International library news
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Obama Presidential Library coming to ChicagoThe Obama Foundation has announced that the Barack Obama Presidential Centre, including the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum, will be based on the South Side of Chicago...
National Archives Digital Excellent Awards announced
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has announced the winners of its inaugural Digital Excellence Awards, reports PSnewsonline.The awards, which were presented to Australian Public Service innovators as part of...
NT government to fund new Library Management System
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
The Northern Territory government has committed $541,000 in its 2015-16 budget to fund a new Library Management System (LMS), which will be rolled out across the Territory’s libraries. The current...
Victorian government announces library funding
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
The Victorian government has allocated new funding to libraries in its 2015-16 state budget.In addition to the $55.4 million to support a major redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria...
International library news
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
American Library Association co-founds new copyright coalitionIn the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has joined nine national groups across the private and public sectors to form a copyright coalition...
Libraries urge caution over copyright changes
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Proposed changes to copyright legislation objected to by the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) are being scrutinised by a parliamentary committee after being introduced to the House of Representatives last month.The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015...
Bega Valley library staff to reapply for jobs under restructure
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
A major restructure of library jobs in the Bega Valley Shire in NSW was announced to staff last week following an external review, reports the Bega District News. According to...
International library news
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
US Children’s Book Council to help build prison nursery librariesIn the US, the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and the unPrison Project are building nursery libraries in prisons to help incarcerated mothers...
Queensland’s first train-station library opens
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
A book exchange has recently opened at a train station in Queensland, reports ABC News.The library, located at the ticket counter of Wacol train station in Brisbane’s western suburbs, opened three months ago...
ALIA board election results announced
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The results of the Australian Library and Information (ALIA) 2015 board election have been announced. Fiona Emberton and Ghylene Palmer have been elected as directors and will take up their...
$5m worth of rare books, $1.3m endowment donated to SLV
Friday, 17 April 2015
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has received a donation of over $5m worth of rare books and an endowment of more than $1.3m to help manage the collection.The collection of...
3M Cloud Library launches in Australia and UK
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
3M Library Systems has announced that it will expand its Cloud Library Digital Lending System to libraries in Australia and the UK. Libraries will be able to curate their own...
NLA to host major Chinese exhibition in 2016
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
The National Library of Australia (NLA) in Canberra will host a major new exhibition on Chinese life, culture and tradition in the first half of 2016, reports ABC News. The...
International library news
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
ALA reveals ‘most frequently challenged books’ in 2014The American Library Association (ALA) has released the list of most frequently challenged books in 2014. Topping the list is The Absolutely True...
International library news
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Pennsylvania university to lend ipads via vending machineIn the US, the Free Library of Philadelphia has partnered with Drexel University in Pennsylvania to install a vending machine that lends up...
Christchurch library designs unveiled
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
In New Zealand, the designs for Christchurch’s new NZ$85 million (A$83 million) library have been presented to the city’s councillors, reports Stuff.co.nz. The library is being designed by New Zealand...
NLA announces new fellowships
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced a new program of fellowships funded by more than $500,000 in private donations, reports PSnewsonline.The program is divided into four categories: National...
Evans Head Library to receive $34,615 upgrade
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
The NSW Government has committed $34,615 for the refurbishment of the Evans Head Library in regional NSW as part of the Public Library Infrastructure Grants program, reports the Northern Star....
International library news
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Second Lemony Snicket ‘noble librarians’ prize announcedIn the US, Scott Bonner, director of the Ferguson Public Library in Missouri, has won the second annual Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians...
SLQ teams up with Creative Partnerships Australia
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The Queensland Library Foundation has teamed up with Creative Partnerships Australia to raise funding for the State Library of Queensland (SLQ).Until 29 May 2015, every dollar donated to the SLQ...
International library news
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Library elending could cause ‘serious damage’ to booksellers, warns Booksellers Association CEOIn the UK, Booksellers Association CEO Tim Godfray has warned that free elending in libraries could cause ‘serious damage’...
Roberts to retire as SLV CEO and state librarian
Monday, 16 March 2015
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced that Sue Roberts will retire from her role as CEO and state librarian.Roberts will step down from the position in mid-April but...
Google Cultural Institute launches in Australia
Thursday, 12 March 2015
The collections of 14 Australian cultural institutions are now available online via the Google Cultural Institute of Australia, reports ProBono News. The Google Cultural Institute currently showcases 60,000 artworks from...
NSW library seeks dogs for reading program
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Lake Macquarie City Library in regional NSW is calling on pet owners and their dogs to participate in its Building Reading Confidence for Kids (BaRK) literacy program, reports Government News....
Little Free Library movement comes to Canberra
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Two ‘Little Free Libraries’, also known as ‘community book exchanges’, have recently opened in Canberra, reports ABC News Canberra. John Lovering, a former employee of the National Library of Australia,...
International library news
Thursday, 12 March 2015
New Humanities Open Book program to revive backlist titlesIn the US, the Andrew W Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are working on a pilot grant...
International library news
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
US libraries concerned about lack of Kindle ebook titles through OverDriveA number of US libraries have expressed concern that the majority of new ebook titles from library supplier OverDrive are...
Melbourne Cricket Club Library expands online services
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Library has replaced its library management system with Softlink’s Australian-based cloud-hosting service, Liberty. The new service provides online access to the library’s extensive collection of...
Proposal to cut WA state library hours
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
The State Library of WA (SLWA) is considering cuts to its opening hours, including closing the library on weekends and earlier during the week, in a bid to meet the...
NLA digitises early Chinese newspapers to mark Lunar New Year
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Three of the earliest known Chinese-Australian newspapers have been digitised by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and made available via Trove to mark the Lunar New Year, reports PSnewsonline.The...
