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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…
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…