National Library of Australia


Collection Development


QUESTION 2.
Does this collection include:


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QUESTION 3.
Which forms of music does it include?


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QUESTION 5.
Does your library have a collection development policy which covers music?


COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY                                 Yes/No   

Institute of the  Arts, Canberra                              Yes
Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts               Yes
National Film & Sound Archive                                 Yes
National Library of Australia                                 Yes     
Uni. of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library                     Yes     
National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Library             No     
Charles Sturt Uni.                                            Broadly   
Southern Cross Uni.                                           No     
Uni. of Sydney Library                                        Draft    
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library                        No     
Uni. of Wollongong                                            No     
ABC Print Music Library                                       Yes     
Australian Music Centre                                       Yes     
Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House                    Yes     
State Library of New South Wales                              Yes     
Northern Territory University                                 Yes     
Uni. of Queensland, Architecture/Music Library                Yes     
Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith Uni.             Yes     
Queensland Performing Arts Trust                              No     
State Library of Queensland, Music Library                    Yes     
Performing Arts Collection of South Australia                 Yes     
State Library of South Australia                              Yes     
Flinders Street School of Music                               Yes     
Music Library, SA Dept. of Education & Children's Services    Yes     
 State Library of Tasmania                                    No     
Uni. of Melbourne, Music Library                              Yes     
Uni. of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre                  Yes     
Uni. of Melbourne, School of Early Childhood Studies          Yes     
Uni. of Melbourne, Grainger Museum                            No     
Monash Uni. Library                                           No     
Victorian College of the Arts Library                         Yes     
State Library of Victoria                                     Yes     
Uni. of Western Australia                                     Yes     
State Music Library, Western Australia                        Yes     
Edith Cowan Uni. Library                                      Yes     


QUESTION 9.
How many items does your music collection contain?


WORKS ABOUT MUSIC                                    Size of Collection

Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts      15,000 mono. +250 jour. titles
National Film & Sound Archive                        Est 3,000
National Library of Australia                        Ca. 11,000 + serials
Uni. of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library            4,073
Uni. of Newcastle, Main Campus Library               8,344
National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)            130
Charles Sturt Uni.                                   10,000
Southern Cross Uni.                                  2,900
University of Sydney Library                         14,000
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library               24,251
University of Wollongong                             Ca. 5,000
ABC Print Music Library                              -
Australian Music Centre                              1,000
Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House           500
State Library of New South Wales                     12,600 mono. +150 jour. titles
Northern Territory Uni.                              3,700
Uni. of Queensland (Architecture/Music Library)      8,000 mono. +4,000 jour.
Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith Uni.    5,998
Queensland Performing Arts Trust                     350
State Library of Queensland, Music Library           9,000
Performing Arts Collection of South Australia        -
State Library of South Australia - Mortlock Library  1,000
 South Australiana
State Library of South Australia - Non SA, general   9,000
 and specials
Flinders Street School of Music                      4,000 mono. +50 jour. titles
Music Library, SA Dept of Education & Children's     2,300
 Services
State Library of Tasmania                            Not available
Uni. of Melbourne, Music Library                     13,000 mono. +80 current 
                                                     jour. titles
Uni. of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre         5,735
Uni. of Melbourne, School of Early Childhood Studies 1,125
Uni. of Melbourne, Grainger Museum                   Unable to answer in detail
Monash University Library                            13,800
Victorian College of the Arts Library                8,000
State Library of Victoria                            Approx 21,750
Uni. Western Australia                               10,000
State Music Library, Western Australia               9,687 + serials
Edith Cowan Uni. Library                             5,000

PRINTED MUSIC Size of Collection Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts 40,000 National Film & Sound Archive 2,800 sheets of scores selected for retention National Library of Australia 166,500 Uni. of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library 38,000 Uni. of Newcastle, Main Campus Library 580 National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Library 207 Charles Sturt Uni. 25,000 Southern Cross Uni. 1,100 Uni. of Sydney Library 32,000 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library 119,141 Uni. of Wollongong Ca. 3,500 ABC Print Music Library Ca. 30,000 Australian Music Centre 10,000 Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House 31 metres State Library of New South Wales 21,000 sheet music + 1,230 scores Northern Territory University 3,800 Uni. of Queensland, Architecture/Music Library 17,000 Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith Uni. 16,072 Queensland Performing Arts Trust 8 State Library of Queensland, Music Library 50,000 Performing Arts Collection of South Australia Approx. 500-600 sheet music State Library of South Australia - Mortlock 500 Library of South Australiana State Library of South Australia - Non SA, - general and specials Flinders Street School of Music 3,000 miniature scores 11,000 print music Music Library, SA Dept of Education & 8,000 Children's Services State Library of Tasmania 2,107 Uni. of Melbourne, Music Library 28,000 scores 22,500 scores uncatalogued Uni. of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre 600 Uni. of Melbourne, School of Early Childhood 600 Studies Uni. of Melbourne, Grainger Museum Unable to answer in detail Monash Uni. Library 19,600 Victorian College of the Arts Library 34,000 State Library of Victoria Est 10,000 Uni. of Western Australia 32,000 State Music Library, Western Australia 33,000 catalogued 25,000 song sheets Edith Cowan University Library 19,118

Size of collection SOUND AND VIDEO RECORDINGS Sound & Video Sound Video Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts 10,000 National Film & Sound Archive >100,000 sound and video recordings selected for retention National Library of Australia 5,000 Uni. of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library 4,761 Uni. of Newcastle, Main Campus Library 2,173 National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Library 806 Charles Sturt Uni. 10,000 Southern Cross Uni. 4,200 Uni. of Sydney Library 5,500 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library 19,769 Uni. of Wollongong Ca. 5,000 ABC Print Music Library - Australian Music Centre 3,000 Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House - State Library of New South Wales 200 misc 2,000 CDs 100 videos Northern Territory University 2,500 Uni. of Queensland, Architecture/Music Library 8,000 Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith Uni. 8,287 Queensland Performing Arts Trust 167 State Library of Queensland, Music Library 16,000 Performing Arts Collection of South Australia Up to 1,000 State Library of South Australia - Mortlock 4,500 Library of South Australiana State Library of South Australia - Non SA, 90,000 (denotes 2 large record general and specials collections within special collections area Flinders Street School of Music 2,500 Music Library, SA Dept of Education & 1,500 Children's Services State Library of Tasmania 26,668 Uni. of Melbourne, Music Library 17,500 220 Uni. of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre 4,000 Uni. of Melbourne, School of Early Childhood 2,000 Studies Uni. of Melbourne, Grainger Museum Unable to answer in detail Monash Uni. Library 8,000 Victorian College of the Arts Library 9,000 State Library of Victoria 5,100 Uni. of Western Australia 11,500 State Music Library, Western Australia 10,400 Edith Cowan Uni. Library 6,622

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND PAPERS Size of Collection Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts - National Film & Sound Archive Est 600 National Library of Australia Not available Uni. of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library - Uni. of Newcastle, Main Campus Library - National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)Library - Charles Sturt Uni. - Southern Cross Uni. - Uni. of Sydney Library c. 200 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library Mainly Raymond Hanson Collection No statistics Uni. of Wollongong Nil ABC Print Music Library c. 1,000 Australian Music Centre 3,000 Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House 100 metres State Library of New South Wales 13.6 metres Northern Territory Uni. - Uni. of Queensland, Architecture/Music Library 200 cms Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith Uni. - Queensland Performing Arts Trust 3 original; 36 commissioned arrangements State Library of Queensland, Music Library - Performing Arts Collection of South Australia Very few State Library of South Australia - Mortlock 20 items in 4 record groups Library of South Australiana State Library of South Australia - Non SA, general - and specials Flinders Street School of Music Not known; minimal Music Library, SA Dept. of Education & 500 Children's Services State Library of Tasmania Not available Uni. of Melbourne, Music Library 37 lots Uni. of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre Nil University of Melbourne, School of N/A Early Childhood Studies, University of Melbourne, Grainger Museum Unable to answer in detail Monash University Library Victorian College of the Arts Library 2 collections State Library of Victoria c. 500 University of Western Australia 20 State Music Library, Western Australia 0 Edith Cowan University Library


QUESTION 10.
What proportion of these items are published in Australia rather than overseas


PROPORTION OF AUSTRALIAN MATERIAL IN    Works     Printed   Sound &   Original  
COLLECTION                              about     Music     Video     Mss and  
                                        Music               Recording Papers   

Canberra School of Music, Institute     <5%       <2%                         
 of the Arts                            approx                                  
                                        monos;                                  
                                        <2%                                    
                                        journals                                 
National Film & Sound Archive           10-15 %   Est 70%   90-95%    N/A    
National Library of Australia           c. 30%    60%                 N/A
University of Newcastle,                1%        3%        5%               
 Conservatorium Library                                                          
National Institute of Dramatic Art      ---------------very little---------------
 (NIDA) Library                                                                  
Charles Sturt University                ----------------not known----------------
Southern Cross University               The majority in all categories are      
                                        published overseas              
University of Sydney Library            <5%       <10%      c.15%      100%    
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library  15%       10%       10%        100%    
University of Wollongong                5%        5%        5%               
ABC Print Music Library                 Printed music       Original mss and    
                                        Very few. Mostly    papers         
                                        ABC commissions,    Some early       
                                        manuscripts         Australian works,   
                                                            not manuscript     
Australian Music Centre                 10%       100%      100%       100% mss  
Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera    10%       ?                    95%    
 House                                                                           
State Library of New South Wales        30%       90% of    50% cds    100%    
                                                  sheet     60%               
                                                  music     videos             
                                                  no                          
                                                  scores                        
Northern Territory University           Not possible to accurately determine,       
                                        but probably 5-7% overall             
University of Queensland,               0.5%      1%        1%         99%    
 Architecture/Music Library                                                      
Queensland Conservatorium of Music,     5%        5%        5%               
 Griffith University                                                             
Queensland Performing Arts Trust        Approx              5%               
                                        10%                                    
State Library of Queensland, Music      1%        28%       5%         100%    
 Library                                          approx    approx                    
Performing Arts Collection of South     75%                                    
 Australia                                                                       
State Library of South Australia -      95 % SA   95 % SA   95 % SA    100% SA  
 Mortlock Library of South                                                       
 Australiana                                                                     
State Library of South Australia -      5%        5%        5-10%              
 Non SA, general and specials                                                    
Flinders Street School of Music         ----------------not known----------------
Music Library, SA Dept of               <10%      <5%                         
 Education & Children's Services                                                 
State Library of Tasmania               --------------not available--------------
University of Melbourne, Music          -----------minority----------- N/A       
 Library                                                                           
University of Melbourne, Education      minority  minority  ?          N/A    
 Resource Centre                                                                 
University of Melbourne, School of      --------------not available--------------
 Early Childhood Studies                                                          
University of Melbourne, Grainger       Unable to answer this question in detail
 Museum 
Monash University Library               approx    approx    approx
                                        3%        5%        3%            
Victorian College of the Arts           Statistics unavailable. Probably:                   
 Library                                5%        5%        2% 
                                        books     scores    sound & video              
State Library of Victoria               Not available       60%               
University of Western Australia         2%        2%        1%         100%    
State Music Library, Western            approx    approx               approx
 Australia                              1%        4%                   1-2%
Edith Cowan University Library          10%       5%        5%               

QUESTION 11.
How much was spent on acquisitions in the past year:


ACQUISITIONS BUDGET FOR MUSIC        Works     Printed   Sound &   Original   TOTAL    
                                     about     Music     Video     Mss &             
                                     Music               Recording Papers              Canberra School of Music,             $15,000   $20,000   $4,000               $54,000   
 Institute of the Arts                         monos                                              
                                     $15,000                                             
                                     journals                                            
National Film & Sound Archive        c. $500   $0        $10,000              $10,500   
                                                         (25% of                        
                                                         total                         
                                                         media                         
                                                         acquisitions                      
                                                         vote)                       
National Library of Australia        N/A      $28,000                         $28,000 +  
                                              +                                   
                                              legal deposit
University of Newcastle,             -------Total of $36,000-------           $36,000   
 Conservatorium Library                                                                      
National Institute of Dramatic Art   $274.04             $91.11               $365.15   
 (NIDA) Library                                                                             
Charles Sturt University             ---------------not known---------------              
Southern Cross University            $4,000              $5,280               $9,280   
University of Sydney Library         $19,000  $11,000    $3,000               $41,000   
                                     + $8,000                                            
                                     serials                                             
                                     excludes reference                                       
                                     multiple copies,                                    
                                     blanket orders etc                                   
Sydney Conservatorium of Music       $82,101  $52,384    $37,420   none       $171,905  
 Library                                                                                    
University of Wollongong             -------------$8,000 for all------------  $8,000   
ABC Print Music Library                       Program                                  
                                              driven                                   
Australian Music Centre              $1,000   $1,500     $2,000               $4,500   
Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera ?        ?                                     
 House                                                                                      
State Library of New South Wales     $12,000  $2,500     $5,000    $60,000    $83,500   
                                     monos    sheet                (a normal               
                                     $4,000   music                year              
                                     serials  scores               would be               
                                              from                 $5,000)           
                                              mono.                             
                                              budget                                   
Northern Territory University        $2,020 on all categories during          $2,020   
                                     calendar year 1993                         
University of Queensland,            $18,000  $9,000     $6,000    Not        $58,000   
 Architecture/Music Library          books                         available            
                                     $25,000                                             
                                     serials                                             
Queensland Conservatorium of Music,  $92,000 overall - allocation based on    $92,000   
 Griffith University                 Department not format                        
Queensland Performing Arts Trust     $1,000              $200                 $1,200   
State Library of Queensland, Music   $24,000  $34,000    $7,000               $65,000   
 Library                                                 sound                         
                                                         only.                         
                                                         Variable                       
                                                         component                       
                                                         of another                         
                                                         vote spent                        
                                                         on music                      
                                                         videos                        
Performing Arts Collection of South  On music acquisitions - nothing                   
 Australia                                                                                  
State Library of South Australia -   Most acquired on    $7,000               $7,000   
 Mortlock Library                    legal deposit                                     
State Library of South Australia -   $8,500                                   $8,500   
 Non SA, general and specials                                                               
Flinders Street School of Music      Books    $1,000     $500      Donated    $7,000   
                                     $2,000                                             
                                     Journals                                            
                                     $3,500                                             
Music Library, SA Dept of            $2,000   $10,000    $1,000               $13,000   
 Education & Children's Services                                                            
State Library of Tasmania            --Total expenditure $14,507--            $14,507   
University of Melbourne, Music       $49,000  $28,000    $39,000   Nil        $116,000  
 Library                                                                                    
University of Melbourne, Education   ---------Total $2,810--------            $2,810    
 Resource Centre                                                                            
University of Melbourne, School of   --------Not available--------                                
 Early Childhood Studies,                                                                   
University of Melbourne, Grainger    $2,500 - Books, sheet music, sound       $2,500 +   
 Museum,                             archives + extraordinary purchases paid                
                                     for by Baillieu per year                      
Monash University Library            $17,143  $15,189    $3,733               $3,6065   
Victorian College of the Arts        Total music acquisitions: $30,000 -      $30,000   
 Library                             breakdown not available                       
State Library of Victoria            Not available as    $5,000               $5,000+   
                                     separate Cost                                    
                                     Centre                                         
University of Western Australia      ----------------$29,168----------------  $29,168   
State Music Library, Western         $9,000   $13,000    $11,000              $52,500   
 Australia                           monos    + $9,000                                  
                                     $10,500  for                                    
                                     serials  standing                                  
                                              orders                                   
Edith Cowan University Library       -------------$45,000 total-------------  $45,000   

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