The Asian language collections cover a broad range of formats and focus on contemporary Asia from the 19th century onwards 

The Friends of the National Library of Australia offer a wide range of membership categories to fit your situation.

There are numerous guides and bibliographies available to help you navigate the Library's vast collections.

Finding Aids are descriptive lists which help to show you the scope, content and size of a collection of items.

How to find and use items in the Manuscripts Collection.

The Volunteer Program offers you an opportunity to play an active role in supporting and promoting the work of the Library.

The music collection contains over 300,000 musical scores and the largest collection of music research resources in Australia.

While the National Library is unable to provide specialist advice on cataloguing, there are a number of online resources you can use.

The Library requests that you inform us if you wish to publish (reproduce, print, use online, broadcast, perform, display, include in a film, transmit, project, quote) a copy of an item from our rare and unique collections.

The Ray Mathew Lecture supports and promotes Australian writing.