Policies

We are guided by the Position statement: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Services in NSLA Libraries.

Our policies for the management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library services and collections are guided by national and international protocols. These protocols ensure that collections and services are accessible, appropriate and responsive to the needs and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

These protocols and policy frameworks include:

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library, Information and Resource Network (ATSILIRN) Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services
• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• The National and State Libraries Australia: Guidelines for Working with Community
• The National and State Libraries Australia: Position statement: Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

• Position statement on copyright
• Position statement on reasonably diligent search for orphan works
• Procedural guidelines for reasonably diligent search for orphan works
• Position statement on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
• Position statement on moral rights for staff and volunteers
• Position statement on self-copying of copyrighted collection materials
• Position statement on public domain works
• Position statement on Creative Commons
• Procedural guidelines for takedown
• Procedural guidelines for reasonably diligent search for orphan works

• Principles of Digital Collecting

• Information and research services principles for the National and State Libraries of Australia
• Position statement: Collection Redistribution  in NSLA Libraries