Access BSL’s Social Policy Library
BSL’s Social Policy Library provides an excellent social research and policy resource for the wider community sector, researchers, students and general public.
The Social Policy Library has operated since 1974 and has supported the organisation's research and service initiatives.
The library is both a physical space located in Fitzroy, and also a virtual space where we keep resources created by BSL and others in our library catalogue . We primarily serve BSL staff, but offer services to non-BSL community members as well. Please contact us with any requests or questions.
Social Policy Library
Services delivered by our professional specialist librarians include:
- a current awareness service, Source , with links to the latest material from more than 500 sources
- a searchable catalogue of some 8,000 items in our reference collection, including many electronic resources created by BSL and non-BSL authors (search here for BSL-authored materials spanning 2000-2020)
- inter library loans
- a reference library in Fitzroy, open to the public on weekdays by appointment
The Library also preserves the rich history of BSL through the curation of photographs, letters, diaries, newsletters, artefacts, publications and the informative Timeline of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence which provide a fascinating window into the fight against poverty in Fitzroy and inner-city Melbourne since the 1940s.
Read the most recent BSL Annual Reports
You may also access previous BSL Annual Reports in our library catalogue