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South Asia: Renovating the National Collection Project

State of South Asian Library Collections In Australia: The Report


The following alphanumeric tables are included in this report on the state of South Asian library collections in Australian libraries (where possible information is divided between indigenous and western language material relating to South Asia):

  • Table 1: Comparison of Collecting Levels, Collection Size, Budget
  • Table 2: Collection size
  • Table 3: Collection budget
  • Table 4: Collection assessment
  • Table 5: Exchange agreements/donation sources for South Asian library materials
Note: Some libraries were not able to provide separate information on collection size and budget for South Asian library materials in the original survey.

The following bar tables were produced for the printed report [not available on WWW] in order to provide an overview of South Asian collections.

  • Attachment 1 - shows the size of South Asian library collections by institution.
  • Attachment 2 - shows the size of the acquisition budget for South Asian library materials, by institution.
  • Attachment 3 - shows the percentage of South Asian library materials in the total national collection of Asian library materials.
  • Attachment 4-> shows the percentage of South Asian library materials in the total national acquisitions budget for Asian library materials.

Table 1. Comparison of Collection Levels, Size of Collection, and Budget for South Asian Library Materials

Provides an overview of the collecting levels, collection size and acquisitions budget for collections of South Asian library materials in Australian libraries.

(IL=Indigenous languages; WL=Western Languages)

             Level     Size of collection        Budget         
                       (no. of titles)                        
            IL     WL      IL         WL        IL         WL                                                      $         $      
*ANL        3      3       990      22,550     1,500     65,500   
ANU         3      3     16,000     21,000     8,500     35,000   
NSL                4      1,936     1,348       n/a       n/a     
*NU                                  n/a                          
NUN         3      3       n/a      10,400      n/a       n/a     
*NUNE       1      3       60       2,330                3,650    
NMQU        1      2                 n/a                          
XNTU        1      2       104       549                  580     
QACU               4                  95                  n/a     
QGU                                                               
QU          2      2       350       n/a     negligible   n/a     
SU                 2        0        n/a        n/a       n/a     
*SFU        4      4                7,205                 n/a     
TU                 3                5,502       n/a       n/a     
VSUT                                 330                 1,000    
VSL         2      4                 n/a        n/a       n/a     
VVUT               1        1        384        n/a       n/a     
*VMOU       1      1       301      1,550      2,500     3,000    
VU                                                                
*VLU        2      3      2,700     7,316                10,000   
WU          4      4       187      11,829      n/a       n/a     
WMDU        2      2                            n/a       n/a     

*partners in the South Asian project.

Table 2: Collection Size for South Asian Library Materials (no. of titles)

Provides detailed figures, where available, for the size of the South Asian library materials collection.

Note:

  • Some libraries have estimated figures.
  • n/a or unknown in any column means separate figures not available for this category of material (as stated by library).
  • When libraries have been unable to provide breakdown of material into monographs, serials and non-book material, but have provided a total figure, this is indicated by n/a in Category columns and total figures in Total columns.
  • A blank indicates that the library does not collect in this area.
  • The State Library of NSW has included material from the multicultural collection in their figures

(Information collected December 1994)
(IL=Indigenous Languages; WL=Western Languages)

              Monographs            Serials/         Non-book material          Total         
              newspapers                                                 
             IL         WL        IL         WL        IL         WL        IL         WL     

*ANL         880      19,900      70        650        40       2,000       990      22,550   
ANU          n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a      16,000     21,000   
NSL         1,924     1,246        3         18         9         84       1,936     1,348    
*NU          n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a                  n/a     
NUN          n/a      10,000      n/a       400        n/a                  n/a      10,400   
*NUNE        60       2,320                  30                   10        60       2,330    
NMQU                   n/a                  n/a                  n/a                  n/a     
XNTU         80        540                             24         9         104       549     
QACU                    95                                                             95     
QGU                                                                                           
QU           n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        350       n/a     
SU            0        n/a         0        n/a         0        n/a         0        n/a     
*SFU                  7,000                 105                  100                 7,205    
TU                    5,446                  45                   11                 5,502    
VSUT                   287                   6                    37                  330     
VSL                    n/a                  n/a                  n/a                  n/a     
VVUT         n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a         1        384     
*VMOU        300      1,500        1         50                             301      1,550    
VU                                                                                            
*VLU        2,700     7,300                  16                            2,700     7,316    
WU           173      11,429       8        348         6         52        187      11,829   
WMDU                                                                                          
Total       6,117     67,063      82       1,668       79       2,303     22,629     92,388   
for each                                                                                      
category                                                                                      
       NATIONAL TOTAL                                                          115,017        

*partners in the South Asian project.

Table 3: Acquisitions Budget for South Asian Library Materials

Provides information on the acquisitions budget relating to South Asian library materials.

Note:

  • Some libraries have estimated figures. (not indicated)
  • n/a or unknown in any column means separate figures not available for this category of material (as stated by library).
  • When libraries have been unable to provide breakdown of material into monographs, serials and non-book material, but have provided a total figure, this is indicated by n/a in Category columns and total figures in Total columns.
  • Space means library has not provided information in this area (either figure or n/a).

(Information collected December 1994)
(IL=Indigenous Languages; WL=Western Languages)

                Monographs            Serials/         Non-book material          Total         
                newspapers                                                 
                IL        WL         IL        WL         IL        WL        IL         WL     
                $          $         $          $         $          $         $         $      
*ANL           500      19,100     1,000     41,400       0        5,000     1,500     65,500   
ANU           8,000     26,000      500       9,000                          8,500     35,000   
NSL            n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
*NU                                                                                             
NUN            n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
*NUNE                    2,400                1,250                                    3,650    
NMQU                                                                                            
XNTU                      580                                                           580     
QACU                      n/a                  n/a                  n/a                 n/a     
QGU                                                                                             
QU          negligible    n/a    negligible    n/a    negligible    n/a    negligible   n/a     
SU             n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
*SFU                      n/a                  n/a                  n/a                 n/a     
TU             n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
VSUT                     1000                                                          1,000    
VSL            n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
VVUT           n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
*VMOU                    2,000                1,000                                    3,000    
VU                                                                                              
*VLU                     9,000                1,000                                    10,000   
WU             n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
WMDU           n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a        n/a       n/a       n/a     
Total for     8,500     60,080     1,500     53,650       0        5,000    10,000    118,730   
each                                                                                            
category                                                                                        
        NATIONAL TOTAL                                                          $131,230        

*partners in the South Asian project.

Table 4. Collecting Level for South Asian Library Materials According to Conspectus Collecting Levels

Provides information on the assessment of the South Asian component of the collection, using the following collecting levels from the Conspectus methodology:

  1. Introductory or basic material only;
  2. Basic information supporting general enquiries;
  3. Supports undergraduate and most graduate instruction;
  4. Supports postgraduate and independent research; or
  5. Significant works of recorded knowledge, in all applicable languages.

Note: The following notes were included by individual libraries in responses to Q5 of the survey

NSL       South Asia includes collected works of Gandhi and Nehru (Level 5)
NU        Unable to describe on geographic basis
VSL       Level 1 - Vietnamese, Farsi; South Asia - Level 2 - other than India,
          Level 3 - India only, Level 4 - Colonial India only

VU        Varies from research to basic level depending on the subject
          collection
ANL       South Asia All except India and Sri Lanka Level 2, India and Sri Lanka
          Level 3

Note: These overall assessment levels should be considered with the more detailed levels indicated in the separate report on South Asian collecting taken from the Australian Conspectus Database, also prepared for this meeting.

(Information collected December 1994)
(IL=Indigenous Languages; WL=Western Languages)

                                               LEVEL       
                                             IL      WL    
*National Library of Australia                3       3    
Australian National University                3       3    
State Library of New South Wales                      4    
*University of Sydney                                      
University of New South Wales                 3       3    
*University of New England                    1       3    
Macquarie University                          1       2    
Northern Territory University                 1       2    
Australian Catholic University, Queensland            4    
Griffith University                                        
University of Queensland                      2       2    
University of Adelaide                                2    
*Flinders University of South Australia       4       4    
University of Tasmania                                3    
Swinburne University of Technology                         
State Library of Victoria                     2       4    
Victoria University of Technology                     1    
*Monash University                            2       3    
University of Melbourne                               2    
*La Trobe University                          2       3    
University of Western Australia               4       4    
Murdoch University                            2       2    

*partners in the South Asian project.

Table 5 Exchange Agreements/Donation Sources for South Asian Library Materials

Provides information on any agreements which are in place relating to Asian materials.

            Yes/No   Regions/Countries/details if given          
*NU         Yes      India                                                
*NUNE       Yes      Sri Lanka, India                                     
QU          Yes      South Asia: - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh                                           
WU          Yes      India                                                

*partners in the South Asian project.


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