Library News for Australian and New Zealand Information Professionals

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Judge asked to rule on 'fair use' in HathiTrust case

The latest actions in the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five universities in the US could force a more specific legal definition of what constitutes 'fair use' of digitised literary works in libraries and archives.

Call for entries: Library Board of WA Award for Excellence

Entries are now open for the Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence, which recognises excellence and innovation in the library sector by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia.

Call for applications: 2012 Community Heritage Grants

Community groups around the country are able to apply for grants of up to $15,000 to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations.

Australia’s first feminist journal goes online

The National Library of Australia (NLA) has digitized and made available online Australia’s first feminist journal, The Dawn, (1888-1905).

ALS Gold Medal 2012 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2012 ALS Gold Medal, presented 'for a work of outstanding literary merit published in 2011', has been announced.

The Morgan seeks more Young Fellows

The Morgan Library and Museum in New York, USA, is seeking more members for its Young Fellows Program.

Nixon’s love letters on display

What's On

Events coming up include:

Love and Devotion exhibition
State Library of Victoria
9 March -1 July

National Simultaneous Storytime - The Very Cranky Bear
Australia-wide
Wednesday 23 May

Library and Information Week - Think Outside the Book.
Australia-wide
May 20-26

Feature

Library News transitions to Weekly Book News

As we recently advised, from next week all your library-related news, jobs and events will be delivered to your inbox as part of the highly respected Weekly Book Newsletter.

In Brief

NLA fellowships and scholarships open for applications

Applications for the National Library of Australia’s annual Harold White Fellowships, Japan Fellowships and Minerals Council of Australia Fellowships close on 30 April.

International In Brief

Toronto library workers rally

Around 100 public library workers rallied outside the Toronto Reference Library on Wednesday. Beginning at noon, the rally was expected to include speeches from several library workers and users protesting conditions for library workers.

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