The Infonet is a professional resource for public library staff. It hosts information on library organisations, library conferences, library news, library email lists, library job websites and acts as a document server for library organisations and relevant government departments and authorities.
Visit the Infonet's Local History Digitisation Resources for websites, tips and the Local History Digitisation manual
News flash
Ever wondered how the world of the book will evolve and change in the future?
The future of the book is a small think-and-do tank investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens. Read the if:book blog, the daily record of inquiry into a wide range of topics, all in some way fitting into the techno-cultural puzzle that is the future of reading and writing.
Listen to the Bringing Them Home oral history interviews
In December 1997, in response to the first recommendation of Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, the Commonwealth Government announced the National Library would be funded to develop and manage an oral history project. This website gives you access to some of those significant stories of Indigenous people and others, such as missionaries, police and administrators involved in or affected by the process of child removals.
Building Knowledge for Library Advocacy: Stage 3: Communication Strategy
Requests for Proposal are now open for this project.
