News
Read the latest news articles and featured stories from the Library.
Book on Australia’s 1884 tour of New Guinea donated to the ANU Library
A book on the Australian Army’s 1884 tour of New Guinea has been donated to the ANU Library. Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to New Guinea by Commodore James E. Erskine is a beautifully composed album, containing both…
Changes to copyright law – what that means for you
Copyright is important for students and academics. ANU Library has a set of copyright guides to help you ensure that you are able to make material available to students, use material for your research and also meet copyright requirements when…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This United Nations Day is an opportunity to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. ANU Library is celebrating by putting the…
ANU Archives material added to national list of significant documents
ANU is delighted to have its internationally significant archives collection recognised yet again through an Australian Memory of the World Register listing. The manuscript collections of Professor Frank Fenner held by the ANU Archives, Australian…
Launch of new video – ANU Library, Archives and Press
What do the ANU Library, ANU Archives and ANU Press have in common? They are all focused on connecting ANU to a world of scholarly knowledge! ANU Library is thrilled to launch our new video which outlines the ways ANU Library, Archives and Press…
Two classic Australian books turn 100
This year we are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of two very influential Australian books – Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and The Magic Pudding. The Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series was written and illustrated by May Gibbs. The books are about two…
Happy Halloween from ANU Library
Boo! It’s Halloween. Halloween originated as an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain. The Celts believed that on October 31, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On this night, people would light…
ANU welcomes new University Archivist Kathryn Dan
The Australian National University (ANU) is thrilled to welcome Ms Kathryn Dan, who has been appointed as University Archivist. Kathryn joins ANU from the University of Melbourne, where she was Associate Director, Information Governance in the…
30 years of Roald Dahl’s Matilda
“Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.” Matilda,…
ANU launches Data Management Planning service – world first use of eduGAIN for DMPTool
ANU is delighted to announce that students and academics can now use the DMPTool to easily create data management plans that meet institutional and funder requirements. ANU is the first university in the world to join this international initiative…
