ALIA National 2016 Conference
ALIA National 2016 will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Australia from 29 August to 2 September 2016. The announcement is here.
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Australia’s favourite library books
(25 May 2015, Canberra) Thrillers, crime, humour, fantasy, science fiction, cookery, biography and contemporary literature all featured in the lists of Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015, announced today by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), at the start of Library and Information Week (25-31 May). Library and Information…
Sports library case study – Melbourne Cricket Club
(15 May 2015) The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Library was founded in 1873 and serves as a comprehensive Reference Library for MCC members, their guests and the media on match days and to the general public and researchers by appointment on nonmatch days. The library houses over 200,000 resources relating to national and international cricket,…
Need help with referencing?
(6 May 2015) The University of Canberra Library has posted online its UC Referencing Guide. It covers AGLC, APA. Chicago, Harvard and Vancouver styles. Take a look here.
2015 APLAP meeting
(28 April 2015) The 2015 meeting of the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific takes place 30 November to 3 December 2015, at Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. More here.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is celebrating 20 years of kids learning to read with over 66,000,000 books mailed
(23 April 2015) Dolly Parton’s global book gifting organization, Imagination Library, is celebrating 20 years and over 66 million free books mailed to children in USA, UK, Canada and Australia. PRWeb has the story. Visit the Imagination Library website.
ORCID Joint Statements launched in Australia
(22 April 2015) On 14 April 2015 at an ORCID Implementers Roundtable in Canberra, the Joint Statement of Principle: ORCID – Connecting Researchers and Research was launched by representatives of Universities Australia (UA), the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS), the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). The statement,…
NSLA to begin infrastructure projects
(21 April 2015) As part of the ‘shared solutions’ strategy in its new strategic plan, National and State Libraries Australia agreed to begin several infrastructure projects, notably a joint evaluation of a digital preservation solution, and an initial investigation of an integrated approach to digital legal deposit. The first phase of these projects will run…
UTS Library’s Artists-in-Residence investigate the library retrieval system
(21 April 2015) UTS Library began an Artist-in-Residence Program in 2012 to bring in the artistic talents of creative people to inject playfulness, art and culture into all aspects of the Library’s operations. This year, artists Elisa Lee and Adam Hinshaw were tasked with interpreting and responding to the Library Retrieval System (LRS). The LRS…
Extraordinary rare book collection donated to State Library of Victoria
(17 April 2015) One of the world’s great rare book collections has been donated to the State Library of Victoria, Australia. Valued at over $5 million, the collection encompasses more than 5,000 volumes from the 15th to 18th century, including political, religious, philosophical and literary works. The collection was amassed over 40 years by the…