These guidelines aim to provide a standard framework to assess risk in providing online access to oral history or sound recordings, where rights and permission agreements are missing, poorly documented and/or unclear.
These guidelines aim to assist libraries in understanding the significance and benefits of the use of a Deed of Gift when accepting donations, and ensure that the Deed works in the best interests of the goals of libraries, and considers the needs of potential donors of material.
NSLA libraries are committed to working in accordance with nationally and internationally recognised protocols to ensure that member libraries provide culturally safe public spaces for all First Nations peoples, whether they are visitors or staff.
Guidelines for working with donations of digital materials.
This statement outlines the public position of NSLA libraries regarding the provision of access to legacy oral history collections.
Guidelines on Creative Commons licenses and library collection items.
NLSA’s agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians.
NSLA supports the principle that works that are out of copyright should be publicly accessible and available for re-use.
A toolkit developed to accurately calculate the costs associated with undertaking copyright compliance.
The Obsolete Physical Carriers directory is a tool for NSLA libraries to use when looking at digitising analogue content and preserving digital files from obsolete physical carriers.
