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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 ...
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 ...
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 Newcastle Library informally began in 1945 after Roland Pope left in his will a collection of paintings and rare books to the City of Newcastle, with the wish that they be used to start a public library and art gallery. [9] The Newcastle City Library officially opened in the Cultural Centre on 21 October 1957.
Sutherland Shire Council adopted the Library Act 1939 (NSW) in 1952, [49] which provided free library services for people in New South Wales. [50] Cronulla School of the Arts offered their library space for the library-to-be in 1953. [51] Sutherland Library opened in 1953 in the home of a former doctor, with 8000 books. [52]
The service reaches north up to the Queensland border, west to the South Australian border, south to the Victorian border and east to over areas as far as Bourke, New South Wales. The Outback Letterbox Library is funded through the Library Council of NSW and operates in partnership with the State Library of NSW and Broken Hill City Council.
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.
Average library operating costs in NSW at the time were £0/10/4 per capita (In today's terms this equates to an approximate value of 10/- = $30.00, £1/0/0 = $60.00). So the status quo continued in the Blue Mountains, the public demand for library services was supplied by the various township literary institute libraries and by a number of ...