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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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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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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06
Nov
2023

ANU Library invests in major collections for Early Modern Studies research

The ANU Library has recently added a huge and exciting range of new resources to our collection!Following requests from researchers in the Centre of Early Modern Studies (CEMS) and College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS), the ANU Library has…

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02
Nov
2023

ANU Library celebrates 100 million open access downloads

Knowledge is power. It can be a gateway to social and financial mobility, and a means of generating extraordinary change and advancements, both for individuals and society. As such, knowledge is often commercialised, patented and locked away behind…

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23
Oct
2023

Get spooky this Halloween with ANU Library

Happy spooky season! Halloween originated as a Celtic pagan celebration of the new year, called Samhain, when people would welcome the harvest and usher in “the dark half of the year”, that is, winter. The Celts believe that the barriers between the…

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25
Sep
2023

Publish direct to open access – with no processing charges!

Do you want to increase your research impact? Do you like saving money? We have good news for you! The ANU Library has agreements with a range of leading academic publishers which allow ANU authors to publish their work open access without paying…

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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…

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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…

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