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The State Library of New South Wales, along with New South Wales Parliamentary Library and University of Sydney Library are entitled to "receive a copy of every book first published in New South Wales within two months of publication. 'Book' is defined in the Act as any book, newspaper, pamphlet, leaflet, music, map, chart or plan separately ...
In 1990 it was renamed to the State Libraries Council, with the membership including the CEOs of the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory Library and Information Services, and the National Library of Australia. [1] From 1992, the organisation became the Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL).
The public libraries in New South Wales are operated by local councils, in some cases cooperatively as "regional libraries". [9] There are 89 library services which operate more than 350 public libraries across the state. [10] All NSW libraries are governed by the Library Act 1939 [11] and managed financially by the State Library of New South ...
It contains millions of entries for books, journals and items in formats other than text, such as films, sound recordings, photographs, braille and audiobooks, music scores, computer files and digital material. It includes catalogue records from Australian and other libraries; Australian records are accompanied by location of the item.
The Newcastle City branch (sometimes just City Library) [23] is the main library and is located in the Newcastle War Memorial and Cultural Centre. The City branch includes the Lovett Gallery, a single-exhibition gallery which has had exhibitions on Paul Jennings , [ 24 ] Afgan Australian Stories in Threads, [ 25 ] Kakuda Nation Park, [ 26 ] and ...
The Library’s Biographical Project is developing existing stub articles about notable NSW people. It is also creating new articles. Articles are referenced from secondary sources including the Australian Dictionary of Biography and standard works from the library’s collections both published and unpublished.
Broken Hill City Library. The Broken Hill City Library is a remote public library in NSW, located in the far western region of New South Wales. The library provides services to residents living in Broken Hill providing access to books, computers and programs. The surrounding region of the Far West region including Central Darling Shire and the ...
The Australian Subscription Library was the first library to exist outside of private collections in Australia. Started in 1826 as the 'Sydney Australian Subscription Library and Reading Room' it shortened its name to the 'Australian Subscription Library' in 1834, and then in 1853 changed its name to the 'Australian Library and Literary Institute’.