Resources

Procedural guidelines: reasonable search for orphan works

Guidance on the process of identifying and locating rights owners where they are unknown, anonymous or uncontactable.

Position statement: public domain works

NSLA supports the principle that works that are out of copyright should be publicly accessible and available for re-use.

Principles for public and private digitisation partnerships

Principles guiding agreements with commercial vendors or non-commercial entities around the digitisation and use of collections content.

Indigenous cultural competency principles

Shared principles support NSLA libraries to develop practical and sustainable Indigenous cultural competency strategies appropriate to their community context and workforce requirements.

Annual Australian public library statistics

An annual NSLA project that identifies and measures the usage and activities of Australia's public library services and the services they offer.
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