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Division Report Comments :
Overall collection level for this division is 3a. This assessment gives more weight to the quality of the collection than the quantity although holdings are also significant numerically. Collecting level related to standard bibliographies is at level 3b - Intermediate, augmented. Serial holdings are also good.
A total of 11,620 monographs are held in this division. This represents 2.92% of the monographs quoted for SRL and Special collections in the 1995/96 annual report.
240 titles are held in the Reference collection, that is, 2.06% of the division's total monographic holdings.
42.3% of monographic holdings, have been published since 1985.
Collection strength is in Australian material, with good coverage of the Australian political system, Australian political parties, and issues which have particular interest in the Australian context, for example, migration and refugees. Federal Parliamentary debates for both House of Representatives and Senate are held as are Queensland Parliamentary debates. Parliamentary papers for both Federal and Queensland governments are held.
State Library holds 66% of items checked in the bibliography for Australian context (The Australian Political System).
This collection is enhanced by a video collection which provides broad coverage of the area again with particular emphasis on Australian interests and issues.
Holdings of the John Oxley Library have not been included in this assessment. This collection contains a broad range of political science materials published in and relevant to Queensland. As Legal Deposit Library, this collection also includes some juvenile literature and some school texts published in Queensland.
Relevant sections of the following major standard bibliographies have been checked against State Library's monographic holdings:
| Title | Total SRL checked | Total SRL holdings | % held |
| Australian National Bibliography
1992-1996 |
1081 | 545 | 50.4 |
| Walford's Guide to Reference Material (6th ed) | 316 | 144 | 45 |
| Reader's Adviser (14th ed) Vol 3 | 361 | 114 | 32 |
| The Australian Political System | 354 | 167 | 66 |
| Collier's Encyclopedia | 279 | 83 | 30 |
Periodical (serials) coverage in the political science division
There are 151 current (open) and 175 closed serials.
All titles in the relevant sections of the following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's holdings:
| Title | Total SRL checked | Total SRL holdings | % held |
| Magazines for libraries (Katz) | 80 | 16 | 20 |
| Ulrich's (1997) | 747 | 56 | 7 |
|
Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) |
15 | 11 | 73 |
Last modified: August 18 2004.
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