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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
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
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.
Corporate Plan 2015-2019: Strategic priority 3
Strategic priority 3: Lead, partner, connect and excel
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.