News

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

23
Jan
2024

New Read and Publish Agreement with CSIRO Publishing

We are very pleased to announce that the ANU Library has a new Read and Publish (RAP) agreement with CSIRO Publishing.The new agreement will accelerate progress towards open science and allow ANU authors to publish open access in all 22 CSIRO…

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17
Jan
2024

Hail repair update

This is our first hail repair update for 2024.Menzies LibraryThe Menzies Library has reopened. The new opening hours are 10am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. A crane will be onsite Wednesday 17 January from 6am to approximately 9am. Copper…

12
Jan
2024

Welcome to our new Vice Chancellor

The Scholarly Information Services (SIS) Division is excited to welcome our new Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell.  With a stellar career encompassing academia and the tech industry in Silicon Valley, Professor Bell…

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18
Dec
2023

Hail repair update - end of 2023

Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding during repair work this year.Art & Music LibraryInformation has gone out about the changes to the Art & Music Library. Keep reading On Campus and the Library website for information and…

13
Dec
2023

Update on Art & Music collections

The Art & Music Library building is now closed during the planned roof repair works. However, please know you will continue to have access to the Art & Music collections and subject specialist staff. ANU Library staff are in the…

Photograph of the Art & Music Library
28
Nov
2023

Changes to the Art & Music Library building

From Friday 8 December the Art & Music Library will be closed because of the hail remediation work on the building.Following that, the Art & Music Library services will operate from the Chifley Library on an ongoing basis and be available 24…

Photograph of the Art & Music Library at night
27
Nov
2023

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…

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20
Nov
2023

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…

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14
Nov
2023

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…

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10
Nov
2023

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…