Created in celebration of Oral History Month, the Library's pop-up Oral History Pod is a cosy and private space created for you to record a special conversation. 

The Library's Dr Barbara Lemon joins esteemed oral historians, Dr Shirleene Robinson AM, MC Trey and Dr Barry York for a conversation about lessons on humanity, memory and the art of listening.

Join Dr Barbara Lemon, Bronwyn Ryan and Dr Scott McKinnon from the Library’s oral history team as they reflect on the process of compiling the extraordinary Australian COVID-19 collection.

The National Library of Australia (Library) currently stores part of the Asian Collection monograph, serials and pamphlet run (Collection Material) at the National Archives of Australia (NAA), Sandford Street, Mitchell ACT. The majority of this Collection Material is bound hardcopy monographs (books) and Journals/Serials in plastic slip cases and runs across approximately 8.2 linear kilometres of shelving.

Science Week with Future You and the National Library of Australia.

Learn about National Library of Australia Asia Study Grant Scholar Rima Febriani’s research exploring how ideas about sexuality developed in postcolonial Indonesia.

Explore the Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre exhibition online.

Dr Joy McCann presents her recent Fellowship research, focusing on Dr Isobel Bennett’s experiences as a trail-blazing female scientist in the mid-20th century.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and Ben Bowen present a lecture on the power of books, language and storytelling to strengthen culture and Community.