(27 Apr 2022) State Opera South Australia has this week launched a new digital library, the first dedicated library of Australian operas, as part of its continuing effort to preserve and protect the future of Australian works. The national online archive is a not for profit initiative and will host a collection of Australian operas…
(20 Apr 2022) collectionHQ has today announced that the new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Analysis module is available to public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Now, libraries in these countries have access to a comprehensive dashboard of information about DEI material in their collections to: Discover DEI content at a system wide…
The Western Australian government is looking to create a stronger and more sustainable public library system, with an emphasis in digital infrastructure and connectivity. (21 Mar 2022) A five-year draft strategy has been released as a joint project between state and local governments, centred on the three themes of strengthening communities, digital inclusion and valuing public libraries. …
(22 Feb 2022) The new Library and Student Experience Building at the University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) Inveresk Campus was officially opened today, signifying an exciting step for students and the communities of Launceston and Northern Tasmania. The new building is part of a $130 million investment by the Morrison Government under the Jobs and Growth…
(31 Jan 2022) For the first time in Australia, an assessment of the value of persistent identifiers to research is underway. Persistent Identifiers are vital to research because they create a persistent link to a location on the internet for journal papers, data, software, physical samples and grey literature. This facilitates citation, attribution, discovery and…
(18 Dec 2021) Australia’s first children’s art library will be established in the Art Gallery of NSW, part of refurbishment plans for the original Walter Liberty Vernon-designed building. The library for young artistic minds will open in mid-2022, bearing the name of its philanthropic donor, who for the moment remains a mystery. The literary…
(8 Dec 2021) Two years into the pandemic, what impacts have COVID-19 really had on Australian university finances and staffing in 2020 and in 2021? Our recently published research shows the impacts varied greatly across the sector. However, staff cuts appear to have been disproportionate to overall financial losses. About 10% of the university…
(6 Dec 2021) The Australian government said it will hand more than AU$47 million to digitise and preserve at risk archive material held by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), and seven other national collecting institutions, and to maintain the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove website. Of the total, NFSA will receive AU$41.9 million over…
(Nov 2021) The Open Research Toolkit was created by the Open Research Working Group, comprising representatives of the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). The Toolkit supports Australasian institutions to implement or further develop open research policy, strategy and practice. The Toolkit contains information, resources and good practice…
How a librarian’s trip to the car park planted the seed for a project to help people who can’t afford wifi. (31 Oct 2021) According to the 2021 Australian Digital Inclusion Index, 92% of Australians earning less than $52,000 a year would have to pay more than 5% of their household income to access a quality,…