News
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Menzies Library – upcoming closures
You will have noticed the scaffolding around Menzies Library for the past few months. This has been to enable essential repairs to the roof following the damaging hailstorm of 2020. We have reached the stage in the repair process where…
ANU Library invests in new collection about Asia’s Colonial history
Following requests from researchers in the College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP), the ANU Library has added an exciting new resource from GALE’s Primary Sources collection as part of the Chifley Flood Replacement project: State Papers…
Digitisation Update 14 November 2023
The ANU Library Digitisation Team are continuing to digitise rare and special materials from the ANU Library and ANU Archives.This update details some of the recent items digitised as part of the ongoing ANU digitisation project.More information…
Hail repair update
Menzies LibraryUpper roof is now completescaffolding is being dropped and removed from the upper roof starting 27 Novembera crane will be onsite Monday 27 Novemberwork on the lower roof is progressing well. The copper won't be installed until the…
ANU Print Repository relocation
Did you know that the majority of the ANU Library’s print collection is stored off-site?Most print journals and lesser-used items are stored in the ANU Print Repository. This collection takes up around 45kms of shelving! Starting Monday 13…
ANU Library invests in major collections for Early Modern Studies research
The ANU Library has recently added a huge and exciting range of new resources to our collection!Following requests from researchers in the Centre of Early Modern Studies (CEMS) and College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS), the ANU Library has…
ANU Library celebrates 100 million open access downloads
Knowledge is power. It can be a gateway to social and financial mobility, and a means of generating extraordinary change and advancements, both for individuals and society. As such, knowledge is often commercialised, patented and locked away behind…
Get spooky this Halloween with ANU Library
Happy spooky season! Halloween originated as a Celtic pagan celebration of the new year, called Samhain, when people would welcome the harvest and usher in “the dark half of the year”, that is, winter. The Celts believe that the barriers between the…
Hail repair update
Menzies Library Roofing repairs are progressing well, with the upper roof nearly complete. Images of the progress are available in the slideshow above. As part of the roof remediation works replacement there will also be replacement of…
Hail repair update
Menzies Library A crane will be on site from 7am to approximately 1pm on Wednesday 4 October. This will be in the small back carpark. Traffic controls will be in place. It is likely carpet replacement will commence in December. We…
