In this Q&A session NSLA Chair and IFLA President-elect Vicki McDonald, and NSLA’s Executive Officer, Barbara Lemon, shares highlights of the 2023-2026 strategy, and insights into the emerging trends that shaped its direction.
On 30 March 2023, the NSLA Board came together in Melbourne, fifty years to the day since the very first meeting of the State Librarians Council.
Legal deposit is a statutory provision which legally obliges Australian publishers to deposit copies of their publications in the National Library of Australia and in the state or territory library in the region of publication.
NSLA joins cultural organisations across Australia and a growing chorus of voices beyond the sector to ask for future funding to be secured for Trove.
In this discussion, the heads of three Australian libraries considered the responsibilities of libraries both as providers: ensuring access to safe public places, community connections, services and resources; and as collectors: documenting our experiences of crisis or disaster for posterity.
