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Help out-of-print Australian books reach new audiences. Nominate an eligible book for digitisation.
Australia has a rich and diverse literary heritage – but many Australian books are now out of print. This means that they are no longer available to buy or borrow.
Untapped: the Australian Literary Heritage Project aims to make out-of-print Australian books available to readers. This collective of libraries, authors and researchers will digitise selected books, license them to public libraries for digital lending, and make them available for sale as ebooks. The project is led by Associate Professor Rebecca Giblin at Melbourne Law School.
Readers, authors and publishers of Australian books are invited to nominate a culturally important title for digitisation.
You can nominate books from a diverse range of Australian writers, from across the country, and covering different publication dates and categories.
Nominated books should:
Read the full conditions for nominations.
Include the following information with your nomination:
Send your nomination to Dr Airlie Lawson at airlie.lawson@unimelb.edu.au
Nominations close Monday 30 November 2020.
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