Our community
Australians have an appetite for stories, culture, knowledge and ideas from Australia, and the wider world. Australians value opportunities to encounter, debate, use and produce new knowledge. Their preferences for how they do so will evolve but they expect digital access to be the norm.
The Library recognises that the wide availability of digital content and the ease with which Australians can access it means there is significant competition for the time and attention of our audiences. However, the Library’s experience over the last ten years is that the Australian cultural content it collects and makes available reaches new, larger and more diverse audiences every year. The Library expects to welcome a growing number of physical and virtual visitors, see signficant growth in the use and re-use of online content, facilitate increasing use of its unique and rare collections, and reach diverse communities in Australia’s cities and regions.
Our community
Australians have an appetite for stories, culture, knowledge and ideas from Australia, as well as from the wider world. The Library will welcome a growing number of physical and virtual visitors, see significant growth in the use and re-use of online services and content, facilitate increasing use of its unique and rare collections, and reach diverse communities in Australia’s cities and regions.
Australians value opportunities to meet, debate, consume and produce new knowledge, and to give free rein to creative expression. Their preferences for how they do so will evolve but they expect digital access to be the norm. This has and will transform what is possible and what is desirable from the Library as the lines between collection, curation and access and those between the producers and users of these services are increasingly blurred.
Asia Study Grants
2019 Asia Study Grants recipients: Toshiki Asakura-Ward, Shan Windscript, Ravando Lie and Thomas Barker (left to right). Photograph: Brenton McGeachie
Asia Study Grants
2022 Guidelines
With the support of the Harold S. Williams Trust Fund and private donors, the Asia Study Grants program provides researchers and PhD students the opportunity to engage with the National Library of Australia s Asian language and Asia-related collections. Six grants will be available in 2022. These grants offer a four-week period of intensive research at a negotiated time during 2022, where scholars have privileged access to the Library’s materials, facilities and staff. More information on our rich and varied Asian collections is available
Corporate Plan 2015-2019: Strategic priority 1
Strategic priority 1: Build the nation’s memory
Aspiration
Actions
Enable Australians to understand their diverse social, cultural and intellectual histories by collecting and preserving Australian publications and unpublished collections in print and digital forms so that they can be enjoyed by current and future generations.
Complete building the Library’s innovative digital library platform to ensure that Australia’s documentary heritage, in all forms, can be acquired, managed for long-term access, and delivered to and used by the public.
Ensure the successful implementation of legal deposit legislation for digital publications by establishing appropriate policies, systems and workflows.
Corporate Plan 2016-2020: Strategic priority 1
Strategic priority 1: Build the nation’s memory
Actions in
Actions
Enable Australians to understand their diverse social, cultural and intellectual histories by collecting, describing and preserving Australian publications and unpublished collections in print and digital forms so that they can be enjoyed by current and future generations.
Complete building the Library’s innovative digital library platform to ensure that Australia’s documentary heritage, in all forms, can be acquired, managed for long-term access, and delivered to and used by the public.
Ensure the successful implementation of legal deposit legislation for digital publications by establishing appropriate policies, systems and workflows.