There is not even a legal requirement for a school to have a library, so their existence relies solely on the individual education system ...

E-readers are more and more popular – but Australians are slow to take up the option of borrowing e-books from public libraries. Steve Walker, CC BY-ND What place do e-readers – and in particular ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace. The book was returned ...

An Australian library has witnessed an extraordinary overdue return after a rare book, believed to have been missing for around 150 years, unexpectedly resurfaced during a home renovation. The ...

A new study has revealed that Australia's public libraries are struggling to adequately support people with print disabilities, leaving a significant portion of the population without access to ...

Studies suggest Australian children are not reading for pleasure as often as they used to, prompting advocacy groups to call ...

Library visits in the United States have almost halved over the past decade. But in Australia, they’re up 10% compared to a year ago, according to a new report. In fact, our public libraries are ...

A piece of fruit prompted the evacuation of an Australian university library last week. On Friday afternoon fire and rescue teams in the Australian Capital Territory responded to calls of “a strong ...

The educational sector is usually the first to decry large language models and AI, due to worries about cheating. The State Library of Queensland, however, has embraced the technology in controversial ...

Australian readers found a surprising source of solace during the pandemic, with novels that thrilled making up almost half of the 20 most borrowed books in the past year – and Jane Harper’s latest ...

A survey of the most borrowed books from Australian public libraries in 2015 shows that crime and cooking dominate readers' interests. The survey, conducted by the Australian Library and Information ...