Wednesday, 24 February 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is looking to cut or cancel key programs as it launches a major review of its services in response to federal funding cuts, reports...

Wednesday, 17 February 2016
The Richmond Upper Clarence Library in regional NSW has a new ‘state-of-the-art’ mobile library, reports the Northern Star. The $479,665 van was jointly funded by a $200,000 NSW Library Development...

Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Mackay Regional Council has signed off on a $5.6m contract with construction firm Fergus Builders to build the new ‘hi-tech’ Mackay City Library, reports the Daily Mercury. Construction will begin...

Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Libraries around Australia will be participating in Library Lovers’ Day celebrations on Sunday 14 February. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), which runs the initiative, offers a list of suggestions for...

Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Public libraries in Canberra will clear members’ fines in exchange for donations to the food rescue organisation OzHarvest, reports the Canberra Times. ‘During the month of February, members with overdue...

Wednesday, 3 February 2016
The opening of a new library in Toowoomba, Queensland, has been delayed by ‘a couple of weeks’ after an inspection found it was not fire compliant, reports the Brisbane Times....

Wednesday, 20 January 2016
A survey of more than 40 public library branches in Victoria has found that fiction was the most popular category among borrowers in 2015, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The...

Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Many NSW public libraries are expanding their digital collections and recording an increase in loans, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The City of Sydney now offers 10,000 ebooks for loan,...

Wednesday, 13 January 2016
The Australian Academy of Science has confirmed that its Basser Library and Fenner Archives in Canberra has closed, reports the Age. The library, located in the Shine Dome, opened in...

Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Report recommends ‘unified digital platform’ for English libraries The UK’s Chief Society of Librarians has released a report recommending a £20m (A$41m) investment in a ‘unified digital platform’ and an...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Rockhampton Regional library have introduced a mobile library unit at Rockhampton airport, reports the Morning Bulletin. The Anytime Library unit is the first to be introduced to an Australian airport....

Wednesday, 9 December 2015
City of Adelaide libraries have partnered with streaming provider Freegal to offer library users up to three hours of remote-access free music streaming, reports ABC News. Library members can access...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015
In Victoria, Bendigo South East College will make books available across its school campus rather than have them centrally housed in a library reports ABC News. Under the new arrangement,...

Wednesday, 2 December 2015
US study finds low levels of digital borrowing In the US, a new report from the Book Industry Study Group and the American Library Association has found that library users...

Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Workers strike over plans to convert libraries to gyms In the UK, workers at Lambeth Library went on strike last week to protest the proposed conversion of three of the...

Wednesday, 25 November 2015
The new Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, which opened on 21 November, is the first regional public library to connect to the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet). AARNet, a...

Wednesday, 25 November 2015
The State Library of South Australia has launched an art installation that projects images from its archival collections onto the external walls of the Institute Building at night, reports the...

Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Ebook loans from Danish public libraries set to double in 2015 In Denmark, more than one million ebooks are expected to be borrowed from Danish public libraries in 2015, double...

Wednesday, 18 November 2015
In Victoria, draft plans to relocate the Wangaratta visitor information centre to the library have been criticised by the Friends of the Wangaratta Library Action Group, reports the Wangaratta Chronicle....

Wednesday, 18 November 2015
On Saturday 21 November more than 1000 libraries around the world will celebrate the eighth annual ‘International Games Day @ Your Library’, a worldwide initiative supported by the American Library...

Wednesday, 11 November 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has partnered with the International Librarians Network (ILN) to offer ‘international peer mentoring’ for ALIA members. The ILN is a volunteer-run organisation that...

Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Report confirms importance of school libraries and librarians In the US, Scholastic has released a research report at the American Association of School Librarians’ National Conference confirming the importance of...

Wednesday, 11 November 2015
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of the 2015 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program, including a number of libraries. In NSW, the Waverley Council was awarded...

Thursday, 5 November 2015
The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) has published a discussion paper warning that thousands of hours of historical material on magnetic tape could be lost if it is not...