Page 15 - Collection Development News Today

We do not collect today what will be important tomorrow. The published and unpublished record of Australian society is increasingly complex, reflected in diverse forms of digital and physical content, from social media to digital archives. We need specialist skills and infrastructure if we are to collect and manage them. Use National edeposit for efficient digital collection of new Australian publications. Use the Collecting Strategy and Collection Development Policy to focus and guide our appr...

Guidelines for the discard and retention of library material These guidelines summarise the National Librarys policy on discarding materials from its print collections. They are based on two simple principles: 1.The National Library generally does not collect multiple copies of library material, except in the case of Australian monograph material considered to be of high research value and likely to be in high demand, where two copies are acquired: an N or legal deposit copy and an additional N...

The Library develops its collections by building strong community connections, engaging with issues of contemporary significance and undertaking leadership activities, including innovating to address the impact of changing technologies on collecting and acquisition processes. This section of the policy addresses the strategies, methodologies and range of approaches that the Library uses to acquire material, but does not include procedures, systems and workflows that the Library uses internally ...

National Library of Australia 2030 National Library of Australia 2030 The National Library is charged with preserving the nation’s memory for future generations. Over the next decade, we seek to strengthen and consolidate the Library’s national leadership position to achieve this mission. Over this period, we will implement a range of strategies and plans that underpin the priorities and actions articulated in our four-year Corporate Plan. Our Collection Development Policy articulate the L...

1 February 2017 - 12:00 In February 2016 the legal deposit provisions in Australia’s Copyright Act were expanded to include digital publications and the public .au web domain. The result of twenty years of advocacy, the new provisions marked a dramatic shift in how Australia collects, preserves and makes accessible the full online publishing landscape. Legal deposit has been the core of the National Library’s collections and services since it was introduced in Australia in 1912. It remains ...

Cultural Gifts Program and tax incentives The Australian Governments Cultural Gifts Program provides tax incentives to encourage gifts of culturally significant items from private collections to public art galleries, libraries, museums and archives. The National Library has received a large number of books, manuscripts, paintings, photographs, maps, and oral histories from donors who wished to obtain the benefit of a tax deduction. The Library is appreciative of the benefits of the Cultural Gif...

National Library of Australias Jakarta office, Indonesia The National Library of Australia’s Jakarta Office is in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, The Offices manager is responsible for the Library’s Indonesian Acquisitions Program as well as undertaking a variety of liaison and representational activities in Indonesia. Indonesian Collection Through our office in Jakarta we have created a world class research collection on contemporary Indonesia. We have been collecting material on Indone...

Building our collections The Library has an active acquisitions program to support its mission of maintaining and developing a comprehensive collection that documents Australian life and society. The Collection Development Policy provides the Library with an overall framework for the collecting of Australian and overseas materials. Australian material Legal deposit Copies of all works published in Australia are received by the Library under legal deposit. Commonwealth, State and Territory Gove...

How does the Library use donations to its collections? The diversity and depth of the Librarys Australian Special Collections owes much to the generous donations of individuals and organisations. Donations help build and enrich the Library’s collections and ensure the nation’s creativity, research and stories are preserved for the benefit of all Australians today and for the future. Research The Library’s special collections are developed to support research and study across a range of s...

  The following website collections have been archived by the National Library of Australia using the Archive-It service managed by the Internet Archive. For suggestions on other sites of significance to archive that are not included in these collections, please contact Overseas Collection Development. Archived websites about Indonesia politics and government The Internet Archive comprises websites archived around a theme, and is fully accessible by public. Click on the links to see the front ...