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A new home for the State Library of Victoria's Newspaper Collection

SLV Media Release. On 2 July, the new Herald and Weekly Times Ltd Newspaper Reading Room was opened at the State Library of Victoria.

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Bringing Them Home: NLA Oral History Pilot Project

In response the recommendations of the inquiry into the stolen generations, the NLA is being funded to undertake a pilot oral history project to record the testimonies of Indigenous people and others involved in the forcible removal of children.

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'Archives and History' Forum at AHA Conference

A forum sponsored by the NAA and the AHA will discuss how historians can have input into archival judgements about the retention of records. Friday, 10 July in Sydney.

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Preservation of census forms

Media release from the Australian Society of Archivists. A Parliamentary inquiry has recommended that name-identified information from future censuses be kept for the benefit of future generations. The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) has expressed strong support for the Committee's conclusions.

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Consultations on Australian National Bibliography

The National Library is seeking comments on the future of the Australian National Bibliography.

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Review of NLA Reference Services

The National Library is seeking submissions from researchers to help in planning their reference services.

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Antarctic aerial photograph collection

From NLA Gateways, no 33. The National Library of Australia recently took over management of Australian Antarctic Territory Aerial Photograph Collection, including ANARE photographs from 1954-65.

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Fanzines in the NLA

From NLA Gateways, no 33, this article looks at the National Library's holdings of "fanzines" - amateur, non-profit publications usually relating to science fiction.

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Bellambi Coal Company records at University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong Archives have recently acquired an important collection of material documenting coal mining in Illawarra from the 1860s.

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Recent additions to NAA database

The June edition of Memento lists a number of series recently added to the NAA database. From the CSIRO Division of Marine Science to the Australian Postal Commission, and various agencies in between.

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New research guides to NAA holdings

The NAA has recently published three new research guides: Parliament House Canberra, 1927, Collections in Melbourne: A Concise Guide and Papua New Guinea Records 1883-1942: Microfilm holdings.

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