The Library has recently launched its newest blog, Behind the Scenes.

This blog will give you a glimpse into the daily work of Library staff, from selecting new items for the collection to describing, preserving and digitising items.

Behind the Scenes will be a wonderful complement to the Library's other blogs, Library Events and Library Labs.

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The Library is still on the hunt for missing copies of The Australian Women's Weekly. We are digitising issues of this much-loved magazine, from 1933 to 1982, and we need your help to fill some gaps.

Since the project began in mid-2009, the response from the public has been overwhelming. Of the 400+ missing issues, 110 have been donated to the Library. These issues have been found in the most obscure places - under carpet and floorboards, behind picture frames and in boxes in attics and sheds.

If you have any issues that are on our missing issues list and you would like to donate them to the Library, please call
1800 059 097 (freecall).

Find out more.

Australians first learned of the Gallipoli campaign from the news reports of war correspondents. Charles Bean, from The Sydney Morning Herald, was Australia's first official war correspondent for the Australian Imperial Force.

Here are links to two of the many examples
of his reports that you can find in Trove:

• 'How the Australians fought', 15 May 1915
  
• 'Diary of the war', 2 July 1915

You will notice the first article has been text-corrected. As the conversion from old newspaper images into digital text is not always accurate, over 5000 online users are helping by correcting the text.

The second article is yet to be corrected. Perhaps you would like to help us?

Supported by Australian Book Review and the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL's) Cultural Fund

The 2010 Calibre Award for Most
Outstanding Essay will be awarded at the Library on Friday 30 April.

As part of this celebration, there will be a seminar discussing the art of essays and
the role of essays in our cultural life. Speakers will include writers Robert Dessaix (pictured), Kevin Brophy and Jane Goodall.

Following the seminar, a reception will celebrate the winners of the 2010 Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay and the inaugural Young Calibre Prize.

Friday 30 April, 11 am - 4.30 pm
Theatre, free
Bookings essential: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Join Sydney-based photographer Richard Green for the launch of his latest book,
Remote and Wild: Seeking the Unknown Australia.

Green will share his adventures of travelling by helicopter to photograph some of Australia's most remote and wild places.

Book signing and refreshments to follow.

Thursday 29 April, 6 pm
Conference Room, free
Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Autumn Storytelling
Enjoy captivating stories from the Library's collection.
Wednesday 21 April, 11 am
Conference Room, $2
(includes bonus activity book)

K'POW! Holiday Cartoon Hour
Hilarious retro cartoons in 16 mm. Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive.
Wednesday 21 April, 12.30 pm
Theatre, free

The Dunera Boys 'Making Do' (ages 8-11)
Discover how internees on HMT Dunera coped by 'making do'.
Thursday 22 April, 11 am
Conference Room, $15

Pinocchio (1940, 88 min, G)
Disney's enchanting second feature-length film.
Thursday 22 April, 1 pm
Theatre, $2

Bookings essential: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Jenny Gall, the 2009 National Folk Fellow, explores the beauty of women's domestic art through music and voice.

A concert featuring material from the Library's Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Wednesday 5 May, 6 pm
Theatre, free
Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or
02 6262 1271

WorldVitalRecords.com

WorldVitalRecords.com is a family history resource containing over 8 500 fully searchable and digitised databases. In addition to a rich array of US information, there are over 300 Australian information sources, including pre-1900 Police Gazettes, government gazettes and post office directories.

Access to WorldVitalRecords.com is available only to registered readers onsite at the Library via eResources.

Register as a reader at the Library website.

The Library is delighted that two of our publications have made the shortlist for the 2010 Children’s Book Council Awards.

Lost! A True Tale from the Bush by Stephanie Owen Reeder and Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis, have made the shortlist for the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.

Both books are available for purchase in our Online Bookshop.

Little Book of Horses 

The Little Book of Horses is a showcase of poetry and imagery from the National Library of Australia and the latest addition to the ‘Little Books’ series.

Enjoy this celebration of horses through the works of some of Australia’s much-loved poets and artists, including Henry Lawson, Andrew ‘Banjo’ Paterson, Michael Leunig, Harold Cazneaux and Conrad Martens.

RRP: $15.95

Available for purchase at our
Online Bookshop.

When war broke out in August 1914, thousands of young Australian men rushed to join the Australian Imperial Force. In the face of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign (1915-1916), in which over 8 000 Australians died, maintaining enthusiasm was taken on by music publishers Dinsdales of Swanston Street, Melbourne.

This rousing song for voice and piano was one of Dinsdales’ numerous ‘patriotic songs’ in 1916. It tells the story of a boy with a passion for war games. He is proud of his father, serving at Gallipoli, and wants to be a soldier too.

In 2010, the Library will begin construction on the state-of-the-art Treasures Gallery.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Treasures Gallery, please contact the Development Office
on 02 6262 1141 or development@nla.gov.au.