Monday, 28 April 2014
Library resource provider EBSCO has announced a restructure of its Australian and New Zealand business following the merger of its Information Services and Publishing businesses in July 2013. ‘Following an...

Thursday, 24 April 2014
A new guide to government archival records of Aboriginal people in Victoria has been released, reports PS News. The guide, called walata tyamateetj, or ‘carry knowledge’ in the Gunditjmara language...

Wednesday, 16 April 2014
ALA names top 10 most ‘challenged’ books in US libraries for 2013The American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of the top 10 most ‘challenged’ books in US libraries in 2013. The most challenged...

Wednesday, 16 April 2014
In response to community feedback, the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced a revised plan for its forthcoming changes to the Mitchell Library. According to a statement from the...

Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Brisbane City Council Libraries releases annual book club listBrisbane City Council Libraries has released its annual Top 40 Book Club Reads to help book clubs with their reading selections. The list,...

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Mitchell Library petition attracts over 9000 signaturesAn online petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has attracted over 9000 signatures. As previously reported...

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Five staff at the Bendigo TAFE library in regional Victoria were made redundant in November, including a staffer who was named Victorian Librarian of the Year in 2013, reports the...

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Four libraries to reopen in NewcastleIn the UK, four libraries in Newcastle, England, are set to reopen, reports the Bookseller. In early March, Newcastle City Council approved a plan to...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
ACT to close mobile-library serviceCanberra’s mobile-library service will cease operations in July due to a decline in borrowing, reports the Canberra Times. The ACT Government flagged cuts to the service...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Hobsons Bay City Council in Melbourne has scrapped plans to exclude print books from a new library’s collections, reports the Age. According to the Age, the Hobsons Bay City Council...

Tuesday, 1 April 2014
The National Library of Australia and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) will host a joint conference in Canberra on 19-20 May 2014.The conference, which organisers...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
The New South Wales Public Library Association has launched a campaign calling for increased state government funding of public libraries in NSW, which it says are ‘at crisis point’.The association—a...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
NSLA develops new position statement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library servicesThe Indigenous project group of National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released a new position statement for...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
A new online library for resources relating to Building Information Modelling (BIM) will be developed by the Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) and the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC),...

Tuesday, 25 March 2014
‘Library Journal’ publishes list of 2014 ‘Movers and Shakers’In the US, Library Journal has released this year’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ list of influential library professionals. The 2014 list, which is...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Report finds two-thirds of Americans engaged with public librariesThe Pew Research Center in Washington DC has released a report on library use in the US that states that more than two-thirds...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014
ALIA National Conference program announcedThe Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released the program for its National Conference, which runs from 15-19 September. Keynote speakers at the conference are British Library chief...

Thursday, 13 March 2014
In Melbourne, the Hobsons Bay Council has agreed to form an advisory subcommittee to oversee the development of a new public library in Newport after a community campaign was launched...

Thursday, 13 March 2014
UK and French libraries launch pilot ‘twinning project’Church Street Library in London, UK, and Place des Fêtes Library in Paris, France, have launched a pilot ‘twinning project’, reports the Guardian....

Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Four new members have been appointed to the Library Board of Queensland, including vice-chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland Jan Thomas, who will chair the board. Queensland state librarian...

Wednesday, 5 March 2014
UK public library elending pilot announcedIn the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) and the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) have announced a year-long public library elending pilot. Four public library...

Wednesday, 5 March 2014
The Federal Government has pulled $1 million of funding from the construction of a new $6.95 million library in Tarneit in Victoria, reports the Herald Sun.  The former Federal Labor Government announced...

Wednesday, 5 March 2014
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and the Auckland Museum have announced the recipients of this year’s NZSA Auckland Museum Library Research Grants.Christchurch writer Jenny Haworth is the recipient...

Wednesday, 26 February 2014
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has responded to a petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library by publishing a Q&A on its website. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...