The Library - 45 Years of offering more than just books

A collection of images that shows the changing face of our campus libraries across the last five decades.

Sidney Page began as our foundation University Librarian in 1972 and his early efforts nearly 50 years ago led to the Griffith campus libraries that we know today.

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One of our students requesting assistance as part of the MIND (Meeting the Information Needs of the Disabled) support service introduced into our Nathan Library in 1980.

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The entrance to our Gold Coast Library taken one evening in 2004.

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Image showing the card catalogue system cabinets that were in use in 1978 when the Conservatorium was based at the Queensland Institute of Technology (now QUT) Gardens Point campus.

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The entrance (with the library counter in the background) to our Mt Gravatt Library as it appeared during the 1970's.

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Our Logan Library lending and reference desk (with an interview in progress) and student printing room (on the right) as the areas appeared in 2006.

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One of our students searches for a book at Queensland College of Art Library in 2017.

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A 1994 example of one of the many spaces offered by our libraries to support students with their studies.

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A 1980's library display from when our QCA Library was part of the Queensland Technical and Further Education (TAFE) and based in the Brisbane suburb of Morningside.

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A view of our Logan Library entrance taken in 2010.

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A 1974 photo of our foundation Library staff before our Nathan Library opened to students and staff in 1975.

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The entrance to our Reserve Collection area as it appeared at our Mt Gravatt Library in 2004.

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Maureen Sullivan - the current University Librarian speaking at a 'Rewards and Recognition' event for our Library staff in 2005.

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Our Nathan Library counter and 'exit gate' (on the left) as it appeared in 1975.

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A young reader enjoys a 'large print' book introduced to our Mt Gravatt Library 'Curriculum Section' in 2004 to support our trainee teachers with a resource for vision impaired students.

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External view of some of the resources at our Conservatorium Library taken in 2005.

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Griffith University Associate Professor and Journalist-in-Residence, Matthew Condon, during a 2019 publicity shoot at our Gold Coast Library.

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A 1973 external shot of our Mt Gravatt Library entrance and building when our Mt Gravatt campus was controlled by the Queensland Government as a College of Advanced Education. Image courtesy of Queensland State Archives.

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A 2012 image at our Logan Library showing another large communal space that our libraries provide for our students.

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A view of our Nathan Library, the Undercroft and Johnson Path (distant background) taken in 1975.

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One of our staff welcomes students and the public to the Library during a Gold Coast campus 'Open Day' in 1998.

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A view of South Bank and Brisbane City is available for our students that visit our QCA Library as shown in this 2005 image.

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Some of our students listening to music on record players at our Conservatorium Library in 1976.

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Former University Librarian Linda O'Brien (left) and former Vice Chancellor Professor Ian O'Connor (centre) launch the Microsoft Tech Lounge at our Gold Coast Library in 2016.

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Library staff members (centre) with students at Logan Library celebrating the completion of their IAP (Introductory Academic Program) in 2017.

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Our students studying in the periodicals (magazines/journals/newspapers) section of the Nathan Library in 1975.

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Students enjoying the Microsoft Games Lounge at Gold Coast Library in 2017.

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One of our students visits the image collection room at our QCA Library in 2003.

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The entrance to our Mt Gravatt Library viewed in 2009.

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Students take a break outside our Logan Library in 2012 when the Library was part of the Information Services Division from 1988-2016.

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A 2008 image of our students using one of the many communal spaces offered at our Gold Coast Library.

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In 2005, our individual library numbers increased to seven in total with the opening (now closed) of the Centre for Medicine and Oral Hygiene Library at Southport on the Gold Coast.

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The Library and Griffith Review Lightning Talks event held in the Library's Collaboratory at Logan in 2019.

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Nathan Library foyer in the Willett Centre in 2016.

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Some of our students at work in the dedicated 'Curriculum Section' (for teacher training) at our Mt Gravatt Library in 2004.

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A library staff member conducts a public tour of our Gold Coast Library on an Open Day in 2004.

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