Library services

The Northern Territory Department of Agriculture and Fisheries operates 2 libraries, at Berrimah Farm in Darwin and at the Arid Zone Research Institute in Alice Springs.

Opening hours: 8:15am to 4.20pm Monday to Friday. Closed public holidays.

Library access

Library services are provided primarily for the staff of the department and its industry clients. See contact information below.

The 2 libraries take inter-library loan requests from other libraries.

Most library material is available for loan through the inter-library loan system. The public must place requests via their own local libraries. Industry clients in Darwin and Alice Springs may register to borrow material directly from the department’s libraries.

National Union Catalog (NUC) symbols for DPIF libraries

Berrimah Farm Library
Primary Industry collection: XPPD
Fisheries collection: XPFD

Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI) Library: XAZ

Requests are accepted via Libraries Australia or email. Urgent requests should be phoned through.

Library subjects

Department libraries hold material covering all of the following subjects: arid zone research and development, biosecurity, entomology, plant pathology, rangeland ecology, horticulture, agriculture, animal production, veterinary science, wildlife research and ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, marine science, marine biology and ecology, recreational fishing.

Contacts

Darwin Berrimah Farm library contact

Phone: 08 8999 2210
BerrimahFarmLibrary@nt.gov.au

Clem Benson Building
Berrimah Farm
Makagon Road
Berrimah NT 0828

GPO Box 3000
Darwin NT 0801

Alice Springs library contact

Phone: 08 8951 8134
azri.library@nt.gov.au

AZRI
South Stuart Highway
Alice Springs NT

AZRI Library
PO Box 8760
Alice Springs NT 0871

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