National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia ( National Library of Australia ) is located in the Australian capital Canberra. 1968 involved the National Library, a new building on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, which is modeled after the Parthenon.
The Australian Copyright Act ( Copyright Act 1968 ) requires that a mandatory copy of each book published in Australia is deposited in the National Library and in the library of each Australian state. The library also awards ISSN and ISMN numbers and CIP bibliographic records for Australian publishers.
The building of the National Library includes several reading rooms and various collections. The ground floor of the main reading room and some private reading rooms. Here, visitors find most computers with Internet access. The other reading rooms include newspaper rooms, rooms with microfilms, a card room and a room with the photo and picture collection Picture Australia. Due to the stock scope of the national library of books, magazines, pictures, maps, microfilms and other media, the entire collection is not housed in the main building. A portion of the portfolio was spun off into a building in Hume.
The shelves extend to a length of about 40 kilometers. The National Library provides its nearly 100,000 content directly from the Internet to the user. Furthermore, the National Library offers its users the ability to research, a souvenir shop with Australian books, a café and a lounge for members. In addition showrooms are available for temporary exhibitions.
The National Library building is very popular with Canberra's climbing friends, since the built- cut blocks present on the northern outer wall of a mountaineering challenge.