Policies, standards and protocols
The State Library of Queensland has a range of policies, standards and protocols to guide its staff and clients, as well as staff in public libraries.
Strategic policies | Access policies | Collection policies | Preservation policies | Other policies
Protocols | Standards | Collaborative principles
Strategic policies
- Enriching the lives of Queenslanders: Strategic directions for the State Library of Queensland towards 2012 [new window
344 kb] The State Library is committed to embracing changes to our service delivery to meet the changing needs and expectations of our clients. - Children and young people policy [new window 23 kb]
- Expanding Horizons: Positioning Queensland public libraries for the future 2008-2012 [new window 314 kb] A joint initiative of the State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Public Libraries Association and the Local Government Association of Queensland.
- Intellectual freedom policy [new window 158 kb] Includes information on the right to access information, privacy and copyright
- Multicultural Services Strategy 2008-2012 [new window 127 kb]
- Our Place is Your Place: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment and Training Strategy 2007-10 [new window 470 kb]
- Reconciliation Strategy [new window 465 kb]
- Social Networking Policy [new window 89 kb]
- Web Strategy [new window 66 kb]
Access policies
- Alcohol Policy [new window 104 kb]
- Bags policy [new window 35 kb]
- Extended enquiries policy [new window 100 kb]
- Public Access Computer Facilities Policy [new window 94 kb]
- Responsible conduct policy [new window 112 kb]
- User online comments policy
Collection policies
- State Library is currently updating the Collection development policy
- Lending Policy - Loans for Exhibition [new window 196 kb]
- Lending Policy - Loans to libraries [new window 92 kb]
- Lending Policy - Loans of music items to clients [new window 87 kb]
- State Library of Queensland digitisation policy [new window 56 kb]
Preservation policies
Other policies
Policies by external agencies to which the State Library has made a significant contribution, or which are relevant to the State Library in some way.
- National policy framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library services and collections [new window 1.9 MB] a new policy developed by the National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) [new window]. As a member of NSLA and as the Convenor of the NSLA Indigenous Working Group, the State Library supports and promotes this policy framework.
Protocols
- Making libraries multicultural: a protocol establishing the method of consultation between Queensland's State and public libraries and their multicultural communities
- Protocols for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections [new window 126 kb]
Standards
- Client service standards of the State Library for Queensland public libraries and local government [new window 34 kb]
- Code of conduct - Library Board of Queensland [new window 450 kb]
- Code of conduct - State Library of Queensland staff [new window]
- Digital Standard 1 – Metadata for digital objects and other specified resource types, version 1.5 [new window 144 kb]
- Digital Standard 2 – Digital capture & format, version 3.01 [new window 340 kb]
- Directory and file naming conventions for digital objects, version 1.06 [new window 87 kb]
- Guidelines for the use of metadata in the description of digital images, version 2.1 [new window 254 kb]
- Our service commitment
- Queensland public libraries standards and guidelines
- Standards for Transcripts, version 1.01 [new window 160 kb]
Collaborative principles
The State Library is working in collaboration with NSLA (National and State Libraries Australasia) on a range of principles to support Re-imagining Libraries [new window]:
- NSLA Collaborative Collection Principles [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement: wireless access [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement on Indigenous intellectual property and ownership [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement on Creative Commons [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement on reasonable search for orphan works [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement on copyright exceptions and limitations [new window]
- NSLA Position Statement on mobile technology [new window] Mobile technology report [new window]
- NSLA Collaborative Lending Principles [new window]
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Last updated: 14th May 2012
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