What we collect
Australian serials
See also: Australiana
The Library has a very rich collection of Australian serials, consisting of both current titles and retrospective material dating back to the early 19th century. Most Australian serials are collected, except those that fall into the following categories:
- publications consisting primarily of advertising, promotional or product information
- special interest newsletters issued by local churches, clubs, hobby groups, amateur societies, sporting groups, community service organisations, schools, etc. These are considered to be more appropriately held within state or territory library collections
- material of an administrative or social nature dealing with and directed to members of an organisation below the state or territory level, e.g. staff newsletters of branches of state or territory government departments, banks, corporate bodies and associations
- company interim or quarterly financial statements or prospectuses. Annual reports of publicly listed companies are collected;
- annual reports of local government authorities (except for capital city CBDs), regional health services, schools, university departments or faculties;
media releases - regional phone/business directories. The standard nationally produced phone directories are collected.
E-journals (serials that are only produced online) are also collected and preserved in the Library's PANDORA Archive.
Even though the National Library has a large collection of Australian serials there are still gaps in sets and some titles are missing altogether. The Library is eager to fill these gaps and welcomes offers of missing material not held in our catalogue.
