We have a richly diverse mix of staff, including strong workforce representation of women, people with disability and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

The Asian language collections cover a broad range of formats and focus on contemporary Asia from the 19th century onwards 

The Friends of the National Library of Australia offer a wide range of membership categories to fit your situation.

There are numerous guides and bibliographies available to help you navigate the Library's vast collections.

While the National Library is unable to provide specialist advice on cataloguing, there are a number of online resources you can use.

The Library requests that you inform us if you wish to publish (reproduce, print, use online, broadcast, perform, display, include in a film, transmit, project, quote) a copy of an item from our rare and unique collections.

The Ray Mathew Lecture supports and promotes Australian writing.

The Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture highlights the work of Australia’s environmental scientists and writers.

This policy sets out the intention and direction by which the Friends of the National Library of Australia Incorporated (‘the Friends’) approaches and manages the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Clth).

When you might not need copyright owner permission to copy and re-use material