Resources

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.

Procedural guidelines: reasonable search for orphan works

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

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.

Legal deposit in Australia

Legal deposit is a statutory provision which legally obliges publishers to deposit copies of their publications in the National Library of Australia and in the state or territory library in the region of publication.

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.
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