Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The library at Swinburne University’s Prahran campus in Melbourne is due to close as the campus prepares to shut down. The Prahran campus library is will close on 20 December. The library said in a statement...

Tuesday, 10 December 2013
A two-year review into Victoria’s public library system has recommended that a library card system be introduced across the state. The second stage report in the ‘Tomorrow’s Libraries’ review, conducted by the...

Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Volunteers to run Lincolnshire’s libraries in the UK Lincolnshire is the latest country in Britain to approve plans to give control of local libraries to community volunteers, reports the Bookseller....

Wednesday, 4 December 2013
The Library Shop at the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) in Brisbane has launched an online store. The online store opened to the public at the beginning of October. Library Shop...

Wednesday, 4 December 2013
The State Library of NSW has launched a $25 million fundraising campaign to ‘revitalise’ the Mitchell Library through corporate, philanthropic and individual donations. The library’s revitalisation project includes building new galleries, research...

Wednesday, 4 December 2013
LIANZA appoints Stone as leadership champion  The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) has appointed Lynley Stone as leadership champion. According to LIANZA, Stone will be ‘instrumental in the...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Children’s books most borrowed at new Birmingham Library Children’s books dominate the most borrowed list at the new Library of Birmingham in the UK, reports the Bookseller. More than 120,000...

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Wangaratta Library wins local business award The Wangaratta Library, a branch of the High Country Library in north-east Victoria, has won a local business award. The library was named the...

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The Salisbury Council is reviewing libraries and community centres across the Adelaide suburb of Salisbury, reports Adelaide Now. The committee conducting the review has released a preliminary report that outlines...

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Auckland City Libraries in New Zealand is the first local library to install an OverDrive Media Station, a digital touch-screen kiosk that allows library users to search for and borrow ebooks, audiobooks,...

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
New York Public Library acquires Tom Wolfe archive New York Public Library (NYPL) has acquired the archive of US journalist and author Tom Wolfe for US$2.15 million (A$2.35 million), reports...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) in Adelaide will introduce a technology ‘hub’ and expanded events program in response to falling visitor numbers outlined in the Libraries Board of...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has launched a new project commemorating World War I. The project, which will run from 2014 to 2019, will include an onsite collection,...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Brisbane’s ex-library books sold for charity Brisbane City Council will sell books sourced from its 33 libraries to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Queensland (CFQ) and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013
US librarians support Google book-scanning case verdict In the US, a number of library associations have publicly welcomed Judge Denny Chin’s decision to rule in favour of Google in the...

Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (A&U), Lost Voices by Christopher Koch (Fourth Estate) and Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany (Picador) were the most popular books nominated by...

Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Petition against Lincolnshire library closures attracts 23,000 signatures A petition against the closure of libraries in the county of Lincolnshire, UK, has attracted 23,000 signatures and is ‘almost certainly the...

Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Former Booker Prize judge to deliver David Scott Mitchell Lecture 2013 Former Booker Prize judge Rick Gekoski will deliver this year’s David Scott Mitchell Lecture. Gekoski, who was the chair...

Wednesday, 13 November 2013
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $550,000 over five years to fund a regional leadership program for library professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, called...

Friday, 8 November 2013
Books by Matthew Reilly and Mem Fox have once again topped the lists of the highest scoring titles in the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes....

Thursday, 7 November 2013
In Softlink’s fourth annual Australian School Library Survey, 81% of respondents have reported that their school library budget has remained the same or decreased over the past 12 months. The...

Wednesday, 30 October 2013
A number of libraries have received funding as part of the federal government’s 2013 Community Heritage Grants (CHG). In NSW, Campbelltown City Council Library received $13,610 for digitisation of the...

Wednesday, 30 October 2013
The University of Melbourne has acquired author and academic Germaine Greer’s lifetime archive, reports the Guardian. The archive, which is expected to arrive in Melbourne in July 2014, was acquired...

Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Iranian and German libraries sign memorandum to restore rare manuscripts The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the Berlin State Library have signed a memorandum of understanding to...

Wednesday, 23 October 2013
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has released a set of guidelines for libraries of government departments. The guidelines, which are available online here, cover all aspects of operating government...

Friday, 18 October 2013
Macmillan US makes backlist ebooks available to libraries In the US, Macmillan will expand its pilot ebook lending program for libraries to include its entire backlist, reports Publishers Weekly. The...