The volunteer program offers the community an opportunity to play an active role in supporting and promoting the work of the Library.

Policy for the consumption of food and drink by visitors in the reading rooms and other public areas of the Library.

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Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

Copyright is a legal right that gives copyright owners the right to control certain activities with their works.

Copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, however there may be additional legal and cultural issues.

The Chinese collection of the National Library is a rich source of information on the history, culture and current affairs of China.

Learn how you can search across millions of newspapers, journals, books, pictures, maps, and many other items from cultural, community and research collections around Australia.

Judith Wright, introduction by Meredith McKinney

The ISBN is a unique identifier for books used internationally across the book trade and library sector. Learn about ISBNs and how to apply.