Priorities

  • Enable Australians to explore and understand their diverse social, cultural and intellectual histories by collecting, describing and preserving Australian publications and unpublished collections—in print and digital forms—so that they can be enjoyed by current and future generations.
  • Build a rich collection of print and digital resources that enable learning, research and understanding of the Asia–Pacific region and Australia’s place in the world.

Focus activities in 2017-18

  • Leverage the Library’s new digital library platform to efficiently build, manage and preserve Australia’s digital documentary heritage; and ensure collecting and collection management workflows are continually improved.
  • Continue and consolidate the successful implementation of digital collecting policies and systems by engaging with Australian publishers and building scale in digital collecting.
  • Complete development of systems and workflows for acquiring and managing large personal, organisational and photographic archives, in paper-based and digital forms.
  • Develop an applications and infrastructure roadmap to effectively integrate cloud-based collection management products with the Library's digital ecosystem.
  • Replace critical storage equipment at the Library's Parkes site as it reaches the end of its useful life, and establish longer-term arrangements to accommodate collection growth beyond 2019.

Performance measurement

2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

33,000 Australian published materials collected, including digital

85% of all Australian published materials collected, including digital

# of Australian published materials collected, including digital^

% of all Australian published materials collected, including digital^

# of Australian published materials collected, including digital^

% of all Australian published materials collected, including digital^

# of Australian published materials collected, including digital^

% of all Australian published materials collected, including digital^

Qualitative evaluation of the collection depth and breadth relative to the needs of researchers

Target group: intensive users of digital collections

Qualitative evaluation of the collection depth and breadth relative to the needs of researchers Qualitative evaluation of the collection depth and breadth relative to the needs of researchers Qualitative evaluation of the collection depth and breadth relative to the needs of researchers

^Target is equivalent to or greater than previous year.