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Nominations open for next New Zealand Poet Laureate Nominations are being invited for the 2009-2011 New Zealand Poet Laureate Award

Web outages on 19 May Digital items in Timeframes, Matapihi, TAPUHI and the National Library catalogue will be unavailable from 8-9:30pm on Tuesday 19 May 2009.

Web outages on 11 May Digital items in Timeframes, Matapihi, TAPUHI and the National Library catalogue will be unavailable from 8-11pm on Monday 11 May 2009.

Call for nominations Call for nominations for the Library and Information Advisory Commission/Ngā Kaiwhakamārama i ngā Kohikohinga Kōrero and Guardians Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library

Short Disruption to Services The General Lending Collection, General Serials Collection and National Children's Collection will not be available for interloan or onsite use on 8 and 9 May.

Document Supply Services and Print Disabilities Service are moving Document Supply Services (now Collection Delivery) and Print Disabilities Service will be housed in a new temporary location.

Alexander Turnbull Library Research Centre is moving From Monday 4 May, the Alexander Turnbull Library Research Centre will move from the first floor in the Wellington building, to the ground floor.

Web outages 27 April Digital items in Timeframes, Matapihi, TAPUHI and the National Library catclogue will be unavailable from 8-11pm tonight.

See Gallipoli & Anzac Day photographs on Flickr In time for Anzac Day, New Zealand and Australian museums and libraries are sharing photographs taken in Gallipoli in 1915 during World War One on Flickr.

20 million books delivered to New Zealand schools The National Library of New Zealand celebrates the delivery of its 20 millionth book to a New Zealand school since 1992.

National Digital Forum conference 2009: call for contributors The call for contributors for the 2009 National Digital Forum conference has opened. This year's theme is "Being online now: culture, creativity and community."

Digital Photography of Collection Items Expressions of interest are sought for this two-day workshop, to be provided by National Services Te Paerangi and the National Preservation Office Te Tari Tohu Taonga.

DigitalNZ nominated for New Zealand Hi-Tech Award Digital New Zealand, a nation-wide project to help make digital content easier to find, share and use, has been nominated in the NZ Hi-Tech Awards.

Website outages from 26 to 27 March Digital items in TAPUHI will also be unavailable from 5pm 26 March to 9am 31 March. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The National Library invites your feedback on the music services review The National Library invites interested individuals and organisations to give feedback on a recent review of the National Library of New Zealand's music services and collection.

Website outages on 25 and 26 March This outage has been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Grant to be awarded from the Macklin Bequest The Trustees of the National Library will be awarding a grant from the Macklin Bequest fund in June 2009.

2 March 2009: One Day Sculpture at National Library Visit the National Library in Wellington on Friday 6 March to see Bekah Carran's One Day Sculpture project.

27 February 2009: Family History Month Family History Month is being celebrated with a daily programme of events at the National Library of New Zealand

National Library re-signs MOU with public libraries of New Zealand The National Library has reaffirmed its commitment to working in close partnership with the public libraries of New Zealand.