Editing Alice Springs (section)

====Library, archives, and other collections ====
Alice Springs is home to the [[Alice Springs Public Library]], also known as the Nevil Shute Memorial Library.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the l|url=https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/recreation/library|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Alice Springs Town Council|language=en-AU}}</ref> The library, in addition to its general borrowable collections (including e-resources), is also home to two special, not-for-loan, collections. These are the Alice Springs Collection and the Akaltye Atheme Collection, both of which specifically collect Central Australian content, including Aboriginal language resources (from around 16 local languages) and cultural heritage information.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Catalogue and Research|url=https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/recreation/library/catalogue-and-research|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Alice Springs Town Council|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Senior|first=Denise|date=March 2007|title=Giving Indigenous Knowledge: The Akaltye Antheme Collection, Alice Springs Public Library |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.347150294724689|journal=Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services|volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=28–33 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Blackburn|first=Fiona|date=2009-08-01|title=Learning on the job: collection management, and aspects of cross-cultural provision|journal=The Australian Library Journal|volume=58|issue=3 |pages=312–325|doi=10.1080/00049670.2009.10735908|issn=0004-9670|doi-access=free}}</ref> The Alice Springs Collection also holds a significant digital collection, including PDF copies of the ''[[Centralian Advocate]]'' from 1947 to 2015, and over 6000 images, primarily from the Central Australian Historical Images Collection.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alice Springs Collection - Directory of Archives in Australia |url=https://directory.archivists.org.au/index.php/alice-springs-collection|access-date=2021-05-24|website=directory.archivists.org.au}}</ref>

[[Library & Archives NT]] also has offices in Alice Springs, located at Minerals House on Hartley Street, which holds archival collections relating to Central Australia, including [[Tennant Creek]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Library {{!}} Northern Territory Library |url=https://ntl.nt.gov.au/about-library|access-date=2021-05-24|website=ntl.nt.gov.au|archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609163549/https://ntl.nt.gov.au/about-library|url-status=dead}}</ref> Collections held here include community collections and government archives.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Services {{!}} Northern Territory Library |url=https://ntl.nt.gov.au/our-services|access-date=2021-05-24|website=ntl.nt.gov.au |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524120300/https://ntl.nt.gov.au/our-services|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[AIATSIS Central Australia]] provides access to the major online repositories held by the [[Canberra]]-based [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies]], including family history, photographs, and other publications and artefacts.<ref name=allison2024/><ref name=revitalise/><ref name=brennan2024>{{cite web | last=Brennan | first=Dechlan | title=AIATSIS expansion sees priceless collection of Indigenous artefacts on display in Mparntwe for the first time | website=[[National Indigenous Times]] | date=2 February 2024 | url=https://nit.com.au/02-02-2024/9585/aiatsis-expansion-sees-priceless-collection-of-indigenous-artefacts-on-display-in-mparntwe-for-the-first-time | access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

Other collecting institutions, excluding schools, include:
* Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI) Library<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government|first=Northern Territory|date=2018-03-05|title=Library services|url=https://industry.nt.gov.au/publications/primary-industry-publications/library-services|access-date=2021-05-24|website=industry.nt.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education]] Library, Desert Peoples Centre Campus Library<ref>{{Cite web|title=Batchelor Institute » Library|url=https://www.batchelor.edu.au/library/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=www.batchelor.edu.au}}</ref>
* [[Central Land Council]] Library<ref>{{Cite web|title=Central Land Council Library -- Central Land Council|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/35212|access-date=2021-05-24|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref>
* [[Charles Darwin University]] Library<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alice Springs library|url=https://www.cdu.edu.au/library/opening-hours/alice-springs-library|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Charles Darwin University|language=en}}</ref>
* NT Department of Health Library<ref>{{Cite web|last=McKey|first=A'Mhara|title=Health Library: LIBRARY WEBSITE: Home|url=https://library.health.nt.gov.au/libraryservices/home|access-date=2021-05-24|website=library.health.nt.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Strehlow Research Centre]] Library<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Strehlow Research Centre {{!}} Araluen Arts Centre |url=https://araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au/strehlow-research-centre|access-date=2021-05-24 |website=araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au}}</ref>