Activities
Topics
- Digital archiving
- The Library has been involved in archiving Australian online publications since 1996 and has gained an international reputation in this area.
- Digital preservation
- The purpose of this page is to provide information about the National Library of Australias approaches to preserving its digital collections and about its digital preservation activities.
- Digitisation
- The Library digitises all new picture acquisitions as well as significant Australian books, serials, manuscripts, maps, printed music and sound recordings.
- Infrastructure
- The Library engages in a range of activities to help develop the Australian library and information infrastructure.
- Persistent identifiers
- The Library is committed to the use of persistent identifiers for the permanent naming of Internet resources.
- Preservation
- The Library has been actively involved with library preservation for many years and has a firmly established international reputation for excellence.
- Resource sharing
- Through development of the Libraries Australia service the Library supports cooperation and resource sharing within the Australian library community.
- Rights management
- The Library is engaged in a range of initiatives to ensure preservation and access to library materials while protecting the rights of creators and publishers.
- Subject gateways
- The Library is a subject gateway owner in its own right and played a key role in the Australian Subject Gateways Forum (ASGF) - now an archival site only
