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State Library of Queensland  >  About us  >  Policies, standards, protocols  >  Collection development policy

Collection development policy

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Entire policy as one file [ 616 kb]

Chapter by chapter:

• Chapter 1 - Title page, preface, introduction [ 73 kb]
• Chapter 2 - Policy framework [ 32 kb]
• Chapter 3 - General principles and priorities [ 80 kb]
• Chapter 4 - Heritage Collections [ 107 kb]
• Chapter 5 - State Reference Library: Subject summaries: Arts and Humanities [ 132 kb]
• Chapter 5 - State Reference Library: Subject summaries: Science and Technology [ 105 kb]
• Chapter 5 - State Reference Library: Subject summaries: Social Sciences and Business [ 105 kb]
• Chapter 6 - Public Library Services and collections [ 75 kb]
• Appendices [ 43 kb]

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