Policy & Planning

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Highlights

A range of documents govern the Library's operations as well as informing its projects and initiatives.

• Particular goals for the medium term are set by the Library's Directions
• The Portfolio Budget Statement specifies the planned outputs for the year.
• The Balanced Scorecard method is used to measure performance
• The Collection Development Policy defines the scope and nature of the collecting of Australian and overseas materials within the Library.
• The Collection Disaster Plan deals with disaster preparedness and preparation and is used by the Library as a manual in routine disaster preparedness and prevention activities.
• Cost Recovery Impact Statement
• The Preservation Policy addresses the dilemma of library preservation - to make information accessible, while still ensuring its ultimate survival.
• The Electronic Information Resources Strategies and Action Plan documents the Library's proposed strategies and actions in relation to Australian and overseas electronic information resources.
• The Digitisation Policy is a guide to both the digitisation of items held by the Library, and the management of these digital objects.
• The Digital Preservation Policy indicates the directions the Library intends to take in preserving its own electronic collections (both born digital and digitised), and in collaborating with others to enable the preservation of electronic information resources.
• The Information Technology plan is the Library's medium term plan for the expansion of its information technology infrastructure and services to enable its strategic directions to be achieved.
• Reader Services Policy describes the reader services the Library provides and how staff are expected to deliver them.

As a general principle the Library publishes all of its policy and planning documents on its website as a means of sharing strategies and approaches with users, the national and international library community and other collecting agencies.

An Indexed List of File Titles relating to policy, the development of legislation and other matters of public administration is also available.