ALIA to run digital storytime pilot in 2021
Australian publishers can opt to have new or backlist titles included in an Online Storytime pilot being run by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in 2021. The one-year...
ALIA welcomes library budget announcement
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has welcomed the ‘positive outcomes’ for library and information workers announced in the Federal government’s 2020-21 budget. The federal government announced $31.2 million...
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Pilot scheme allows free access to 1.5 million journal articles at public librariesIn the UK, a two-year pilot scheme will allow members of the public to access over 1.5 million...
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Toowoomba library to move to temporary homeQueensland’s Toowoomba City Library will move to a temporary home in March to make way for the redevelopment of the Grand Central and Gardentown...
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Public Libraries of SA launches Dads Read campaign Public Libraries of South Australia has launched the ‘Dads Read’ campaign, an early childhood literacy initiative developed by the State Library of...
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Penguin US ebooks available to libraries through OverDrive again Libraries in the US can now access Penguin ebooks through OverDrive, more than 18 months after the publisher announced that it...
Queensland school librarian wins CBCA award
Queensland librarian Judith Russell has been awarded the Dame Annabelle Rankin Award for services to literature by the Queensland branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Russell, who...
Council to end funding of Mount Gambier library
The Grant District Council in South Australia will cease funding the Mount Gambier Public Library, reports the ABC. The district council announced last week that its current funding provision of $130,000...
$9 million in funding for Toowoomba’s new library; new Gold Coast library to open this month
The Toowoomba Regional Council in Queensland has committed nearly $9 million in funding for Toowoomba’s new City Library, reports the Chronicle. The 2013/14 Budget includes $8.79 million in funding to...
New funding for SLNSW in 2013-14 Budget
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) will receive approximately $3 million in new funding as part of the NSW Government’s 2013-14 Budget. A spokesperson for the NSW Government...
Writers WA reinstates Writers on the Road program
WritersWA has announced it has been ‘able to reinstate our popular Writers on the Road program for 2012’ as a special initiative of the National Year of Reading, with funding...
Roberts appointed SLV CEO
The State Library of Victoria's has announced the appointment of Sue Roberts as its new CEO and state librarian.Roberts, who has 15 years' experience in strategic library leadership in the UK and...
Libraries campaign for ‘Year of Reading’ in 2012
A National Year of Reading will be officially launched in the week of 11 July, to coincide with the Australian Booksellers Association national conference, with the ‘Year of Reading' itself...