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The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of ...
The first NSLA meeting was held at the State Library of Western Australia in September 2006. [1] At the November 2017 meeting, NSLA developed a new strategic plan and business model, deciding to focus on Australian constituents and stakeholders, and from 2018 the name became National and State Libraries Australia. [1]
The following is an index of lists of libraries in Australia, categorized by state or territory. List of libraries in Australian Capital Territory; List of libraries in New South Wales; List of libraries in Northern Territory; List of libraries in Queensland; List of libraries in South Australia; List of libraries in Tasmania; List of libraries ...
This is a list of libraries in the Australian Capital Territory. As the territory contains Australia's capital city, Canberra (which takes up a significant amount of the territory), the ACT contains many of the libraries which are part of government organisations. National Library of Australia, 6,496,772 items held, largest library in Australia ...
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), formerly the Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia, is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Founded in 1937, its headquarters are in Canberra.
State Library Victoria (SLV) is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne , it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library , making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world.
The library contains over 6 million items including more than 2 million books, 1.2 million microforms, 1.1 million photographs, as well as newspapers, maps, architectural plans, manuscripts and other items. [62] It is part of the PANDORA web archiving project of the National Library of Australia [63] and also collects born digital material. [64]
The Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD), formerly part of the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) and for some years renamed Kinetica, is a national shared library cataloguing network, hosted by the National Library of Australia.