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 library has operated since 1974 to support the organisation's research and service initiatives.
The library is both a physical space located in Fitzroy, and a virtual space accessible via our website and library catalogue . We primarily serve BSL staff, but offer services to non-BSL community members as well.
COVID-19 update
Please note our services are currently limited owing to staff working offsite. Watch this space!
Services delivered by our professional specialist librarians include:
- 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 2000–2022)
- a reference library in Fitzroy, open to the public 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, inner-city Melbourne and beyond since the 1940s.
Read the most recent BSL Annual Reports
You may also access previous BSL Annual Reports in our library catalogue