sources:  A range of databases and electronic journals

Access:  Prefer visitors to phone in advance

Borrowing:  Students/members of the public are welcome to visit, but may not borrow.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Holdings on Libraries Australia and the library catalogue at: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/library/catalogues.html

Photocopying:   25 cents per page.

Facilities:   Limited reading area.

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Department of Primary Industries and Water
DPIW Library - Launceston

165 Westbury Road, Prospect
or GPO Box 46, Kings Meadows 7249

Telephone: (03) 6336 5241
Facsimile: (03) 6344 4961
E-mail: library@dpiw.tas.gov.au

Hours:  Monday - Friday part time. Please phone in advance.

Librarian:  Margaret Quill

Subjects:   Animal Production; Pastures and Field Crops; Soils and Land Management; Veterinary Medicine.

Web Catalogue:  http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/library/catalogues.html

Access: Members of the public are welcome to consult the material in the library when it is staffed. A phone call in advance is essential. Please sign in at the reception desk.

Borrowing: No.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Holdings on Libraries Australia and the library catalogue.

Photocopying: 25 cents per page.

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Department of Primary Industries and Water
DPIW -  New Town

13 St. John's Avenue, New Town 7008

Telephone: (03) 6233 6854
Facsimile: (03) 6228 5123
Email: library@dpiw.tas.gov.au
Web site: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/library/catalogues.html

Other locations:  DPIW Library - Hobart;  DPIW Library - Launceston

Hours: Phone in advance.

Subjects: Biometry;  Entomology;  Horticulture;  Plant health;  Plant Production;  Weeds.

Access: Members of the public are welcome to consult the material in the library when it is staffed. A phone call in advance is essential. Please sign in at the reception desk.

Borrowing: No.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Holdings on Libraries Australia and the library catalogue.

Photocopying: 25 cents per page.

Facilities: Reading area.

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Forestry Tasmania Library

79 Melville Street, Hobart 7000
or GPO Box 207, Hobart 7001

Telephone: (03) 6233 8160
Facsimile: (03) 6233 8292
E-mail: Library@forestrytas.com.au
Web site: http://www.forestrytas.com.au

Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 Librarian: Andrew Wilson 

Subjects: Forestry management  (ecological, social, economic aspects); archive for FT published documents.

Books (titles): 5000  Current serials (titles): 600

Slides and prints: 7000

Classification: Forestry Decimal Classification; UDC.

Electronic sources: Tree - CD; networked CD-ROMs.

Access: Students and public welcome; prefer phone call for appointment.

Borrowing: No.

Interlibrary loans: Serials listed on Kinetica. 

Photocopying: Copying facility available. 20 cents per page.

Facilities: Limited study space.

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Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Library

2 Wellington Street, Launceston 7250

Telephone: (03) 63233728 or 63233777
Facsimile: (03) 63233776
E-mail: library@qvmag.tas.gov.au
Web site: http://www.qvmag.tased.edu.au

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Kaye Dimmack 

Subjects: Anthropology; Art; Conservation; Craft; Decorative arts; Social history; Industrial archaeology;  Museology; Natural sciences; Tasmanian history.

Books (titles): 10 000 Current serials (titles): 100

Serials (volumes): 350 

Special collections: Rare Books; Plomley Collection; Architectural drawings; Newspapers; 10,000+ reprints. 

Classification: Dewey Decimal.

Electronic sources: Collection currently being automated
KETexpress software. DB textworks.

Access: Upon appointment with Librarian.

Borrowing: No.

Interlibrary loans: Yes.

Photocopying: Yes. 20 cents per page.

Facilities: Limited for users.

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State Library of Tasmania. State Reference Library

2nd floor, 91 Murray Street, Hobart 7000

Telephone: (03) 6233 7526, 6233 7458
Facsimile: (03) 6233 7902
E-mail: library.query@education.tas.gov.au
Web site: http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/stateref
Online chat: http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/stateref/askalibrarian.htm#

Hours: Monday - Tuesday 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday - Friday 9:30 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am - 2:30 pm

(December-January: Monday-Thursday 9.30 am - 6.00 pm
Friday 9:30 am 9:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm)

Manager, State Reference Service & Hobart Lending Library: Janet Thorp

Subjects: Comprehensive reference service.

Access: Ask at the enquiry desk in the Reference Library for assistance. The reference librarians are willing to show students how to use the library.

Electronic sources: CD-ROMs, hosted websites.

Borrowing: No borrowing, but books can be sent through our intralibrary system to other State Library of Tasmania branches for use in the library.

Interlibrary loans: Yes. Listed in SSAL, NUCOS and Kinetica.

Photocopying: 22 cents per page with photocopy card ; 25 cents per page otherwise.

Facilities: Excellent study facilities, word processing facilities, scanning facilities.

Networks: Kinetica participant. A range of CD-ROMs is available for public use. Internet access. TALIS provides networked access to all State Library holdings from any service point and via the Internet.

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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Library

Winkleigh Place , Rosny Park
or GPO Box 1164 Hobart 7001

Telephone: (03) 6211 4133
Facsimile: (03) 6211 4112
E-mail: jmiddleton@tmag.tas.gov.au
Web page: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/

Hours: Monday - Wednesday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Librarian: Janet Middleton

Subjects: Anthropology; Archaeology; Botany; Decorative Arts; Fine Arts; Geology; History; Museums; Numismatics; Taxidermy; Technology; Zoology.

Books (titles): 11,500  Current serials (titles): 150

Classification: Dewey Decimal.

Access: Phone call in advance required.

Borrowing: No.

Interlibrary loans: Yes.

Photocopying: No charge.

Facilities: Reading facilities.

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