Client Services and Collections
The Client Services and Collections Program provides clients of the State Library with physical and virtual access to the State’s diverse collections and services. Collection strengths include the Australian Library of Art, the John Oxley Library of Queensland history, family history and one of Australia’s foremost music collections.
The Program focuses on meeting clients' information, learning and cultural needs through the provision of resources and services tailored for businesses, children and young people, students and researchers. Resources and services are inclusive of Queensland’s culturally diverse and aging communities.
Reference Services
Reference Services provides access to the reference and general collections and services of the State Library, including books, journals and magazines, newspapers, audiovisual, family history, maps, music, ephemera and electronic resources.
Subject based teams are responsible for collection budgets and development, content development, copyright issues, reference services and information literacy training. Services include onsite and virtual reference assistance (including free Statewide access to a number of electronic databases), and free Internet access.
Resource Discovery
Resource Discovery enables the development and uptake of Internet services both within State Library and in public libraries throughout Queensland. Staff manage the State Library’s digital services, web and intranet sites, and online acquisition and cataloguing of print and electronic resources.
Heritage Collections
Heritage Collections comprises the John Oxley Library of Queensland history, the Australian Library of Art, providing access to the Library’s diverse heritage collections, and the maps collection. Special features include historic Real Estate maps, Manuscripts Queensland, Picture Queensland and Picture Queensland Outreach.
Collection Access
This unit manages the circulation and handling of collections, including interlibrary loans, shelving and retrieval.
Collection Preservation
Specialist staff provide services in preservation, conservation, and photographic and digital reproduction of collection materials, both within the Library and for external clients. Work units include Binding and Repair, Conservation, Microfilming and Photographic.
Last updated: 19th October 2009
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