Collection Development Policy
The collection is the Library's major asset. It is a resource of immense historical significance and current and contemporary information. It was valued at $1.88 billion in 2005. The Library develops, maintains, preserves and makes the collection accessible to clients.
The Collection Development Policy defines the Library's collecting priorities.
The Collection Development Policy is a dynamic entity and continues to evolve and change in response to service and information requirements of the public.
The State Library's first comprehensive Collection Development Policy was issued in 1990 and revised in 1993. The current Collection Development Policy was revised and placed on the Library's website between 2005-2008.
Features of the current Collection Development Policy
- describes and defines the Library's Collection in 'plain English'
- captures staff knowledge about the Collection
- reflects changes to the Library's collecting priorities
- describes significant subject profiles
Documenting Life in New South Wales is about the Library's research level collections on New South Wales and Australian subjects. The General reference collections covers material on subjects across the collection collected at basic, intermediate and advanced levels.
Documenting Life in New South Wales
Research materials relating to the history, life, culture and achievements of people associated with NSW
General reference collections
Introduction to general reference collections covering new print and electronic material across all subject areas
