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Honresfield Collection: Campaign to save precious Brontë manuscripts gets boost from anonymous donor

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Facts and figures

Approximately 10.25 million collection items 375, 308 new collection items Digital Total 2.4 petabytes of digital material 25,425 new items acquired in digital format (This figure does not include individual issues of magazines and journals acquired due to the implementation of National edeposit and the resulting data migration) Access and Usage 33.73 million visits to the National Library online 82,648 physical items delivered to users either in reading rooms or offsite via interlibrary loan or document supply 30,879 reference and information inquiries answered by Library staff 28.3 million visits to Trove 6.49 billion Australian and online resources available 25.63 million newspaper pages freely available online 361.06 million lines of text corrected Social Media

Artwork in the Main Reading Room

Artwork in the Main Reading Room The National Library of Australia s Main Reading Room houses a collection of sculptures and paintings inspired by Indigenous stories of the Australian landscape. Australian Landscapes I–IV Australian Landscapes I–IV 2000  ca.1998 ; 4 machine-embroidered tapestries, Main Reading Room Since 2001, four machine-embroidered panels by British textile artist Alice Kettle have been displayed in the Main Reading Room. Kettle estimates she used 5 million stitches over a period of 18 months to create the panels. Many of the fine threads are made from synthetic rayon and cotton. They ‘capture the luminescence of the shifting light and the brilliance of the landscape’.

Corporate Plan 2016-2020: Strategic priority 3

Corporate Plan 2016-2020: Strategic priority 3 Strategic priority 3: Lead, partner, connect and excel Actions in  Aspiration Actions Create value for library services and their patrons across all jurisdictions, regions and sectors by managing the research infrastructure that underpins access to the nation’s library collections. Leverage new provisioning and business model opportunities for Libraries Australia in a cloud-dominated library systems environment. With National and State Libraries Australasia, investigate the feasibility of shared digital library infrastructure, especially to facilitate a national approach to e-legal deposit and collaborative archiving of government websites. Extend this value to the gallery, archives, museum and research sectors through sustainable collaboration enhancing access to, use of and engagement with Australia’s cultural and research collections.

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