Inaugural Friends of the NLA Creative Arts Fellow announced
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Composer Chris Williams has been named the Friends of the NLA inaugural Creative Arts Fellow. Williams will receive $10,000 and undertake a four-week residency at the NLA in April. His...
International library news
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
EBSCO buys YBP Library Services from Baker & TaylorLibrary service provider EBSCO has acquired YBP Library Services from Baker & Taylor, which has owned the company since 1999, reports Publishers...
ALIA launches poll for Australia’s most borrowed books
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is asking its members to participate in a survey to identify Australia’s most borrowed books. The voting categories are adult fiction, adult nonfiction,...
NSW library to host international picture book exhibition
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Gosford City Library’s Erina branch in NSW will exhibit an international collection of 300 favourite picture books from 36 countries, as voted by librarians.The World through Picture Books exhibition was...
International library news
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Patterson the most borrowed author as lending drops in UK librariesJames Patterson was the most borrowed author in UK libraries in 2014 according to data from the Public Lending Right, reports the Bookseller. This...
Joint Australia-New Zealand library conference announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) have announced they will hold a joint library conference in Australia in 2018 and another in...
International library news
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
National digital library network gets government fundingIn the UK, a project to create a unified digital platform for library resources for all British public libraries has been announced in the...
2014 Softlink survey finds strong link between school library funding and literacy levels
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Results of the fifth annual survey on budgets, qualified staffing and literacy levels in Australian school libraries have been published. The 2014 Australian School Library Survey Report, conducted by Softlink...
ALIA Information Online 2015 innovates ‘at the edge’
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
More than 830 library professionals attended this year’s Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) ‘Information Online’ 2015 conference, held in Sydney from 2-6 February. The program included sessions on search,...
Woodberry and Allen awarded ALIA fellowships
Monday, 9 February 2015
Eve Woodberry and Margaret Allen were awarded fellowships by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) at the 2015 Information Online Conference last week.The ALIA board confers fellowships to members...
Cuts to physical books hit New Zealand schools
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Teachers in New Zealand schools will not be able to request specialist National Library nonfiction books from July, reports stuff.co.nz. In 2014, 16,000 teachers made 40,000 requests for almost a million...
International in brief
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Book Industry Study Group and American Library Association announce library surveyA major survey of public library patrons’ use of digital content will be produced as a result of a new...
ALIA launches FAIR: Freedom of Access to Information and Resources
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) launched the FAIR campaign at the Information Online 2015 conference in Sydney on Tuesday.Created by ALIA to bring together all of its advocacy...
Librarians among 2015 Australia Day honours recipients
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Librarians and library advocates are among the recipients of the 2015 Australia Day honours, which were presented on 26 January. Thomas Cochrane was awarded an AM for ‘significant service to...
Gallipoli diary transcribed by WA state library
Thursday, 29 January 2015
The war diary of WA soldier Captain Beresford Everett Bardwell is being transcribed by the State Library of Western Australia with help from volunteers, reports PerthNow. One of the first...
International library news
Thursday, 29 January 2015
British Library opens National Newspaper BuildingIn the UK, more than 60 million newspapers spanning three centuries will be housed in a new building in West Yorkshire operated by the British...
ALIA announces new VP and board candidates
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that Patricia Genat has been elected unopposed as its new vice-president. Genat, who is director of ALS Library Services and president of the Australia Booksellers...
NSW state library seeks digital expert
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The State Library of NSW is looking to hire a ‘director of digital experience and chief information officer’ who can transform the organisation into a ‘centre for digital excellence’, reports...
Library Lovers’ Day celebrations planned
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Libraries around Australia will be participating in Library Lovers’ Day celebrations on Saturday 14 February. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), which runs the initiative, offers a list of...
International library news
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Czech library network densest in EUThe Czech library network is the densest in the EU, according to a report in the Prague Post. Of the EU’s 63,000 public libraries, 5408...
WA state library gathers Indigenous stories through interactive archive project
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
The State Library of Western Australia has gathered 1700 stories about the state’s Indigenous people through its Aboriginal heritage online interactive archive project Storylines, reports Perth Now. Around 2500 photos...
International library news
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
NYC libraries to offer internet hotspotsThe New York Public Library is lending out 10,000 free high-speed internet hotspots valued at US$1000 (A$1223) to some of the city’s poorest residents, reports...
ALIA Fellowship awarded to WA State Library CEO
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded an ALIA Fellowship to the State Library of Western Australia CEO Margaret Allen.ALIA Fellowships are conferred by the organisation’s board of...
Political memoir, film tie-ins among most borrowed books in ACT libraries
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister (UNSW Press) was among the most borrowed books from ACT libraries in 2014, reports the Canberra Times. Other popular titles at ACT libraries...
In brief
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Farm catalogues sought by NLAThe National Library of Australia (NLA) is seeking old farm catalogues for its ephemera collection, reports ABC Rural. NLA’s ephemera officer Catherine Aldersey told ABC Rural...
International library news
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
National Digital Library to launch in Russia The Russian government has announced plans to launch a National Digital Library in 2015 that will give library branches access to wifi and the...
Fox and Lester top PLR, ELR lists
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Books by Alison Lester and Mem Fox have topped the lists of the highest scoring titles in the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes.Lester’s Are We...
In brief
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
NLA exhibition wins Canberra and Capital Region Tourism AwardThe National Library of Australia (NLA) has won an award for its Mapping our World: Terra Incognita to Australia exhibition at the...
SLNSW launches ‘Rediscovering Indigenous Languages’ website
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has launched a new website offering access to the records of 100 Indigenous Australian languages, many of which are considered to be...
International library news
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
NY Court hears dispute over Google Digital Library ProjectA lawyer for the Authors Guild has urged a federal appeals court in New York to force Google to reward authors for...
