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37th Annual Report 1996-97
Appendix 7: Key Supporting Policies and Documents

Information about the Library’s functions, objectives, policies and activities can be found in the following documents. They are also available electronically on the Library’s home page.

Legislation

  • National Library Act 1960
  • National Library Regulations 1994

Strategic and operational plans

  • Service to the Nation, Access to the Globe: Strategic Plan 1993–98 (1994)
  • Information Technology Strategic Plan 1995–98 (July 1995)

Human resources policies and plans

  • Industrial Democracy Plan (February 1996)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Program, 1996–99 (1996)
  • Human Resource Management Plan, 1996–97 (1996)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Agreement (June 1996)
  • Staff Development and Training Plan (produced annually)

Collection policies

  • National Strategy for the Provision of Access to Australian Electronic Publications: A National Library of Australia Position Paper (September 1996)
  • Guidelines for the Selection of Online Australian Publications Intended for Preservation by the National Library (December 1996)
  • A National Collection of Library Materials: The National Library’s Overseas Collecting Policy (1997)
  • Policy on Networked Australian Electronic Publications (February 1996)
  • Guidelines for the Acquisition of Portraits (May 1996)
  • Voluntary Deposit Scheme for Electronic Publications (1996, updated as required)
  • Collection Development Policy for Australian Materials (June 1994, updated as required)
  • Collection Development of South Asian Publications at the National Library of Australia (May 1995)
  • Policy on the Use of Australian CD-ROMs and Other Electronic Materials Acquired by Deposit (September 1994)

Preservation policies

  • Collection Disaster Plan (May 1996)
  • Guidelines for the Preservation of the National Library of Australia’s Collections (October 1996)
  • Policy on Participation in Cooperative Microfilming Projects with Other Institutions (May 1994)
  • Policy of Retention, Preservation and Repatriation of Australian Newspapers (May 1994)
  • Preservation Policy (August 1994)

Volunteer policy

  • Volunteer Policy and Program (1996)


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