The aim of this policy is to provide a clear framework to effectively manage the deaccessioning and disposal of collection material and the disposal of material not selected for the collection.

Learn how to request collection items for use in our reading rooms and check collection delivery times to plan ahead.

This policy outlines the key principles that underpin sustainable description activities and practices for material in the National Library of Australia’s collections.

The Library’s Collection Development Policy defines the scope and nature of its collecting of Australian and overseas materials.

This policy aims to provide a statement of the Library’s current approach to digitisation. It covers all digitisation activities undertaken by Library staff as well as external providers under contract to the Library.

This plan consists of two parts: Part 1: Disaster preparedness and prevention policy, and Part 2: Disaster actions

Ian 'Spike' Farrawell recently donated a set of his Australia Post mailbag card designs to the Library.

The Library's policies and plans about the collections.

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Learn about the environmental legacies of Cook's voyages including the impact on Australia's natural resources, Aboriginal land-management practices and connections to contemporary environmental activism.

Fifty years on, see how the destruction and impact of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin 1974 is captured in our collection.