SLV extends fellowships program with three new fellowships
20 February 2019
State Library Victoria (SLV) will this year offer three new fellowships alongside its regular fellowships program. The inaugural fellowships to be offered this year are: Photography Fellowship: offered to an...
‘Decolonisation’ project underway for Australian Dictionary of Biography
20 February 2019
The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) has embarked on a project to reassess and revise the contents of its earliest volumes and include entries for ‘missing’ women and Indigenous leaders,...
Australian libraries’ oral histories recognised by UNESCO
13 February 2019
Oral histories from five Australian libraries' collections will be added to UNESCO's Australian Memory of the World (AMW) national register. Drawn from the oral history collections of the National Library of...
Shortlists announced for 2019 Library Design Awards
13 February 2019
Nine libraries have been shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Design Awards for new and refurbished libraries. In the running are: Public libraries Bunjil Place...
State Library NSW launches short film prize
6 February 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has launched a short film prize to encourage filmmakers to engage with the library’s collection, reports ArtsHub. Films submitted to the Shortstacks prize must...
$2m donation to SLV funds new children’s quarter, literacy programs
31 January 2019
Philanthropists John and Pauline Gandel have donated $2 million to State Library Victoria (SLV) that will go towards the creation of free children's literacy programs and a dedicated children's space in...
Library advocates recognised in Australia Day 2019 honours
31 January 2019
A number of library advocates have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Long-term member of the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) foundation board Robert Thomas was...
New database to celebrate diversity in children’s books
17 January 2019
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literacy (NCACL) will this year launch a database for children’s literature, designed to help teachers, parents and readers to find books which highlight multiculturalism...
ALIA declares 2019 ‘Year of the Public Domain’; millions of unpublished items released
16 January 2019
Changes to Australian legislation that began on 1 January have given unpublished materials the same copyright term as published items, bringing millions of items into public domain. The Australian Library...
Lake Macquarie council proposes five-year plan to refurbish all library branches
16 January 2019
Lake Macquarie City Council, in the Hunter Region of NSW, has announced plans to overhaul the city's entire library service, reports the Newcastle Herald. According to Lake Macquarie City Council cultural services...
Pre-Christmas survey 2018: Sales stable for third year in a row
18 December 2018
Christmas sales are tracking at similar levels to last year for the majority of booksellers (60%), with slightly more stores (21%) reporting an increase in sales than those (19%) reporting a...
Margery C Ramsay scholarship recipients to research VR and augmented reality in libraries
12 December 2018
The State Library of Victoria has awarded to 2018 Margery C Ramsay scholarship to siblings Scott Mundell, from Yarra Plenty Regional Library, and Steven Mundell, from Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library...
SLQ conservator named 2018 Conservator of the Year
12 December 2018
State Library of Queensland (SLQ) conservator Kelly Leahey has won the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials' (AICCM) 2018 Conservator of the Year award. Leahey, who specialises in the...
Howard library opens in Canberra
5 December 2018
Australia’s first public prime ministerial library, dedicated to former prime minister John Howard, has opened in Canberra, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The Howard Library, said by organisers to be...
Tasmania abolishes library fines statewide
28 November 2018
Tasmania's libraries are abolishing fines for items that are returned late to library branches statewide, reports ABC News. From December 2018, failure to return books on time will incur penalties...
Nanango library to be upgraded for first time in nearly 60 years
28 November 2018
Queensland’s South Burnett Regional Council will soon be calling for tenders for the upgrade of the Nanango Library, reports the South Burnett Times. The building, which has not been upgraded...
Motorbike-riding librarians visit Bega on annual library tour
21 November 2018
Motorbike library-tour group Biblio Turismo has visited Bega library as part of its annual tour of New South Wales libraries, reports Bega District News. Between 8-11 November the group visited libraries...
Johnston awarded $5000 ALIA research grant for project on fake news
21 November 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded a $5000 research grant to Nicole Johnston, a lecturer in information science at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Johnston will...
Southeast Queensland libraries launch annual Christmas amnesty
14 November 2018
Brisbane City Council has launched its ninth annual Christmas amnesty to encourage the return of over 75,000 missing items, including 12,000 missing books, across Brisbane’s 1.4 million-item library collection, reports...
New Oran Park library wins 2018 Outstanding Community Project of the Year award
14 November 2018
A new $14 million library and community resource centre at Oran Park Town, NSW, has received the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue (the Dialogue) Outstanding Community Project of the Year award,...
NZ’s first suburban self-service library to open
8 November 2018
New Zealand’s first suburban self-service library will open in Whanganui East on the country’s North Island in January 2019, reports the New Zealand Herald. The new Hakeke Street Library, to be...
Libraries awarded 2018 NLA Community Heritage Grants
8 November 2018
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of its 2018 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program, including three New South Wales organisations that received grants for library collections. The...
State Library NSW announces partnership to make oral histories publicly accessible
31 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced it will partner with four NSW public libraries to make local oral histories from their archives available to the public. Central West Libraries, Ryde...
SLQ wins 2018 VALA award for innovation
31 October 2018
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has won an industry innovation award, presented by Victorian organisation VALA—Libraries, Technology and the Future, for its Tunley Braille Globe Project. The project involved...
State Library of WA showcases newly restored heritage films
31 October 2018
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) has begun a project to restore and digitise its collection of 14,500 films, reports the West Australian. In late October SLWA partnered with local...
SLWA releases 2018-2022 strategic plan
24 October 2018
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) has released its strategic plan for 2018-2022. The key objectives of the strategic plan include: to embrace digital transformation by creating easier access...
State Library NSW seeks UNESCO listing for Unaipon manuscript
24 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) will display a manuscript by Indigenous writer, inventor and polymath David Unaipon and is preparing a case for it to be given UNESCO heritage...
SLNSW 2019 fellowships announced
17 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the six recipients of its 2019 research fellowships, including the inaugural Dr A M Hertzberg Fellowship, which examines ‘the impact of globalisation...
New items at SLV’s World of the Book exhibition
17 October 2018
State Library Victoria’s (SLV) free World of the Book exhibition has reopened, with more than 300 additional items on display including some never-before-exhibited material. Rare books historian and exhibition curator...
NT library welcomes resident creative Fraser-Bell
10 October 2018
Emerging artist C J Fraser-Bell has commenced her residency at the Northern Territory Library (NTL), after being announced as one of four Territory artists to take part in the NT...
