News

Read the latest news articles and featured stories from the Library.

21
Sep
2023

Law Library roof repairs and book retrieval

Repair work on the Law Library roof is about to commence.  To keep our community safe, the top floor of Law Library will be inaccessible during construction starting 25 September.  But don’t worry – if you need to access materials from Level 2…

Photograph of the ANU Law Library at night
14
Sep
2023

Hail repair update

Menzies Library Installation of new copper to the upper roof will commence next week. A crane will be on site Tuesday 19 September to lift the copper sheets up to the top roof. This will be in the small back carpark area, and traffic controls will…

11
Sep
2023

New Oxford and Cambridge Read and Publish Agreements

We are very pleased to announce that the ANU Library has signed new Read and Publish (RAP) agreements with Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. These agreements allow ANU authors to publish open access in selected journals…

Image reads news read and publish agreements oxford and cambridge presses. Image of Oxford Library and Cambridge cathedral and a stack of books with a mortar board cap on top
07
Sep
2023

Hail repair update

Menzies Library  A crane will be on site on Tuesday 19 September from 6.30am to 1pm. This will be in the small back carpark, and traffic controls will be in place. The roofing demolition is now complete, and waterproofing membrane installed. The…

04
Sep
2023

Hancock welcomes 1 millionth visitor since going 24/7

On Friday 1 September the staff at Hancock Library were excited to welcome the Library’s millionth in-person visitor since opening 24/7 in 2019. The visitor, Rory Olsson, who is studying Engineering, entered Hancock mid-morning last Friday and was…

Photo of Hancock's 1 millionth visitor, Rory Olsson with Josh Bell from the Hancock team
21
Aug
2023

Update on rebuilding the JB Chifley Library collection - August 2023

February 2023 marked the fifth anniversary of the 2018 Chifley Library Flood. The program for replacement of the monograph, reference, and serial collections is almost complete. In the first semester of 2023 an enormous number of resources have…

Photograph of the Chifley Library
18
Aug
2023

Hail repair update

Menzies Library  A crane will be onsite from 6.30am to 12.30pm on Friday 25 August.  Removal of Sarnafil and copper is ongoing, with approximately one fifth completed. The waterproofing membrane is on all areas where roof has been removed to keep…

Photograph of Menzies Library with scaffolding
15
Aug
2023

Celebrating our rare books collection this Children’s Book Week at the Menzies Library

This Children’s Book Week, the ANU Library is celebrating classic children’s fiction with an exhibit from our Mortlake rare books collection in the Menzies Library. The Mortlake Collection contains a wonderful selection of rare and antique children’…

Photo of exhibit in Menzies Library
11
Aug
2023

Hail repair update

  Law Library  Law Library scaffolding will start on Monday 14 August and take around 3 weeks to complete. Copper removal and replacement will follow.  Once work commences on the roof, Level 2 of the Law Library will be inaccessible to students…

Photograph of Menzies Library with scaffolding
31
Jul
2023

Library and Information Week 2023

  Ever found yourself reading something online or even in print and thinking ‘this surely can’t be correct’? Chances are you have. But, did you ask what the source of the information was? Library and Information Week is running 31 July – 6 August…

Where's the source? Library and information week 2023. 31 July - 6 August 2023