National Library of Australia


State Library of Queenland collection assessment
Mathematics

[1998]

Division report comments:

A total of 834 monographs are held in this division. This represents 0.21% of the 397,000 monographs quoted for State Reference Library and Special collections in the 1995/96 annual report of the State Library of Queensland.

79% of monographic holdings were published prior to 1985.

Overall collecting level is level 1b - Minimal with even coverage.

In a fairly small collection, collection strength is in introductory works and mathematics applied to special areas such as engineering or economics and statistical methods.

State Library's holdings compared with the standard bibliographies checked are at a higher level than the overall assessment level and the levels of individual categories.

It is State Library policy not to collect any juvenile literature, school or tertiary textbooks or advanced academic research material. Holdings in the John Oxley Library have not been considered in this assessment. As Legal Deposit Library, this library collects works relative to and/or published in Queensland in all subject areas. Relevant sections of the following major standard bibliographies have been checked against our monographic holdings:

Title Total checked SRL holdings % held
Australian National Bibliography 1992-1996 337 10 3
Reader's Adviser 200 52 26
Walford's Guide to Reference Material 129 37 29
Collier's Encyclopedia 187 37 20
Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics (1992) 1293 175 1
From Here to Infinity: a guide to today's mathematics (1996) 12 49 39

Serials:

There are 3 open and 9 closed serial subscriptions for this division.

Relevant sections of the following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's holdings:

Title Total checked SRL holdings % held
Magazines for Libraries 8th ed 97 3 3

Last modified: August 18 2004.