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A new mandate for the digital age: implementing electronic legal deposit at the National Library of Australia

ALIA Information Online 2017 Conference, 13-17 February 2017 Sydney: Data Information Knowledge

This conference paper discusses the implementation of electronic legal deposit at the National Library of Australia.

Abstract: In February 2016 the legal deposit provisions in Australia’s Copyright Act were expanded to include digital publications and the public .au web domain. The result of twenty years of advocacy, the new provisions marks a dramatic shift in how Australia collects, preserves and makes accessible the full online publishing landscape.

Submission in response to the Australian Government Senate Inquiry into COVID-19, May 2020

This submission from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA), and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) presents how libraries across the sector have supported their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The submission also discusses the issues encountered and provides the following recommendations to the Senate Committee:

Job descriptions: Improving their currency, accuracy and usefulness

ALIA 1997 Library Technician Dunn & Wilson Scholarship, Lorraine Denny LibT ALIATec

This study was made possible through the Dunn & Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA), with sponsorship from LJ Cullen Bookbinders NSW, and Apollo-Moon Bookbinders Victoria.

This research project focused on examining job descriptions from an organisational perspective. The objectives of the project were to: