Our Maps collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form.

The National Library endorses these position statements on copyright, issued by National & State Libraries Australasia (NSLA).

The Library introduced optional two-factor authentication for your Library login on 6 June 2024.

The Library actively collects new publications from Timor Leste, including books, journals, newspapers and government publications.

The National Library operates from 4 buildings: 3 in Canberra and one in Jakarta, Indonesia. These buildings house our collection of approximately 10 million items.

To find an out of print book you can start by getting in contact with a second hand/antiquarian bookseller.

The Kenneth Myer Lecture invites an eminent Australian to make a significant statement on a broad subject of interest to them.

The Seymour Biography Lecture provides eminent life writers with an opportunity to explore the business and craft of biography, autobiography or memoir.

The Ann Moyal Lecture is given by a distinguished speaker on a contemporary question that draws on such fields of knowledge as science, environment, ecology, history, anthropology, art, and technological change.

Calculating the copyright term for a given work can be complicated because copyright legislation has changed over time.