News for Researchers

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 consultation on music services The National Library is currently reviewing its music collections and services as part of the its wider New Generation National Library Strategy.

More titles to be added to newspaper website Six further newspaper titles will be added to the popular Papers Past website in 2009.

Forum announcement – International Perspectives on Digital Preservation The National Digital Heritage Archive is hosting this free day-long forum on 2 February 2009.

Business Source Premier online database now available The Business Source Premier online database is now available to researchers visiting the National Library.

National Library Fellowship 2009-2012 The National Library Research Fellowship will not be offered between 2009 and 2012, because of the redevelopment of the Library's Wellington building.

'Sydney Morning Herald' now available onsite A new resource is now available to researchers visiting the National Library - digitised copies of the 'Sydney Morning Herald' from 1955 to 1990.

'Coming Home' at the National Library Events and online experiences commemorating the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day and the 'Coming Home' of New Zealand forces.

Last date for 2008 image orders Make sure you get your digital images before Christmas by placing your order with the Turnbull Library by 28 November.

Exhibitions close 8 November The National Library Gallery's current exhibitions close at 1pm on Saturday 8 November.

New exhibitions open in December Three new exhibitions open at the National Library Gallery on 2 December 2008, focusing on the end of World War I, the Turnbull Library's Milton collection, and Leo Bensemann's 'Fantastica' drawings

Newspaper Forum: Auckland 26 November 2008 A free day-long seminar is being held to discuss issues around access to and preservation of 'modern' and historical New Zealand newspapers.

Search Smarter student to visit the National Library The winner of the National Library's Win the Ultimate Study Date competition will visit the Library this week.

Papers Past – One Year On It's been one year since the Papers Past website relaunched with new content and better search options. Response to the site has been fantastic, and now we're announcing further content to be added in the next 12 months.