Nineteen NSW ‘super councils’ created after amalgamations
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The New South Wales state government has sacked almost 400 councillors from 42 councils and placed 19 new councils under administrators and interim general managers as part of its council...
NLA acquires inscribed copy of Patrick White’s first book
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has acquired an inscribed copy of Nobel Laureate Patrick White’s first book, Thirteen Poems, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. White’s mother Ruth published around...
Funds set aside for planned Clayton South library
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Kingston City Council has set aside funds in its 2016-17 draft budget for the planned $9m Westall Hub, comprising a library, child and health services and legal aid, in Clayton...
ALIA announces federal election agenda
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released its federal election agenda, which includes calls for action on literacy, unlocking historic documents and government-funded research, and further contribution to...
Knox Council sets aside $800,000 for temporary library as Westfield looks to expand
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Knox Council in Melbourne has proposed spending $800,000 on a temporary library to replace the current library, which will close to make way for an expanded Westfield Knox shopping centre,...
Restructure threatens jobs at Mornington Peninsula libraries
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Jobs at Mornington Peninsula shire libraries in Victoria are under threat due to a proposed restructure, reports the Mornington Peninsula News. Australian Services Union organiser Prescilla Schwalger said seven senior...
National Archives announces 2016 Digital Excellence Awards
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has announced the winners of the 2016 Digital Excellence Awards. The awards were presented to Australian National University (ANU) in the large agency category...
Western Sydney libraries to roll out multilingual library app
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Fairfield City Council libraries in Western Sydney will roll out a new multilingual library app in May, reports iTWire. Library customers will be able to use the new app to...
SLV receives $23m for new storage facility, annual funding boost
Thursday, 28 April 2016
The Victorian government has announced $23m in funding in the 2016/17 budget for a second State Library of Victoria (SLV) offsite storage facility in Ballarat. Currently, more than half of...
New Brisbane library to open on 24 May
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced the new Wynnum Library will open on 24 May, reports the Courier Mail. The library, which was first announced in August 2014, is...
Perth library moves to make way for Aldi supermarket
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Morley Library in Perth will close on 28 April and reopen on 16 May at a nearby community centre to make way for the construction of an Aldi supermarket store,...
ALIA board election results announced
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
The results of the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) 2016 board election have been announced. Monika Szunejko and Jane Cowell have been elected as directors and will take up...
State Library of NSW invites proposals to help digitise collection
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The State Library of NSW is offering the private sector access to its records and artefacts, in exchange for help digitising the collection, reports ITnews. A tender lodged on 7...
Victoria Park council launches Little Free Libraries scheme
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Town of Victoria Park council in Perth is rolling out a Little Free Libraries scheme to boost community literacy levels, reports Community News. The first of 10 mini-libraries, which...
Perth library cancels kids’ Harry Potter event after ‘overwhelming’ response from adults
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The City of Perth Library has cancelled a Harry Potter-themed event for children after ‘thousands’ of adult fans registered their interest in attending, reports WAtoday. The event, which included a...
Sunshine Coast library named one of the world’s ‘coolest’
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Australian trade publication the Urban Developer has named Noosa Shire Council’s Cooroy Library on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast as one of the ‘six coolest libraries’ in the world, reports the Sunshine...
NSW state library backs Broken Hill library relocation
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has sent a letter to the Broken Hill City Council in support of a proposal to move its local library into a...
Clarence Valley receives $132,000 grant to keep mobile library running
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The NSW government will give Clarence Valley Council a $132,000 grant to fund a new van for its mobile library service, which councillors have criticised for not offering value for...
Parramatta councillors approve plans for new town square library
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Councillors for the City of Parramatta in Sydney have endorsed the design of a $50m glass building to house a new library, as well as council chambers, offices and a...
SLNSW to commemorate Shakespeare anniversary
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The State Library of NSW will commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death on 23 April with a celebration to be headlined by singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. Other events include...
ALIA releases ‘Great School Libraries’ honours list
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) advocacy arm Freedom of Access to Information and Resources (FAIR) has released the honours list from its ‘Great School Libraries’ campaign. The 213...
ALIA renames ‘Australian Library Journal’, ceases publication of ‘AARL’
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has renamed the Australian Library Journal as the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA), and will cease publication of the...
Brisbane libraries invite tender for radio frequency identification systems
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Brisbane City Council libraries are inviting suppliers of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to fit out their libraries to track books, magazines and electronic media, reports the Australian Financial Review....
Clarence Valley councillors claim mobile library ‘not providing value for money’
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Councillors for the Clarence Valley in regional NSW have argued that the council’s $148,000 mobile library service is not providing value for money, reports the Daily Examiner. At a community...
New library for Sydney’s Darling Harbour
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The City of Sydney will open a new two-storey, 2225sqm library as part of the $3.4bn redevelopment of Darling Harbour, reports Business Insider. The library will take up two floors...
WA libraries to lose 62k books
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Western Australia’s 232 public libraries will receive 62,000 fewer books over the next two years due to state government funding cuts, reports Perth’s Community News. Around $1.6m allocated to purchasing...
NSW council proposes downsizing mobile library
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
The Clarence Valley Council in regional NSW has prepared a report recommending its mobile library service be downsized and eventually transformed into a digital-only service, reports the Daily Examiner. The...
New Perth city library opens
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
The City of Perth’s new $60m, seven-storey library on Hay Street in the CBD has opened to the public, reports the West Australian. The 3500 square metre library holds 16,000...
Wavesound launches ComicsPlus digital platform in Australia
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Audiobook publisher Wavesound has launched its ComicsPlus digital platform for libraries. The digital service hosts around 18,000 comics, manga and graphic novel titles from international publishers, including lead titles ‘Superman’,...
Keneally novel first ebook in NLA’s new digital collection
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Author Thomas Keneally has delivered the first ebook to the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) digital collection after new provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 came into effect on 17...
