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

The 2023 Annual Academy of Social Sciences Symposium, Digital Society: Social science perspectives for a better future, explored critical issues surrounding our current and future digital world

The Library's access and inclusion policies and plans.

Find out how to use our eResources portal to access thousands of online journals, eBooks, newspapers, databases and more.

You can access the music collection both in the Library and online, and you can order your own copies through our Copies Direct service. Due to the unique and fragile nature of the collection many items are not available for interlibrary loan. 

We are committed to making our collections, exhibitions, building and events accessible to all Australians.

Brief descriptions of some of the more significant items recently added to the collections.

The National Library is recording interviews with a diverse range of Australians to ensure that stories of the COVID-19 pandemic are captured for present and future generations.

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The 19th century was the age of the English language boys’ adventure story.

Aerial photographs of Australia, the Australian Antarctic Territory and Papua New Guinea