Thursday, 15 March 2018
An Australian Capital Territory school has seen a significant improvement in the reading levels of its students according to the latest NAPLAN results, thanks to a whole-school effort to foster...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The public library in Redbank Plains, near Ipswich, has shifted 25,000 books from its collection in order to clear more space for extra public computers and new meeting rooms, reports...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
A flash flood in Canberra has caused damage to books at Australian National University's (ANU) Chifley Library, with the library announcing it will be closed until further notice, reports the...

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Concept plans for the ‘long-awaited’ Gosford Regional Library have been released, reports the Daily Telegraph. Community residents are being asked to consider the two concept plans for the library and...

Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Newly appointed National Library of Australia (NLA) Indigenous curator Rebecca Bateman has highlighted the library’s ‘Bringing Them Home’ oral history collection, which holds more than 300 spoken-word testimonies from both...

Wednesday, 7 February 2018
The ABC will dismantle its sound and reference libraries throughout the country, and make 10 librarians redundant in order to free up floor space and cut costs, reports the Guardian....

Wednesday, 31 January 2018
A number of ALIA members have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Former ALIA president Margaret Allen was awarded a Public Service Medal ‘for outstanding public service to...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in regional WA has launched a free online movie-streaming service, for members of the William Grundt Memorial Library. Library members can access more than 30,000 films...

Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Australia’s most comprehensive index of live performances, AusStage, is in jeopardy due to uncertain funding, reports InDaily. AusStage has been funded by grants from the Australian Research Council’s research infrastructure...

Wednesday, 17 January 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) will host its annual Library Lovers’ Day on 14 February. The event will be launched by the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Books and...

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The State Library of WA (SLWA) has partnered with Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation to develop a project that ‘retraces and reinterprets’ John Forrest’s 1874 trek from Geraldton to...

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released its annual Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report for the period 2015-2016. The report found that total expenditure on public libraries increased from...

Tuesday, 12 December 2017
The Western Australian state government has announced an overhaul of the state’s 231 public libraries, including replacing a 1950s-era funding model, and introducing a single-library-card system for all libraries, reports...

Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Communications minister Mitch Fifield has told the Financial Review the federal government will introduce legislation extending safe harbour provisions to libraries, educational institutions and the disability, archive and culture sectors....

Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The City of Sydney will supply more than 180 new robotic and electronic kits to its libraries’ ‘makerspaces’, giving students and library patrons the opportunity to explore a range of...

Wednesday, 29 November 2017
A group of Middle Park residents are opposing the City of Port Phillip’s plan to remove hundreds of books from their local library, reports the Age. Middle Park resident James...

Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Port Phillip Council in Melbourne has voted to remove the books from its Middle Park Library to make space for more desks and laptops, reports the Herald Sun. The library’s...

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is working with the federal government to promote its Be Connected grants to support digital inclusion programs for older Australians. The grants, worth $20m...

Thursday, 9 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has unveiled the restored 1663 map of Australia by cartographer Joan Blaeu for the first time, after acquiring the map in 2013. The map...

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The directors of the National Library of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the National Archives of Australia have called for greater support to save 850,000...

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of the 2017 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program, including a number of libraries. In NSW, the Albury Library Museum received...