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Government pledges funding for Trove

3 April 2023
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has welcomed the federal government's commitment to funding the library's digital archive, Trove. In its May federal budget, the government will commit $33 million...

ALIA welcomes library budget announcement

7 October 2020
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has welcomed the ‘positive outcomes’ for library and information workers announced in the Federal government’s 2020-21 budget. The federal government announced $31.2 million...

ALIA announces Covid-19 Relief Fund

6 April 2020
The Australian Library and Information Service (ALIA) has announced it will set up a relief fund ‘specifically to help members who are experiencing a reduction in income as a result...

NSW librarians warn of potential closures

13 November 2019
The NSW Public Libraries Association (NSW PLA) has warned that libraries may be forced to reduce services or close if current funding levels aren’t guaranteed in law and indexed to...

Green Square Library wins top architecture awards

13 November 2019
The architects who designed the Green Square Library and Plaza in the Sydney suburb of Zetland won two awards at the Australian Institute of Architects national awards on 7 November,...

ACT libraries to scrap fines

7 November 2019
The ACT’s libraries will abolish fines for late return of books from 21 November, becoming the latest locality to move away from the fines system, reports the Guardian. The ACT...

Thorpe wins 2019 ALIA Research Grant Award

30 October 2019
Kirsten Thorpe from the University of Technology Sydney’s Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research has received the $5000 ALIA Research Grant Award 2019 for her project, ‘National Survey on...

New Darling Square library to open next week

23 October 2019
The new City of Sydney Library at Darling Square will open on 28 October. The Darling Square Library occupies two floors of the six-storey Exchange building, which also has a...

Brisbane libraries ban Extinction Rebellion protestors

16 October 2019
Brisbane's LNP City Council has banned Extinction Rebellion activists from using the city's libraries to plan protests, reports the Brisbane Times. Lord mayor Adrian Schrinner put forward an 'urgency motion'...

SLNSW Children’s Library to open next week

9 October 2019
The Children’s Library at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) will open to the public for the first time on 12 October, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The Children’s Library...

Book industry orgs endorse Jolly Postman agreement

7 October 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have endorsed an industry agreement which enables libraries to...

‘Transformed’ SLV to open in early December

2 October 2019
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced it will open its ‘transformed’ library on 5 December, following a five-year, $88 million redevelopment. The redevelopment includes a suite of new spaces and...

Digital loans spike at Mackay libraries

11 September 2019
Mackay Regional Council libraries has reported a spike in its digital loans over the past year, reports the Daily Mercury. In 2018–19, the number of electronic loans of magazines more...

Gippsland library trials 24-hour access

11 September 2019
Foster library in Gippsland, Victoria, is running a trial to give its members 24-hour a day access, reports the Age. Members will use a swipe card to enter the library...

State Library of Queensland grant recipients announced

28 August 2019
The State Library of Queensland has announced the recipients of nearly $900,000 in state government grants, to fund Queensland public library initiatives. Close to $400,000 has been awarded to 16...

National e-deposit service launched this week

14 August 2019
The national e-deposit service (NED), a collaboration between Australia’s national, state and territory libraries, will launch at the National Library of Australia (NLA) this week. The project provides digital infrastructure...

ALIA calls for public access to Australian Standards

31 July 2019
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has called for a non-exclusive distribution model of Standards information in Australia, in its submission to the Standards Australia Distribution and Licensing Policy...