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is the peak body for Australia’s national, state and territory libraries.

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Australian public libraries statistics 2018-19

2018-19 Australian public libraries statistics

The Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report for 2018-19 is now available. The report is a quantitative snapshot of Australia's 1,683 public library service points.

In 2018-19:

A woman holds an image of her uncle, Valentine Hare, one of the hundreds of Indigenous soldiers who served in World War 1

New resource: Working with Indigenous Collections

As part of our Culturally Safe Libraries Program, NSLA has developed a suite of online resources based around the ATSILIRN Protocols for GLAM sector staff working with Indigenous collections.
"Remember My Story" - State Library of South Australia's COVID-19 community collecting campaign

Collecting COVID-19

For NSLA libraries, the COVID-19 pandemic has called for a common collecting effort unlike any in living memory.

Recent resources

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Trove brings together content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations, including NSLA libraries.

Australia's national legal deposit service for electronic materials.

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