Yule pick up a bargain this year at our Bookshop Christmas shopping evening!

In 2022, Australian writer, academic and gay rights campaigner Dennis Altman was interviewed by Robert Reynolds for the National Library's Oral History collection.

Explore these book recommendations from the National Library staff to help library lovers of all ages get in the Library Lovers’ Day spirit!

Facilities and access

Poetry Lounge was back by popular demand! In celebration of UNESCO World Poetry Day and Women's History Month, we held an informal, online poetry evening honouring our wonderful Australian women poets.

The ISSN is a unique code for the identification of serial publications. Apply for a new ISSN, let us know about a change in serial details and learn more about how ISSNs work.

An ISMN is a 13-digit number that is used to uniquely identify notated music publications anywhere in the world. Learn about how to get a free ISMN.

Interested in adding more non-fiction books to your reading list? Check out these recommendations from staff at the National Library.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has advised the National Library of Australia that a small number of National Library and Trove login credentials were involved in a data breach.

To coincide with our exhibition Viewfinder: Photography from the 1970s to Now, we partnered with PhotoAccess ACT for a special school holiday workshop.