This year marked the conclusion of one of the largest technology projects ever undertaken by the National Library of Australia, with the organisation completing an overhaul of its core digital library ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Australia’s cities are investing in new libraries designed for ...
“The Australian Web Archive [AWA] is one of the biggest in the world. And when we say big, we mean enormous,” says director general of the National Library of Australia, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres. The new ...
Libraries Australia, a service that enables anyone with an Internet connection to select from more than 40 million items held in over 800 libraries across the nation, was launched at 12.30pm Monday 27 ...
The Australian Government has amended the Legal Deposit law that says all physical works published in Australia must have a copy deposited with the National Library. This ensures that there is a ...
The bicentenary of a library founded in 1826 under governor Ralph Darling – books set against the dust of a penal outpost – ought to invite a measure of historical perspective. But at the State ...
E-readers are more and more popular – but Australians are slow to take up the option of borrowing e-books from public libraries. Steve Walker, CC BY-ND What place do e-readers – and in particular ...
TL Robertson Library Renovation. Image Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen As the team states, for the past 47 years the TL Robertson Library at Curtin University in Perth, Australia has stood as an ...
On the celebration of this year’s World Book Day, The News South Wales State Library, Australia’s oldest library, said is making efforts to promote reading and literacy throughout the community. The ...