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=Athenaeum Library= The Athenaeum library is located at 188 Collins St. At various times it has been a museum, theatre, film, gallery and library building. It was built in a Classic Greek style. It has over 6000 books and currently has a theatre, Comedy club, Ticketmaster, Bistro D'Orsay and the Opal Gallery facillities. It was founded as the first Mechanics Institute in Melbourne in the year 1839. In 1981 it was put in the Victorian register of historic buildings. It has been in function for 172 years. It hosted the first talkie and first feature film. =Caroline Chisholm Library= the Caroline Chisholm library is located at Mitchell House, Level 3, 358 Lonsdale St it is a theological lending library which specializes in Catholic and Christian literature, Church History, Hibernica, patristics, hagiography, spirituality and mysticism. The library is a Christian/Catholic Library with only two branches one in the CBD and another in Mitcham. There is around 24,000 book held in the main branch and they are able to be ordered at one of the two branches. To join the library you do have to pay for a membership of $40 dollars but the is free to browse. =La Trobe Library= Located in the La Trobe University Franklin St Campus (Located at 215 Franklin St), You are only allowed entry if you have a valid student id card. Most things can be found on their computers. Whatever can't be found can be ordered through the Document Delivery Service. Reserved or loaned books can be borrowed, but only in person. The computers have full versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel for use as the students require them. You need a University Username along with a password.



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