National Library of Australia


Library details last updated: 14 March 2025

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Black Mountain Library
OCLC WorldCat Registry See also this library's entry in the Interlibrary Resource Sharing Directory

NUC symbol: AS:PE
Abbreviations and acronyms: CSIRO
Short name: Black Mountain
Library type/s: Government ; Research ; Science/Technology

Branch/related libraries: Ian Wark Library ; Library Services ; Publishing
Memberships: ALIA ; AGLIN
URL of parent organisation: http://www.csiro.au/
URL of Library: https://www.csiro.au/en/work-with-us/services/libraries

URL of Web catalogue: https://discovery.csiro.au/discovery/search?vid=61CSIRO_INST:CSIRO

Library system used: Alma/Primo (Ex Libris)
Classification scheme/s in use: UDC; DDC

Library subject collecting levels: Agriculture ; Biological sciences ; Physics and astronomy -> Full summary.

Highlights of the collection: The Black Mountain Library has strong collections in plant and entomological sciences, in both Australian and overseas materials, and considerable collection strengths in other subject areas, including water resources, mathematics and soil science. The Library's collections support research work at the Australian National Herbarium, and the Australian National Insect Collection.

Details of public access: Restricted
Conditions of access: By appointment only
Library opening hours: Confirm by telephone

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Library's street address:
Clunies Ross Street
ACTON ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

Library's mailing address:
GPO Box 109
CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

Email: askalibrarian@csiro.au
Phone: 08 8303 8555
Fax:
Australian Business Number: 41687119230

NB* International callers, add the +61 prefix for Australia and drop the 0 from the area code from phone and fax numbers. For example, 01 2345 6789 becomes +61 1 2345 6789.