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Library of the Australian Speleological
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The Australian Speleological Federation Inc. maintains an extensive collection
of caving and caving related literature, as well as being the repository
for the Federation's Archives. The collection includes books, journals
and magazines, club journals and publications, maps, posters, artwork,
postcards, photographs and memorabilia.
The physical contents of the ASF Library are held at North Wyong NSW. Access to the Library is available to all ASF club members on request to the Librarian or a member of the ASF Executive. The resources of the Library exist to be used and everything except archive, reference and rare material is available for loan. Due to the ASF having member clubs all over Australia, an effort is being made to provide as much electronic access to the Library holdings as possible, and the Library would like to thank Rod OBrien from SUSS for donating an enormous amount of digital material to the ASF. Links can be found in catalogue entries where an item is available to view online. Some material will only be available to ASF members and you will need to log in to access this online (though we are still working on the login feature). The current ASF Librarian is Cathi Humphrey-Hood. The "About"
section of this wesbite has more details about accessing material. If you have any questions about the Library,
please contact the Librarian at
asf.caves.library@gmail.com
Dirk Stoffels from CSS has built a multimedia index to help with finding
DVD, video and photograph holdings while cataloguing is taking place: Latest News
The Explorers Journal is the
official
quarterly publication of the Explorers Club, and it is highly
regarded for high quality journalism, beautiful photographs and
excellent presentation. The two most recent issues are no exception, and
include articles on "Underwater Caves of the Kalahari" (3D mapping the
largest subterranean lakes in the world), "Courting A Restless Goddess"
(a brief account of the Nepalese earthquake in April 2015 by a climber
who was trapped above an avalanche), and "Magnificent Obsession" (about
a century of British climbing in the Himalaya). The ASF Library receives
hard copies of the Explorers Journal and the latest two issues have just
turned up in the PO Box. If you would like to look through them, please
contact the Librarian.
SUSS Bull No.60 August 2022
Samples from the Library:
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