Contact us

General enquiries

Phone + 61 (0)2 6262 1111
Fax +61 (0)2 6257 1703

Street & postal address

Parkes Place
Parkes ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA

Contact a staff member

Reader Services

Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1266
Fax: +61 (0)2 6273 5081

Opening hours

Make an enquiry using our online form

Ask a librarian

Reading rooms


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Contact a specific area of the Library

Need to apply for CiP or ISSN? Find them in the list below:

Area Contact details
Asian Collections Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1500
or + 61 (0)2 6262 1519
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4327
Online enquiry form
Book shop (Sales and Promotion)

Book shop
Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1424
Fax: +61 (0)2 6262 1014
Email: nlshop@nla.gov.au
Online shop website

Sales, promotion & onlineshop
Phone: 1800 800 100 (Within Australia only)
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1084
Email: nlasales@nla.gov.au

bookplate café Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1154
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 0375
Email: bookplate@nla.gov.au
bookplate website
Cataloguing in Publication Unit (CiP) Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1458
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4492
Email: cip@nla.gov.au
CiP website
Collaborative Services

Australian Research Online
Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1202
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
Australian Research Online

Electronic Resources Australia (ERA)
Phone: 1800 182 937 (9am to 5.30pm ADST/AEST)
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
ERA website

Libraries Australia

Phone: 1800 026 155 (9am to 5.30pm ADST/AEST)
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
Online enquiry form
Libraries Australia website

Music Australia
Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1536
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
Music Australia website

People Australia

Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1046
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
People Australia website

Picture Australia

Phone:  61 (0)2 6262 1641
or + 61 (0)2 6262 1198
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 1180
Picture Australia website

Development Office Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1141
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 5483
Email: dmellor@nla.gov.au
Development office website - Support Us
Digitisation and Photography

Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1557
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 2719
Email: digitisation@nla.gov.au
Digital Collections website

Document supply service (Copies Direct) Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1421; or
+ 61 (0)2 6262 1269
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 2719
Email: docss@nla.gov.au
DSS website
Exhibitions Phone: +61 2 6262 1284
Fax: +61 2 6262 1274
Email: exhibitions@nla.gov.au
Exhibitions
Fellowships and scholarships Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1258
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6262 1516
Email: fellowships@nla.gov.au
Awards and Grants
Friends Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1551
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4493
Email: friends@nla.gov.au
Friends website
ISBN Thorpe-Bowker
Phone: +61 (0)3 8517 8349
Fax: +61 (0)3 8517 8368
Email: isbn@thorpe.com.au
www.thorpe.com.au
ISMN Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1777
Fax: +61 (0)2 6273 4322
Email ismn@nla.gov.au
ISMN website
ISSN Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1213.
Operators are available between 10.00am -12.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm Monday to Friday.
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4492
Email: issn@nla.gov.au
ISSN website
Legal deposit unit Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1312
Fax : + 61 (0)2 6273 4492
Email: legaldep@nla.gov.au
Legal deposit website
Library tours For group bookings enquiries
Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1271
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4493
Email: bookings@nla.gov.au
Tours at the Library website
Media contacts General Media Enquiries
Email: media@nla.gov.au

Sally Hopman
Media Liaison Manager
Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1704
Mobile: 0401 226 697
Email: shopman@nla.gov.au

Judith Dahl Taylor
Communications & Marketing Manager
Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1160
jdahltaylor@nla.gov.au

Matthew Annett
Communications & Marketing Coordinator
Phone: +61 (0) 2 6262 1571
Email: mannett@nla.gov.au
Music & Dance Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1489
or + 61 (0)2 6262 1196
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 5081
Online enquiry form
Overseas Visitors Form Dale Forrest
Assistant to Director-General
Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1390
Email: dforrest@nla.gov.au
Online Form
PDF Form
Pictures Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1370
Fax: + 61 (0)2 62637 5763
Email: pict@nla.gov.au
Pictures collection website
Preservation Services Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1566
Email: preservation@nla.gov.au
Preservation website
Reading rooms (reader services) Phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1266
Fax: +61 (0)2 6273 5081
Reading rooms website
Volunteers Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1634
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 5483
Email: lbrown@nla.gov.au
Volunteers website
Venue hire Phone: + 61 (0)2 6262 1234
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6273 4535
Email: shelpdesk@nla.gov.au
Venue hire website
Website feedback online enquiry form

Faxes

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