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National Library Services

Find out about a number of New Zealand-wide projects, and services provided to New Zealand libraries that is either lead or supported by the National Library.

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Collaborative digitisation

The Collaborative Newspaper Digitisation Programme adds more newspapers to Papers Past, using the combined resources of community groups around New Zealand. Every year, we invite applications for new additions. Find out how it works and how to apply.

Interloaning from us

Information for librarians about how our interloan service works including time-frames and charges.

Publications New Zealand

Publications New Zealand is New Zealand's National Bibliography. It contains descriptions of books, periodicals, films, music and other material published in New Zealand, or with a significant New Zealand content.

Cataloguing

The published resources of the National Library are catalogued using the following standards, which we apply at various levels.

Levels of cataloguing

Find out about the different levels of cataloguing used at the National Library of New Zealand.

Cataloguing tools

Cataloguing tools to assist cataloguers, archivists and indexers describe material.