<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">  <channel>    <title>National Library Of Australia - Library news &amp; events</title>    <description>National Library Of Australia - Library news &amp; events</description>    <link>http://www.nla.gov.au</link>    <image>      <url>http://www.nla.gov.au/favicon.gif</url>      <title>National Library Of Australia - Library news &amp; events</title>      <link>http://www.nla.gov.au</link>    </image>    <copyright>http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/copyright.html</copyright><item><title>Australian Poetry Slam</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=271</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:46 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>Fans of poetry and performance should make their way to the National Library tonight for the <span class="caps">ACT</span> heat of the 2009 Australian Poetry Slam.</p>

	<p>The Poetry Slam is an electric live event, where poets speak, howl or sing original poems, and the audience judges.</p>

	<p>The <span class="caps">ACT</span> winner and runner-up will compete for the national title in Sydney on 3 December.</p>

	<p><strong>Friday 6 November, 6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Foyer, free</strong><br />
<strong>Drinks and light refreshments can be purchased</strong></p>

	<p><strong>Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au</strong></p>

	<p><strong>More information is available from the Australian Poetry Slam</strong> <a href="http://www.australianpoetryslam.org"><strong>website</strong></a></p>

]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>Fans of poetry and performance should make their way to the National Library tonight for the <span class="caps">ACT</span> heat of the 2009 Australian Poetry Slam.</p>

	<p>The Poetry Slam is an electric live event, where poets speak, howl or sing original poems, and the audience judges.</p>

	<p>The <span class="caps">ACT</span> winner and runner-up will compete for the national title in Sydney on 3 December.</p>

	<p><strong>Friday 6 November, 6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Foyer, free</strong><br />
<strong>Drinks and light refreshments can be purchased</strong></p>

	<p><strong>Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au</strong></p>

	<p><strong>More information is available from the Australian Poetry Slam</strong> <a href="http://www.australianpoetryslam.org"><strong>website</strong></a></p>

]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=271</guid></item><item><title>Early Sydney Morning Herald editions online</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=270</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:40:23 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>The National Library&#8217;s Australian Newspapers service has recently made available early editions of  <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>. </p>

	<p>The digitisation of <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> was made possible by a $1 million gift from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation. Eventually all out-of-copyright editions of the <em>Herald</em> will be available, from its inception in 1831 to 1954.</p>

	<p>It is now just over a year since Australian Newspapers was released to the public and there are now 8.5 million articles available from 33 newspaper titles. A community of volunteer &#8216;text correctors&#8217; has now corrected 7 million lines of text in 318,000 articles.</p>

	<p><strong>Search, browse and &#8216;text correct&#8217; early editions of  <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> on</strong> <a href="http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/35"><strong>Australian Newspapers</strong></a></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>The National Library&#8217;s Australian Newspapers service has recently made available early editions of  <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>. </p>

	<p>The digitisation of <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> was made possible by a $1 million gift from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation. Eventually all out-of-copyright editions of the <em>Herald</em> will be available, from its inception in 1831 to 1954.</p>

	<p>It is now just over a year since Australian Newspapers was released to the public and there are now 8.5 million articles available from 33 newspaper titles. A community of volunteer &#8216;text correctors&#8217; has now corrected 7 million lines of text in 318,000 articles.</p>

	<p><strong>Search, browse and &#8216;text correct&#8217; early editions of  <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> on</strong> <a href="http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/35"><strong>Australian Newspapers</strong></a></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=270</guid></item><item><title>Ita Buttrose: a celebration</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=269</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>The Friends of the National Library are celebrating the work of Ita Buttrose, AO, <span class="caps">OBE</span>, and her contribution to the Australian publishing industry.</p>

	<p>An Australian media legend, Ita was the founding editor of <em>CLEO</em>, the youngest editor of <em>The Australian Women&#8217;s Weekly</em> and former editor-in-chief of <em>The Daily Telegraph</em>.</p>

	<p>This special event includes a keynote speech by Deborah Thomas and an interview with Ita by Ruth Ostrow.</p>

	<p><strong>Sunday 15 November, 2 pm, Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Cost: $20 Friends / $25 non-members</strong><br />
includes light refreshments</p>

	<p>Bookings: 02 6262 1698 or friends@nla.gov.au</p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>The Friends of the National Library are celebrating the work of Ita Buttrose, AO, <span class="caps">OBE</span>, and her contribution to the Australian publishing industry.</p>

	<p>An Australian media legend, Ita was the founding editor of <em>CLEO</em>, the youngest editor of <em>The Australian Women&#8217;s Weekly</em> and former editor-in-chief of <em>The Daily Telegraph</em>.</p>

	<p>This special event includes a keynote speech by Deborah Thomas and an interview with Ita by Ruth Ostrow.</p>

	<p><strong>Sunday 15 November, 2 pm, Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Cost: $20 Friends / $25 non-members</strong><br />
includes light refreshments</p>

	<p>Bookings: 02 6262 1698 or friends@nla.gov.au</p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=269</guid></item><item><title>Far-Sited exhibition extra opening hours</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=268</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p><em>Far-Sited: The Maps That Made Canberra</em> exhibition, open 9 am &#8211; 5 pm, Monday to Friday in the Library&#8217;s Maps Reading Room, <strong>will also be open this Sunday 1 November from 1.30 pm to 4 pm</strong>. Curator of the exhibition, Greg Wood will give a talk at 2.30 pm.</p>

	<p>To mark Canberra&#8217;s forthcoming centenary, this special exhibition celebrates 100 years since the naming of the national capital.</p>

	<p>Presented in collaboration with the <span class="caps">ACT</span> Government and the Federal Attorney General&#8217;s Department, the display features maps from the National Library&#8217;s collection, the National Archives of Australia, the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery and the House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia.</p>

	<p><strong>Maps Reading Room</strong><br />
<strong>Lower Ground 1</strong><br />
<strong>Until 31 January 2010</strong></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p><em>Far-Sited: The Maps That Made Canberra</em> exhibition, open 9 am &#8211; 5 pm, Monday to Friday in the Library&#8217;s Maps Reading Room, <strong>will also be open this Sunday 1 November from 1.30 pm to 4 pm</strong>. Curator of the exhibition, Greg Wood will give a talk at 2.30 pm.</p>

	<p>To mark Canberra&#8217;s forthcoming centenary, this special exhibition celebrates 100 years since the naming of the national capital.</p>

	<p>Presented in collaboration with the <span class="caps">ACT</span> Government and the Federal Attorney General&#8217;s Department, the display features maps from the National Library&#8217;s collection, the National Archives of Australia, the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery and the House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia.</p>

	<p><strong>Maps Reading Room</strong><br />
<strong>Lower Ground 1</strong><br />
<strong>Until 31 January 2010</strong></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=268</guid></item><item><title>Ray Mathew Lecture booked out</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=267</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:58:26 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>Bookings have closed for the inaugural Ray Mathew Lecture, <em>The Opportunity of Distance</em>,<br />
to be delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks on 22 October.</p>

	<p>This special National Library event is supported by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust and the Embassy of the United States of America. </p>

	<p><strong>Thursday 22 October</strong><br />
<strong>6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Free (book signing and refreshments to follow)</strong><br />
<strong>Enquiries on 02 6262 1271</strong></p>

]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>Bookings have closed for the inaugural Ray Mathew Lecture, <em>The Opportunity of Distance</em>,<br />
to be delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks on 22 October.</p>

	<p>This special National Library event is supported by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust and the Embassy of the United States of America. </p>

	<p><strong>Thursday 22 October</strong><br />
<strong>6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Free (book signing and refreshments to follow)</strong><br />
<strong>Enquiries on 02 6262 1271</strong></p>

]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=267</guid></item><item><title>Rare photo uncovered at National Library</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=266</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:53:01 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>A small brown photograph recently uncovered at the Library has been confirmed as the world&#8217;s only known vintage print of the arrival of Roald Amundsen&#8217;s 1911 expedition at the South Pole.</p>

	<p>The vintage print was brought to light when a Google search led the Curator of the Pictures Collection at the National Library of Norway, Harald Ostgaard Lund, to the National Library of Australia&#8217;s collection. </p>

	<p>The National Library of Australia&#8217;s Curator of Pictures, Linda Groom, said that discoveries like Ostgaard Lund&#8217;s made the painstaking project of digitising the Library&#8217;s 700,000 Pictures Collection worthwhile. So far the Library has scanned 100,000 images.</p>

	<p>An iconic image in Norway, it is expected to go on loan to Norway in 2011 for a special exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Amundsen&#8217;s arrival at the South Pole.</p>

	<p><strong>The image can viewed</strong> <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23814300">online</a>.</p>

	<p><strong>The media release is available on our</strong> <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/rare-photograph-uncovered.html">Media Zone</a>.</p>

]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>A small brown photograph recently uncovered at the Library has been confirmed as the world&#8217;s only known vintage print of the arrival of Roald Amundsen&#8217;s 1911 expedition at the South Pole.</p>

	<p>The vintage print was brought to light when a Google search led the Curator of the Pictures Collection at the National Library of Norway, Harald Ostgaard Lund, to the National Library of Australia&#8217;s collection. </p>

	<p>The National Library of Australia&#8217;s Curator of Pictures, Linda Groom, said that discoveries like Ostgaard Lund&#8217;s made the painstaking project of digitising the Library&#8217;s 700,000 Pictures Collection worthwhile. So far the Library has scanned 100,000 images.</p>

	<p>An iconic image in Norway, it is expected to go on loan to Norway in 2011 for a special exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Amundsen&#8217;s arrival at the South Pole.</p>

	<p><strong>The image can viewed</strong> <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23814300">online</a>.</p>

	<p><strong>The media release is available on our</strong> <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/rare-photograph-uncovered.html">Media Zone</a>.</p>

]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=266</guid></item><item><title>Temporary road closure</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=265</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:12:53 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>A section of Parkes Place West roadway will be temporarily closed as work begins on a raised pedestrian crossing to connect the National Library forecourt with Reconciliation Place.</p>

	<p>The traffic changes will be in place until 2 November 2009.</p>

	<p>More information is available at the National Capital Authority <a href="http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=84:the-humanities-and-science-campus-parliamentary-zone&#38;catid=59:ql-menu-enhancing-a-maintaining&#38;Itemid=301">website.</a></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>A section of Parkes Place West roadway will be temporarily closed as work begins on a raised pedestrian crossing to connect the National Library forecourt with Reconciliation Place.</p>

	<p>The traffic changes will be in place until 2 November 2009.</p>

	<p>More information is available at the National Capital Authority <a href="http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=84:the-humanities-and-science-campus-parliamentary-zone&#38;catid=59:ql-menu-enhancing-a-maintaining&#38;Itemid=301">website.</a></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=265</guid></item><item><title>Sheedy to make his mark on indigenous literacy</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=264</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:42:01 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p><span class="caps">AFL</span> legend Kevin Sheedy will join the ABC&#8217;s Tim Gavel and champion sprinter Patrick Johnson in a panel discussion tonight in support of the national Indigenous Literacy Project.<br />
A joint effort between the Fred Hollows Foundation and the Australian book industry, the Indigenous Literacy Project aims to address the literacy problems in outback indigenous communities.<br />
After the panel discussion, <em>September</em>,  which tells the story of the special friendship between two boys in 1960s Australia, will be screened. </p>

	<p><strong>National Library Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Thursday 1 October</strong><br />
<strong>6.30 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Tickets $25, includes refreshments,</strong><br />
<strong>panel discussion and film screening</strong><br />
<strong>Bookings 02 6251 5191</strong><br />
<strong>All proceeds to the Indigenous Literacy Project</strong></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p><span class="caps">AFL</span> legend Kevin Sheedy will join the ABC&#8217;s Tim Gavel and champion sprinter Patrick Johnson in a panel discussion tonight in support of the national Indigenous Literacy Project.<br />
A joint effort between the Fred Hollows Foundation and the Australian book industry, the Indigenous Literacy Project aims to address the literacy problems in outback indigenous communities.<br />
After the panel discussion, <em>September</em>,  which tells the story of the special friendship between two boys in 1960s Australia, will be screened. </p>

	<p><strong>National Library Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Thursday 1 October</strong><br />
<strong>6.30 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Tickets $25, includes refreshments,</strong><br />
<strong>panel discussion and film screening</strong><br />
<strong>Bookings 02 6251 5191</strong><br />
<strong>All proceeds to the Indigenous Literacy Project</strong></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=264</guid></item><item><title>The Flight of the Mind Conference</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=262</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:05:09 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>How does an author make the journey from inspiration to publication? Just what is the writer&#8217;s journey?</p>

	<p><em>The Flight of the Mind : Writing and the Creative Imagination</em> two-day conference will feature some of Australia&#8217;s finest writers. These include: Geraldine Brooks, Alex Miller, Peter Goldsworthy, Andrea Goldsmith, Rodney Hall, Judy Horacek and Steven Conte.</p>

	<p>Keynote speaker Geraldine Brooks will deliver the Kenneth Binns Lecture which is generously supported by Alison Sanchez.</p>

	<p>This not-to-be missed conference is brimming with ideas for writers, readers and anyone interested in the creative process.</p>

	<p><strong>Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 October</strong><br />
Cost: $110 for both days<br />
concessions and single-day tickets available</p>

	<p>Supported by the Copyright Agency Limited Cultural Fund and the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/flight/">More Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/flight/Conference-Program.pdf">Conference Program</a></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>How does an author make the journey from inspiration to publication? Just what is the writer&#8217;s journey?</p>

	<p><em>The Flight of the Mind : Writing and the Creative Imagination</em> two-day conference will feature some of Australia&#8217;s finest writers. These include: Geraldine Brooks, Alex Miller, Peter Goldsworthy, Andrea Goldsmith, Rodney Hall, Judy Horacek and Steven Conte.</p>

	<p>Keynote speaker Geraldine Brooks will deliver the Kenneth Binns Lecture which is generously supported by Alison Sanchez.</p>

	<p>This not-to-be missed conference is brimming with ideas for writers, readers and anyone interested in the creative process.</p>

	<p><strong>Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 October</strong><br />
Cost: $110 for both days<br />
concessions and single-day tickets available</p>

	<p>Supported by the Copyright Agency Limited Cultural Fund and the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/flight/">More Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/flight/Conference-Program.pdf">Conference Program</a></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=262</guid></item><item><title>Get Nicked Trivia Night</title><link>http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=261</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:37:58 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	<p>Gather your friends together and test your knowledge of Australian music at the Get Nicked Trivia Night on Friday 25 September in the National Library Foyer.</p>

	<p>Special rounds during the night will focus on the music of Cave, the iconic Australian artist, whose exhibition is currently on show in the Library&#8217;s Exhibition Gallery.</p>

	<p><strong>Friday 25 September at 6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Cost $15 (includes free drink on arrival)</strong><br />
<strong>Refreshments can be purchased</strong><br />
<strong>Bookings: 02 6262 1271</strong>
 <strong>or at bookings@nla.gov.au</strong>  </p>

	<p><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/">What&#8217;s on at the National Library</a></p>]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[ 	<p>Gather your friends together and test your knowledge of Australian music at the Get Nicked Trivia Night on Friday 25 September in the National Library Foyer.</p>

	<p>Special rounds during the night will focus on the music of Cave, the iconic Australian artist, whose exhibition is currently on show in the Library&#8217;s Exhibition Gallery.</p>

	<p><strong>Friday 25 September at 6 pm</strong><br />
<strong>Cost $15 (includes free drink on arrival)</strong><br />
<strong>Refreshments can be purchased</strong><br />
<strong>Bookings: 02 6262 1271</strong>
 <strong>or at bookings@nla.gov.au</strong>  </p>

	<p><a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/events/">What&#8217;s on at the National Library</a></p>]]></content:encoded><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=261</guid></item></channel></rss>