News
Read the latest news articles and featured stories from the Library.
New and improved group study room booking system
The ANU Library offers a range of group study rooms for ANU students and staff. You can use these rooms for collaborating on projects, taking exams, practicing presentations, and studying by yourself or with others. These rooms are bookable online…
ANU Library collections - not just replaced, but massively improved!
On 25 February, we mark four years since the devastating flood in the Chifley Library. Since that time, the ANU community have done incredible work to rebuild our collections, buildings and facilities. We have not only replaced items in our…
Read and Publish agreements
The ANU Library is signing agreements with certain publishers that allow ANU authors to publish journal articles via open access without paying for Article Processing Charges (APCs). These are called Read and Publish (RAP) agreements. This is a…
Graduation: how the ANU Library supports our alumni
Congratulations to all our new ANU graduates! Did you know that the ANU Library continues to support you in some ways even once you graduate? The ANU Alumni Network is an important part of the Library community. We are delighted to provide access…
Rare materials to be digitised and made accessible to all
The ANU Library Digitisation Team have released their Digitisation Plan for 2022-2023. This plan provides a brief summary of the projects they will be undertaking over the next two years.What are they doing?The team will be digitising archives and…
Seeking input to improve support from SIS for academic competencies and digital capabilities
The Australian National University (ANU) has a strong commitment to activities that ensure a world-class education experience for students. Support services are provided across the University, including through the Scholarly Information Services (…
A Partridge and a pear tree
On the first day of Christmas, the ANU Library received… a “Partridge” and a pear tree. Library staff were thrilled to accept a donation of Eric Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, which catalogues Australian slang,…
Rare Chinese collection now available to the world
In 1950, the Australian National University acquired the collection of works in Chinese of eminent scholar and educator Xu Dishan 许地山 The collection contains many rare editions and suspected orphaned sacred books on Buddhism, Taoism and other…
How the ANU Library is working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The 17th to 26th of September 2021 is Global Goals Week – an annual week of action, awareness, and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs were established by the United Nations General Assembly and are designed to be…
700th anniversary of the death of Dante
2021 marks the 700th Anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, medieval poet and philosopher. The ANU Library has a number of works by and about Dante. All those listed below are electronic resources, and are available online for ANU Library…
