Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world’s premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Institute undertakes and encourages scholarly, ethical community-based research, holds a priceless collection of films, photographs, video and audio recordings and the world’s largest collections of printed and other resource materials for Indigenous Studies, and has its own publishing house.

The AIATSIS Library holds the most comprehensive collection of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies in the world.

Address: 
Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsular ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: 
+61 02 6246 1182
+61 02 6261 4287
Hours: 
Monday - 9 a.m- 5 p.m.
Wednesday -9 a.m- 5 p.m.
Thursday - 9 a.m- 5 p.m.
Friday - 9 a.m- 5 p.m.
Website: 
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/
Email: 
library@aiatsis.gov.au
Admission: 
General admission free
Facilities: 
Reference Inquiry Services, Internet Access and E-Mail via wireless access, Copying Services, InterLibrary Lending, Lockers, Bookshop, Disabled Access, Toilets, Cafeteria next door at the National Museum of Australia

Collection: 

The Library holds print materials in all formats. These include manuscript materials, serials, language materials, books, rare books, and the records of organisations, art catalogues, newspapers and newspaper clippings, maps, posters and kits, microforms and CD ROMS. Films, videos, sound recordings and photographs are held in the Audio Visual Archives.