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Image National Folk Fellows Emma Nixon and Chris Stone and friends, live on stage in the Fellowship concert  at the National Folk Festival, Canberra, April 2012 National Folk Fellowship Applications for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship program are now open and close at 1pm (AEST), Monday 16 August 2021. Guidelines for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship The annual National Folk Fellowship is offered jointly by the National Library of Australia and the National Folk Festival. The National Library holds the most significant collections of folklore and related material in Australia. This Fellows...

Annual Procurement Plan Strategic Procurement Outlook: The National Library of Australia is a major centre for scholarship and research. We build, care for and provide access to a national collection of material in many forms. The Library is not a prescribed entity under the  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for purposes of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules but has chosen to comply with the principles and processes wherever appropriate. The procurements listed in this forecast are anticipated at the time of creation of the Plan and as revised. However, there is�...

Community Heritage Grants Recipients 2017 The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies, multicultural and Indigenous groups. The grants are provided to assist with the preservation of locally owned, but nationally significant collections of materials that are publicly accessible including artefacts, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and audio visual material. In 2017, 56 grants were awarded, totalling $356,843. Australian Capital Territory

Contracts for current reporting period Senate Order for entity contracts listing relating to the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 Pursuant to the Senate Order for entity contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by the National Library of Australia which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more (GST inclusive) and which: a. have not been fully performed as at 31 December 2020, or b. have been entered into during the 12 months prior to 31 December 2020. Most of the contracts listed contain confidentiality provisions of a general nature that are ...

How does the Library use donations to its collections? The diversity and depth of the Library's Australian Special Collections owes much to the generous donations of individuals and organisations. Donations help build and enrich the Library’s collections and ensure the nation’s creativity, research and stories are preserved for the benefit of all Australians today and for the future. Research The Library’s special collections are developed to support research and study across a range of subject areas, primarily in the areas of the humanities and social sciences, but also in areas as di...