The Library's Director-General, Jan Fullerton, has announced her retirement after 11 years in the job - and a total of 43 years at the Library.

The Library has also farewelled Sir James Gobbo, who has been Chair of the Library Council since 2001.

Under their leadership, the Library has cemented its reputation as one of the world's leading collecting institutions.

Hear Jan Fullerton reminisce on four decades working at the Library in an interview with ABC Radio.

The 20-millionth article has just been digitised by the Library. It was an article from The Mercury newspaper in Tasmania, published on 5 February 1949.

It is a milestone for the Library’s Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program, marking the halfway point to the 40 million articles – from more than 4 million newspaper pages – that the Library is digitising and making freely available for everyone to access.

The Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program is due for completion in July 2011.

View the article on Trove.

The Library has acquired the vast collection of Marcie Muir, the Australian bibliographer and champion of children’s literature.

The collection was acquired from Muir’s family who wanted the 7600 items to stay together after her death in 2007. They were the result of her lifelong passion – to track down and record every children’s book written by an Australian or about Australia.

To celebrate this acquisition, the Friends of the National Library are holding a 'White Gloves' evening to view a selection of treasures from the collection.

Friday 25 June, 6 pm
Visitor Centre, $20 Friends/$30 non-members (includes light refreshments)
Bookings: 02 6262 1698 or friends@nla.gov.au

Become a Friend of the Library.

The Library is committed to the important work of collecting and caring for Australia’s documentary heritage and our nation’s stories. You can assist by making a donation to the National Library of Australia Fund.

Donations at all levels are welcome and help ensure that our Australian documentary heritage collections remain the best in the world and accessible to the widest possible community.

You can download a Donation Form online or phone the Development Office on
02 6262 1770 to join our community of supporters and become part of this important work.

A selection of the Library's out-of-print publications are now available as free downloads.

Titles on offer include:

• Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas
• Gold Fever! Life on the Diggings, 1851–1855
• Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality
• The World Upside Down: Australia 1788-1830
• Nora Heyson

 Browse and download our eBooks.

Supported by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust

Award-winning writer, feminist and New York resident, Kate Jennings, will give the second Ray Mathew Lecture on the topic 'Everywhere and Nowhere'.

The lecture honours a bequest given to the Library to commemorate the Australian poet and playwright, Ray Mathew. It is presented annually to an Australian writer living abroad.

Find Ray Mathew and Kate Jennings on Trove.

Tuesday 29 June, 6 pm
Theatre, free
Booking signing and refreshments to follow
Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au

Join Merv Moriarty, founder of Queensland's Flying Arts Inc., as he speaks about his book The Eye's Mind, which examines the relationship between drawing and the human mind and spirit. This beautiful handmade edition will be launched by Michael Bryce, AM, KE, KStJ.

Tuesday 22 June, 4 pm
Conference Room, free
Book signing and refreshments to follow
Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au

The Library has recently added two significant updates to existing eResources:

The Ireland Collection (available on JSTOR)
Access the digitised content from the extensive holdings of Queen's University Belfast.

19th Century British Newspapers Part II
22 newspaper titles have been added to this resource of 19th century British newspapers from the British Library's collection.

Registered readers can access the Ireland Collection and 19th Century British Newspapers via the eResources portal.

Register as a reader at the Library website.

I've got a feeling!
By Stephanie Owen Reeder
For children 2+

When we feel an emotion, it is written all over our face, but some expressions are easier to read than others. I've Got a Feeling! helps children to recognise how others are feeling and to explore their own emotions.

RRP: $17.95

Available for purchase at our Online Bookshop.

Logbook of the Southern Cross,
trans-Pacific flight in 1928

Full of emotion and detail, Charles Ulm’s (1898-1934) logbook gives a minute-by-minute account of how he experienced the first trans-Pacific flight, from Oakland, California to Brisbane, Sydney and later Melbourne in the Southern Cross in mid-1928. Ulm, Charles Kingsford Smith and two Americans took about 84 hours' flying time to complete this historic flight. After their arrival in Australia, Ulm wrote in the logbook: ‘It's hard to realize it's over and that at the moment we are exceedingly famous’.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Treasures Gallery, please
contact the Development Office on 02 6262 1770 or development@nla.gov.au.

The latest edition of The National Library Magazine is available online, and features an essay on the remarkable story of the Dunera Boys; a look at the diverse range of medals in the Library's collection; the art of carved emu eggs and much more.

The new issue of Gateways includes an update on the Forgotten Australians Oral History Project; the story behind the acquisition of a book of poetry from a German POW camp; and a look at the remarkable material collected during the 2009 Indonesian elections.

The Winter What's On guide is available online to help you keep up-to-date with all upcoming events.

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