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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 Library’s collecting principles and priorities. They make it clear that we will build a diverse nat...

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 Government publications are also received by deposit under a variety of special directives and circulars...

How does the Library use donations to its collections? The diversity and depth of the Library's 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 subject areas, primarily in the areas of the humanities and social sciences, but also in areas as di...

5 March 2021 A small but striking sculpture on display in the Special Collections Reading Room symbolically invites you to discover the National Library’s extensive Music Collection. This year’s Friends Creative Arts Fellow David Wickham will explore and share with us the works of composer Frederick Septimus Kelly but there is much more to be found. The sculpture Open Book shows a conductor, arms outstretched with a baton in his hand. Gifted to the Library in memory of English-born Australian composer Peter Tahourdin (1928-2009), the work is by Dutch artist Wiea Duintjer (b. 1951). W...