National Library of Australia

About the Australian Newspaper Plan

The Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPlan) was set up in the early 1990s. The aim of ANPlan is to ensure that all newspapers published in Australia are collected and preserved for permanent access.

ANPlan relies on collaboration between the National Library of Australia and the other partners, Australia's state and territory libraries, and the National Library of New Zealand. ANPlan is currently coordinated by the National Library of Australia.

The Australian partners report annually on progress made as part of a national five-year plan to locate, acquire, preserve and provide access to Australian newspapers. The five-year plan includes a list of newspaper titles that are considered to be signficant and 'at risk'. Libraries also have a list of titles that are currently missing from their collections. You may be able to help by locating a missing newspaper.

For more information about the work being undertaken by particular libraries please see the partners page. ANPlan documents are also available on this website.

Collect

Do you know the whereabouts of a missing newspaper?

Preserve

The overall aim of the Australian Newspaper Plan project is to preserve all Australian newspapers and to ensure the public has adequate access to them.

Access

The Australian Newspaper Plan helps you to access our newspaper heritage.

Partners