The first UNESCO Memory of the World Knowledge Centre for Australia is based in the ACT Heritage Library, Canberra on Ngunnawal Country. Opened in November 2022, it is one of eight Knowledge Centres throughout the world.
The Memory of the World Knowledge Centre for Australia is a partnership with the Memory of the World National Committee of Australia and Libraries ACT. It contains publications about the UNESCO Memory of the World program with a particular emphasis on the program in the Australia and Pacific Region.
The Knowledge Centre is in the ACT Heritage Library. Access is during usual opening hours and all materials are catalogued in the Libraries ACT catalogue. The collection is reference only and may not be borrowed.
A UNESCO Memory of the World Knowledge Centre combines the functions of a library and archive and is a facility for education and research. Knowledge Centres draw on the expertise of a range of people and institutions concerned with documentary heritage, including representatives of peak library, archive and preservation bodies; libraries, archives and museums, and academics working in related fields. Knowledge Centres may also develop public programs designed to raise awareness of the need to preserve documentary heritage and make it widely accessible.