Russian Government to invest US$100 million in book industry
In Russia, the national government has announced plans to invest US$100 million (A$105 million) in the country’s book industry over the next five years, reports Publishing Perspectives. The new funding...
Vic govt announces recipients of third round of Living Libraries funding
The Victorian Government has announced the first recipients of the third round of funding from its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Minister for Local Government...
SLSA receives funding boost in state budget
The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) will share in an additional $18.2 million earmarked for the state’s major cultural institutions over the next four years. The South Australian Government...
NSW public libraries to share in $2.5 million funding boost
Public libraries across New South Wales will receive $2.5 million in grants in the latest round of the 2013 Library Development Grants and Country Libraries Fund. NSW Arts Minister George...
Grybowski appointed Australia Council CEO
Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski joined the Australia Council in 2007 and previously held the position of executive...
Becker: How the GST threshold on overseas purchases can be lowered to one cent
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker has written a blog post on the Council of Small Business Australia website calling for Australian leaders to ‘show some gumption’ and close the GST ‘loophole’. In...
Federal Government outlines Creative Australia funding in budget
The Federal Government has outlined its funding plans for Creative Australia, its recently released national cultural policy, in the 2013-14 Commonwealth Budget. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the policy includes...
Victorian Government announces $29 million in new arts funding, restructures arts funding processes
The Victorian Government has announced close to $29 million in new funding for the state’s arts sector in its latest budget. The government, which released its 2013-14 Budget on 7...
New funding for SLV announced in budget
New funding for the State Library of Victoria (SLV) has been announced in the 2013-14 Victorian state budget, released on 7 May. Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria said in a statement that...
Queensland Government research and information centre to move to SLQ
The Research and Information Centre (RIC) at the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) will move to the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) from 1 July 2013. As part...
NSW Government to replace public school library system, introduce state-wide ebook collection
The New South Wales Department of Education and Training has called for tenders for a new public schools library management system, which will include state-wide access to ebooks. The department...
International Library News
Penguin eases library ebook lending restrictions In the US, Penguin has announced that it will now make all of its frontlist ebook titles available for library lending at the same...
New Arts, Small Business ministers appointed
Tony Burke has been appointed as the new Federal Minister for the Arts and Gary Gray has been appointed as the new Federal Minister for Small Business. Prime Minister Julia...
Vic govt announces third round of funding for Living Libraries Infrastructure Program
The Victorian government has opened the third round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Libraries may apply for a maximum of $750,000...
New library services for western Victoria
A new library in Lake Bolac in western Victoria was officially opened in December. The $240,000 facility is the first permanent library for the town, which is located approximately 100km...
International Library News
UK Labour Party calls for national body for libraries In the UK, the Labour Party has released a policy report on the public library service that recommends the establishment of...
Johnson joins BICC
Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Lou Johnson has joined the Federal Government’s Book Industry Collaboration Council (BICC). Johnson replaces Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne on the council and as...
Government gives ‘in principle’ support to lowering GST threshold but rules out immediate change
The Federal Government has released an interim response to the recommendations made by its Low Value Parcel Processing Taskforce earlier this year, giving ‘in principle’ support for the recommendation to lower...
In brief
Fairfax Media donates 12,000 photos to NLA Fairfax Media has donated its collection of glass-plate negatives to the National Library of Australia. The collection includes 12,000 photos that have previously been...
Evaluation of National Year of Reading due in early 2013
An academic evaluation of the 2012 National Year of Reading carried out by Edith Cowan University in Western Australia will be released in March/April next year. Campaign organiser Sue McKerracher told...