Policy and planning
As a general principle the Library publishes all of its major policy and planning documents on its website as a means of sharing strategies and approaches with users, the national and international library community and other collecting agencies.
| Cataloguing authority control policy |
This document describes the National Library of Australia's policy on authority control. It expands on the brief policy outlined in the National Library of Australia Cataloguing Policy, as well as placing authority control within its broader context. |
| Cataloguing policy |
This cataloguing policy provides a public statement of the Library’s current policies concerning the cataloguing of its collections of Australian and overseas resources. |
| Code of conduct for readers and visitors |
This code outlines the conduct we expect from readers and visitors. |
| Collection development policy |
This defines the scope and nature of the collecting of Australian and overseas materials within the Library. |
| Collection digitisation policy |
This is a guide to both the digitisation of items held by the Library, and the management of these digital objects. |
| Collection disaster plan |
This deals with disaster preparedness and preparation and is used by the Library as a manual in routine disaster preparedness and prevention activities. |
| Copyright position statements |
The National Library endorses these position statements on copyright, issued by National & State Libraries Australasia (NSLA). |
| Digital preservation directions statement 2008 to 2012 |
This sets out the Library's priorities for digital preservation for the medium term. |
| Digital Preservation Policy 4th Edition (2013) |
This indicates the directions the Library intends to take in preserving its own electronic collections (both born digital and digitised), and in collaborating with others to enable the preservation of electronic information resources. |
| Disability Framework |
This document sets out for staff the Library’s commitment and approach to achieving the key elements of its Disability Framework. |
| Environmental policy |
The Library’s Environmental Policy demonstrates and drives the organisation’s commitment to continual improvement in environmental performance. |
| Events and education policy |
This policy addresses events and education activities planned, developed and implemented by the Events and Education Section, Executive and Public Programs Division |
| Exhibitions policy |
The Library develops exhibitions and displays to enrich the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the collections of the National Library of Australia and of the role of libraries and their collections more generally |
| Guidelines for the discard and retention of library material |
These guidelines summarise the National Library's policy on discarding materials from its print collections. |
| Indexed list of file titles |
This Indexed List of File Titles is made available in accordance with the requirements of the Senate Order for the Production of Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files. |
| Information and research services policy |
This policy describes the reader services the Library provides and how staff are expected to deliver them. |
| Information technology strategic plan |
This is the Library's medium term plan for the expansion of its information technology infrastructure and services to enable its strategic directions to be achieved. |
| Mobile Strategy |
The National Library of Australia's strategy and vision for the future of mobile technologies. |
| Policy on participation in cooperative microfilming projects with other institutions | |
| Policy on the illumination of collection material on display | |
| Policy on the Retention and Preservation of Australian newspapers | |
| Preservation copying of collection materials policy |
This policy document is primarily concerned with preservation-driven copying programs. |
| Preservation policy |
The purpose of this document is to present high level policy statements for the National Library of Australia regarding the preservation of its collections, and regarding the Library’s role in fostering preservation of documentary heritage. |
| Publications policy | |
| Social media policy |
Standards Library staff are expected to follow and guidelines to assist in social media interaction. |
| Social media strategy 2013-2014 |
Roadmap for the library’s future social media activity. |
| Standards |
This statement sets out the Library’s current standards activities, and the directions and priorities which it wishes to pursue in the medium term future. |
| Visitor access to and use of, medications and other personal medical equipment in the Library |
This document describes Library policy for the procedures surrounding Library users and visitors who may require access to personal medications and/or medical equipment while on Library premises. It provides guidance to relevant Library Authorised Persons. |
