NZ library to hold self-publishing workshops
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
In New Zealand, Paraparaumu Library is running a series of self-publishing workshops for aspiring authors, reports Voxy. Beginning in July, the workshops cover a range of practical topics, including using...
ALIA lobby group launches ‘cooking for copyright’ protest
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) lobby group FAIR is holding a Cooking for Copyright Day on Friday 31 July to protest current copyright law.FAIR argues that copyright law...
International library news
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
American Library Association releases national policy agendaThe American Library Association (ALA) has released a national policy agenda for libraries to help library advocates ‘engage actively in policy conversations with a...
Australian, NZ libraries nominated for international library award
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
The Library at the Dock in Melbourne and the Devonport Library in New Zealand have been nominated for the Danish Agency for Culture’s 2015 Public Library of the Year Award....
Melbourne’s newest public library opens
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
The Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton was officially opened on 3 July by lord mayor Robert Doyle after a $15.5 million refurbishment of...
NLA’s legal deposit scheme extended to include all digital media
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Changes to the 1968 Copyright Act, which passed through federal parliament last week, ensure that the National Library of Australia (NLA) will store all electronic media published in Australia, reports...
Australian Public Library Alliance releases elending report
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
The Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA) has released a report on elending in Australian public libraries. The report provides a snapshot of elending for January 2013, May 2014 and May...
International library news
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Ebook pricing discussed at American library conferenceEbook pricing was a key issue discussed at the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference, which ran from 25-30 June in San Francisco, reports...
NZ national library proposes centralised service
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The National Library of New Zealand may close its Palmerston North branch at the end of the year in favour of a centralised service, reports Stuff.co.nz. The library, which provides...
SLNSW collection valued at $3.5bn
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The State Library of NSW’s collection has recently been valued at $3.15 billion, an increase of nearly $1 billion since 2010.The collection is the most valuable library collection in Australia....
World’s largest atlas on display at SLNSW
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Earth Platinum, the world’s largest atlas, published by Australian publisher Millennium House in 2012, is on display at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW), reports ABC News. The atlas weighs...
International library news
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Canadian libraries protest high ebook pricesCanadian library organisations have launched a joint protest against the high ebook prices being charged to libraries by major publishers, reports GoodEReader. The Toronto Public...
Condom vending machines installed in Melbourne library
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Condom vending machines have been installed in the public toilets at Footscray Library in Melbourne, reports the Herald Sun. The library is the only council-owned facility to be part of...
NLA expanding obsolete computer, software collection
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is expanding its collection of obsolete computer equipment and software so it can access and preserve donations in outdated digital formats, reports ABC News....
Boer War records stolen from State Library of South Australia
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Security is being upgraded at the State Library of South Australia after the disappearance of more than 150 Boer War papers, diaries and artefacts, reports InDaily. The material, taken from...
Free WiFi, non-traditional services boost NSW public library usage
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
NSW public library usage is at an all-time high thanks to free WiFi and ‘non-traditional library services’, according to statistics provided by local councils for 2013/14.Physical visits to over 360...
SLV wins top international design award
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has taken out the award for ‘overall service design in public sector services’ in the international Good Design Awards, reports Government News. The SLV...
NSW State Library awards announced
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
The recipients of the 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 are...
International library news
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Ferguson wins US ‘Library of the Year’In the US, the Ferguson Municipal Public Library (FMPL) in Missouri has been voted the Gale/Library Journal ‘Library of the Year’ for 2015. FMPL was...
International library news
Thursday, 11 June 2015
UK elending pilot finds ebooks account for less than 5% of library loans In the UK, a 12-month pilot program into remote elending from urban and rural libraries has found...
Library professionals recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Several Australian library professionals were among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.Valmai Hankel was made Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Hankel was...
SA State Library partners with China’s Shandong Library
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) and Shandong Province Library in China have signed an agreement to ‘strengthen exchanges and cooperation, through sharing cultural and library expertise and knowledge’,...
Public Libraries of New Zealand receives NZ$160,000 funding for coding workshops
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Public Libraries of New Zealand (PLNZ) has received NZ$160,000 (A$147,000) from the Unlocking Curious Minds (UCM) fund to deliver coding workshops in libraries, the organisation announced in a statement.The UCM 2014/15...
International library news
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Vinyl record library opens in SeoulIn the South Korean capital Seoul, credit card company Hyundai Card has opened a library with more than 10,000 vinyl records available for the public...
International library news
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Open access coalition attacks ElsevierA new hosting and sharing policy introduced in April by publisher Elsevier has been widely criticised by a global coalition of academic, library and technology organisations,...
ALIA reveals most borrowed books
Monday, 25 May 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which...
International library news
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Chinese architect creates secluded beach libraryIn China, a 5000 square foot library has been built on a secluded beach that can only be reached on foot, reports the Daily Mail....
Swift ‘One Card’ system coming to Victorian libraries
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
The Swift Library Consortium has announced that the ‘One Card’ system will be available in all 100 Victorian public libraries that are part of the Swift group from 1 July...
New Devonport Library draws record numbers in first three months
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
In New Zealand, the new Devonport Library (Te Pātaka Kōrero o Te Hau Kapua) has recorded more than 93,369 visits since it opened in February, more than triple the number...
NSW Public Library Association collects 70,000 signatures for funding petition
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
The NSW Public Libraries Association (NSWPLA) has collected more than 70,000 signatures for its petition for a new public library funding model, saying the current system has reached a crisis point,...
