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{{Short description|National reference library in Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox library | name = National Library of Australia | logo = [[File:National Library of Australia logo.svg|250px|class=skin-invert]] | logo_size = 250px | logo_alt = | image = National Library of Australia, ACT - perspective controlled.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = | type = [[Reference library]] | scope = [[Commonwealth of Australia]] | established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1961|March|23}} | ref_legal_mandate = ''National Library Act 1960'' | location = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]] | coordinates = {{coord|35|17|47|S|149|07|46|E|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} | num_branches = | items_collected = {{hlist|Books|magazines|pictures|photographs|maps|sheet music|manuscripts|websites}} | collection_size = {{Format price|6928238}} items | criteria = Publications made available to the Australian public | legal_deposit = Digital and hard-copy Australian published materials | req_to_access = | pop_served = | members = | budget = {{Currency|{{Format price|57800000}}|AUD}} (2015β16) | director = [[Marie-Louise Ayres]] | num_employees = 400 (2016) | website = {{official URL}} | references = <ref name="act notes">{{cite web|title=NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 β NOTES|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/nla1960177/notes.html|website=www.austlii.edu.au|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="annualreport-15-16">{{cite web |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/annual_report_2015-2016.pdf |title=NLA Annual Report 2015-2016 | National Library of Australia |publisher=nla.gov.au |access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=stats2019/><ref name="how we collect">{{cite web |title=CDP β How we collect |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/collection-development-policy/how-we-collect |website=National Library of Australia |access-date=31 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=AHD>{{cite AHD|105470|National Library of Australia and Surrounds, Parkes Pl, Parkes, ACT, Australia|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/about-us/our-building |title=Our Building |website=nla.gov.au |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> | embed = | module = {{Infobox building | name = National Library of Australia | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = National Library at Dusk.jpg | image_size = 270 | image_alt = <!-- or | alt = --> | image_caption = National Library of Australia as viewed from [[Lake Burley Griffin]], [[Canberra]]<!-- or | caption = --> | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | map_dot_label = | map_dot_mark = | relief = | former_names = | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = Built | cancelled = | topped_out = | building_type = | architectural_style = [[Australian non-residential architectural styles#Stripped Classical|Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical]] | classification = | location = | address = Parkes Place and King Edward Terrace, {{ACTcity|Parkes}}, [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]] | location_city = <!-- or | location_town = --> | location_country = Australia | coordinates = <!-- See above --> | altitude = | current_tenants = | namesake = | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = 1961 | stop_date = | est_completion = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = | inauguration_date = {{end date|1968|08|15|df=y}} by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[John Gorton]] | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolition_date = <!-- or | destruction_date = --> | cost = {{AUD}}8 million (1968) | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | landlord = | affiliation = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | other_dimensions = | structural_system = | material = Marble, granite, bronze, slate, [[trachyte]], and copper | size = | floor_count = | floor_area = | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = [[Walter Bunning]] | architecture_firm = [[Bunning and Madden]] | developer = | engineer = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = {{ubl|[[Leonard French]] (stained-glass windows)|[[Mathieu MatΓ©got]] (Aubusson tapestries x3)|[[Tom Bass (sculptor)|Tom Bass]] (copper sculpture)|[[Henry Moore]] (sculpture)}} | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | known_for = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_engineer = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_contractor = | ren_awards = | rooms = <!-- or | unit_count = --> | parking = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | embed = yes | embedded = {{designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Commonwealth Heritage List | designation1_offname = National Library of Australia and Surrounds, Parkes Pl, Parkes, ACT, Australia | designation1_type = Listed place | designation1_criteria = [[Commonwealth Heritage List#Criteria|A., D., E., F., G., H.]] | designation1_date = 22 June 2004 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = 105470 | designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = }} }} }} [[File:National Library building, Kings Avenue.jpg|thumb|Original National Library building (1934), demolished 1968]] The '''National Library of Australia''' ('''NLA'''), formerly the '''Commonwealth National Library''' and '''Commonwealth Parliament Library''', is the largest [[reference library]] in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to [[Australia]] and the [[Australians|Australian people]]", thus functioning as a [[national library]]. It is located in [[Parkes, Australian Capital Territory|Parkes]], Canberra, [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying {{convert|17,950|m}} of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the [[Trove]] cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the [[Australian Web Archive]] and [[National edeposit]] (NED), a large collection of [[digitisation|digitised]] newspapers, official documents, manuscripts and images, as well as [[born-digital]] material.
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