The University of Canberra Library is the principal Library of the University of Canberra

University of Canberra

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

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Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...

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Location

The Library is located in Building 8 in the centre of the campus, opposite the Students' Association.

Collections

The Library has extensive print and electronic collections across the full range of disciplines supported by the University of Canberra.

The Library has a number of special collections, these include:

• Lu Rees Archives
  Lu Rees Archives
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  : a sub library owned and staffed by the Children's Book Council of Australia
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  The Children's Book Council of Australia is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature.-Awards:The first...
  
  which houses a collection of resources encouraging the study and research of Australian children's literature;
• Clough Collection: early works on the history of landscape, landscape design, gardens in many countries, plants and gardening, art, architecture and design; and
• Rare Books Collection: comprises books with an imprint pre 1900, plus some special or limited editions.