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What We Collect
The State Library of Western Australia collects material for heritage, reference and public library collections. Specialist collections are held in the areas of Indigenous, Family History, Childrens Literature and Music.
What we collect is outlined in our:
and expanded in our:
- Developing Our Collections - A Collection Development Policy Framework (Full document pdf size: 350 KB)
Go directly to a section of the Developing Our Collections - A Collection Development Policy Framework:
- Introduction
- Context for collection development
- Overarching collecting principles
- Overarching collecting practices
- Collections through the State Library - Heritage collection development
- Collections through the State Library - Reference collection development
- Collections through Public Libraries
- J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History
- Indigenous
- Family History
- Children's Literature
- Music
- General Reference
Page last updated: Tuesday 31 May 2011
