Digging into Data is a useful online resource listing repositories.

It includes:

• Digital libraries
• Data archives
• Data repositories

For each repository, you'll find a description of their contents, contact information, and other details.

The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum has launched a new online catalogue, which includes records of over 26 000 items from the Museum's ethnographic, photographic and lithic collections.

The catalogue is available to the public via a new website: www.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/ .

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House has launched an online project on Australian Federal Election Speeches.

The website includes the complete text of campaign speeches from 1901-2010. The speeches are organised chronologically for browsing and are keyword searchable. Context is provided by short biographical pieces and summaries of election results.

We have been receiving many requests from Teacher-Librarians about issues relating to e-books and e-lending and the implications this has for School Libraries.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has drafted a background paper on digital lending.

The paper attempts to: