SLNSW and NLA readers cards and eResources links
There are now links to the eResources pages of the State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia on our Premium Sites page. Let your patrons know that they will find there instructions on how to get a reader’s card in order to access a wider range of online databases. Here is the added [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Bringing Them Home oral history interviews
To mark the second anniversary of the apology to members of the Stolen Generations, the National Library has launched a special website featuring the oral history interviews with people who were involved in or affected by the removal of Indigenous children from their families. The aim of the project has been to collect and preserve the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program update
10 million articles now available. The millionth page was made publicly available on 14 December 2009, marking a project milestone. The millionth page contained the 10 millionth article. This was a 1901 edition of the Sydney Morning Herald. There will be 40 million articles available by 2011. Digitisation continues at an increasing pace. The Sydney [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Trove: One stop search
You may have followed this project and it is now live. The National Library of Australia has launched TROVE: “a new discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians” which “supplements what search engines provide with reliable information from Australia’s memory institutions.” If you’re looking for anything related to Australian social sciences, literature, local or family [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Readers cards from the National and State libraries
Get one for yourself and encourage your patrons to get a reader’s card from the National Library of Australia. It gives remote access to a number of online databases to complement the ones we have and the ones offered by the State Library of NSW. Get a NLA reader’ card here and a SLNSW one [...]
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