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Revered Trove rescued in $33m pre-Budget funding package

Culture

The National Library is handed a financial lifeline to keep its much-loved Trove digital document repository running for another four years.

WA government unveils its whole-of-government digital blueprint

By Anna Macdonald

Communications & Technology

The state government pledges money towards improving digital services in remote areas, as part of the whole-of-government blueprint.

Funding partnerships key to repairing national infrastructure

By Melissa Coade

Federal

Local councils receive only 3.5% of Australian taxation despite owning and managing approximately $342 billion worth of local infrastructure.

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How libraries evolved to support government and community needs throughout COVID-19 in the UK and Australia

By Chris Woods

Community & Social

Libraries are uniquely placed to tackle challenge exacerbated by COVID-19, like impacts on family and social relationships, health and mental health, and education & employment. Here is a very informative explanation on the role and value of public libraries to the health of communities.

A place to get away from it all: five ways school libraries support student well-being

By Margaret Kristin Merga

Culture

School libraries and staffing are under threat and undervalued. These resources are easy to take for granted, and school libraries often lose out in budget cuts.

An ode to the public library, the gateway to an educated society

By Geoff Gallop

Community & Social

Public libraries the world over are known as places for all people to access information, knowledge, and creative inspiration; and to escape from mundane reality by diving down a rabbit hole of soul-reaching words. Libraries are an important bulwark against those who see beliefs and the feelings attached to them as enough and not requiring critical examination, particularly when being applied in the real world. Here is an ode to public libraries.

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