Lady using photocopier in Main Reading Room
Use your library card to print, photocopy and scan in the reading rooms.

Add value to  your card at the card kiosks in the Main Reading Room, Newspapers and Family History Zone or Special Collections Reading Room.   The kiosks accept EFTPOS and credit card payments only.  Disposable Printing and Photocopying cards may be purchased from the Library Bookshop for cash during opening hours.

Printing, photocopying, and scanning is available in black and white or colour in A4 or A3 size. You can print from any computer in the reading rooms or from your laptop (using our free wi-fi and connecting to the Monitor Web Printing site). Collect your document from any available printer. Save your scans to your USB drive.

Cost

Format Price
Black and white printing and photocopying

A4 single-sided - $0.15

A4 double-sided - $0.20

A3 single-sided - $0.30

A3 double-sided - $0.50
Colour printing and photocopying

A4 single-sided - $1.10

A4 double-sided - $2.10

A3 single-sided - $1.80

A3 double-sided - $3.50
Scanning

Free

You may use your digital camera or other portable copying device in the reading rooms but please turn off the flash.

For information on ordering a copy from us, see copies and interlibrary loans.

For information on copyright and publishing, see Copyright in Library collections.

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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