ALIA calls for more teacher-librarians after flat NAPLAN results
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has called for greater emphasis on attracting, training and employing qualified teacher-librarians, after the 2016 NAPLAN national test results showed no significant change...
Melbourne library could be shut for being ‘too small’: council
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Hampton library in Melbourne’s south-east suburbs could be closed by Bayside council following a review into the municipality’s library services which found the library to be too small, reports the...
Schwirtlich receives ALIA’s Redmond Barry Award
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded the prestigious Redmond Barry Award to National Library of Australia (NLA) director-general Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. Schwirtlich will be presented with the award at...
ALIA Information Online conference 2017 draft program released
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released the draft program for its 2017 Information Online conference, which runs from 13-17 February in Sydney. The keynote speakers confirmed for...
Lithium-ion battery storage system to be installed at SA State Library
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
A lithium-ion battery storage system will be installed at the State Library of South Australia as part of the South Australian government’s $1m renewable energy program. Adelaide-based company ZEN Energy...
Authors announced for Brisbane council’s writer in residence program
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
The authors participating in the Brisbane city council’s $100,000 writers in residence program, designed to use bestselling authors to promote reading and writing, have been announced. The authors participating include...
Public libraries engage Pokemon Go fans
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
The release of smartphone app game Pokemon Go has resulted in several Australian public libraries becoming ‘sought after’ locations for players, with some libraries actively using the game to attract...
ALIA warns of ‘potentially critical’ shortage of health librarians
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
A new report from ALIA Group Health Libraries Australia (HLA) has found a potentially critical shortage of health librarians. The census report found that for every seven health librarian retirees...
NLA launches new online bookshop
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has launched a new online bookshop. The redesign features an improved layout and mobile friendly browsing, with new Australian releases given prominent placement on...
NT government to consult community on libraries to inform library funding, service decisions
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
The Northern Territory Government and the Northern Territory Library will undertake a consultation in the second half of 2016 to determine what the community wants from library services. The consultation...
Perth Library takes top Architecture Award
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The City of Perth library, which opened in March this year, has shared the top prize at the 2016 WA Architecture Awards, reports WAToday. The library and the nearby State...
WA inter-library loan program restored
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Western Australia’s inter-library loan program has been restored to a twice-a-week service following the program’s suspension last week, reports the Australian. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the courier van service...
Two Australian libraries nominated for World’s Best Public Library
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The Geelong Library and Heritage Centre in Victoria and Success Public Library in Western Australia have been nominated for the Danish Agency for Culture’s 2016 Public Library of the Year...
New POD braille printer opens at SA school library
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A new braille printer installed at the South Australian School for Vision Impaired in Adelaide will be used to print textbooks, fiction titles and other tactile books for vision-impaired students...
Libraries the best-performing council service according to Victorian survey
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The Victorian state government’s ‘2016 Community Satisfaction Survey’ report shows that libraries are the best-performing council services according to ratepayers. ‘Art centres and libraries’ scored 72 out of 100 to...
Changes to NZ National Library school loans system causing delays
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A change to the way the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) loans books to schools has led to delivery delays of up to eight weeks, frustrating teachers and librarians across...
Librarians, members angered after Perth inter-library loan service suspended
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Council libraries in Western Australia are urging their members to complain about cuts to funding for inter-library loans to Culture and Arts Minister John Day, following the service’s suspension across...
ALIA welcomes ALP pledge to restore Trove funding
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has welcomed the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) pledge to return funding to the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove platform. The ALP has...
NSW Library Council honours announced
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The recipients of the 2016 Honours of the Library Council of NSW have been announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of NSW. Established in 2014, the honours...
WA State Library, Curtin University launch ‘Historical Panoramas’ site
Thursday, 16 June 2016
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) and Curtin University have launched a ‘Historical Panoramas—Perth and Fremantle’ website using old photos from the library’s collection, reports Community News. The joint...
Librarians recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Several members of the library sector were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, announced on 6 June, reports ALIA. Incoming president of the Library Council of NSW George Souris was...
SLQ appoints new state librarian and CEO
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Vicki McDonald has been appointed state librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). McDonald has been executive director of library and information services at State Library of...
Access to Australian Standards removed from libraries after negotiation breakdown
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) and all Australian state libraries will no longer have online access to Australian Standards publications after unsuccessful negotiations between licensees SAI global and National...
Renewed push for $11m Armidale war memorial library
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The administrator for Armidale Regional Council in rural NSW has put plans for a $11m war memorial library first floated in 2012 ‘back on the agenda’ by offering support for...
Perth library wins silver at Green Library awards
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Success Public Library in the City of Cockburn in Perth’s southern suburbs will be presented with a silver medal at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ Green Library...
Czerwiec awarded F A Sharr prize
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
University of Western Australia (UWA) librarian Chloe Czerwiec is the recipient of this year’s F A Sharr Award, presented to a WA librarian or library technician in their first three...
Byrne to retire as NSW State Librarian, CEO
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Alex Byrne will retire as NSW State Library CEO and state librarian in September after five years in the position, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Byrne was appointed in 2011...
Docklands library honoured with Development of the Year award
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Library at the Dock at the Docklands, Melbourne, has won the Development of the Year award at the Property Council of Australia Victorian awards, reports the Urban Developer. The library,...
ALIA reveals Australia’s most borrowed library books
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2016 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which...
Jobs lost at Mandurah libraries after self-service system adopted
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Three full-time positions at Mandurah City Council libraries in Western Australia will be lost following the adoption of a new book self-service check-out system, reports the Mandurah Mail. The city...
