Photo of rows of shelves filled with colourful books above a blue rectangle with white text reading 'Five Years' on the right and the National edeposit (NED) logo on the right

Today, the National Library is celebrating five years of the National edeposit service (NED). Created in collaboration with state and territory libraries, NED allows all kinds of Australian publications to be collected, accessed and preserved for future generations. This includes books, journals, magazines, music, pamphlets, newsletters, novels, children’s stories, self-published poetry anthologies, maps, government reports and more.  

In the last five years, almost 800,000 publications have been deposited through NED. Explore these in Trove’s latest collection feature: National edeposit: Collecting Australia's electronic publications.

Woman standing in front of a large bookshelf holding up a tablet showing the 'Legal Deposit' page of the National Library website

Legal deposit has been a law in Australia for over 100 years, with the Copyright Act 1968 stating that one copy of every Australian publication made available to the public is to be given to the National Library. In 2016, this legislation was updated to include electronic publications, and thus the need for a single system for electronic deposits was born.  

Learn more about NED from National and State Libraries Australasia. 

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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