Libraries and Galleries
Libraries:
University Library is the central libraries network of RMIT. It has five locations across RMIT's three Victorian campuses. The Swanston Library, located in Building 8 at the City campus, is the largest in the network. Swanston Library is also reported to be amongst the top five libraries in all of Melbourne. Other libraries in the network are the Brunswick Library, Bundoora East Library, Bundoora West Library and Carlton Library (the latter of which is also at the City campus). The City campus also benefits from its proximity to the State Library of Victoria - the central public reference library and the largest library in Melbourne.
Two libraries are located at RMIT's Vietnam campuses; Beanland Library and Hanoi Library. The Beanland Library is the largest of the two libraries, and is located at the Ho Chi Minh City campus.
Selected research of RMIT academics can be accessed through its Research Repository - a freely accessible databank of peer-reviewed published articles, conference papers, books and book chapters, etc. Documents held by the Repository are also indexed by Google Scholar, National Library of Australia and WorldCat. As of 2012, there are more than 16,000 documents in the Repository. The university subsidiary RMIT Publishing also owns and operates the Informit library database of research from Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
In addition to its libraries network, RMIT schools also maintain their own specialised collections. Notable examples of school-maintained collections are the AFI Research Collection, RMIT Design Archives and National Aerospace Resource.
Galleries:
The university's major public art gallery is RMIT Gallery, located at the City campus. The gallery runs a highly regarded and regularly changing program of Australian and international exhibitions, and focuses on contemporary art, design and visual culture. It is located in the historic section of Storey Hall on Swanston Street and is considered to be one of Melbourne's most vibrant art galleries. RMIT Gallery publishes widely on art and design research - in partnership with RMIT Publishing. The gallery is also charged as the caretaker of RMIT's extensive permanent art collection, which includes the substantial Linsday Edwards Collection of fine art and invaluable W.E. Macmillan Collection of gold and silver. A history of the collection is documented in the publication A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT.
The campus union RMIT Link operates First Site Gallery at the City campus, located beneath RMIT Gallery, and focuses on emerging artists. Link also runs the Artland program at the Brunswick campus. The program consists of 16 sites around the campus and Brunswick streets showcasing work of design students.
In addition to the Story Hall galleries, RMIT schools also manage their own discipline-relevant galleries. Notable examples of school-managed galleries are the School of Art's main and Project Space galleries, Media and Communication's field36 Gallery, Architecture and Design's Virtual Reality Centre and Design Hub galleries. The School of Art's renowned public art program also produces art projects in public spaces around RMIT campuses and Melbourne's city centre and metropolitan area.
The independent arts research hub MetaSenta runs the DrawingSpace experimental gallery based at the City campus. The gallery is co-funded by the RMIT Design Research Institute and is part of the Global Centre for Drawing.
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