National Library of Australia

Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):

Agriculture [Study - Basic]

    Comments: Overseas collection in agriculture developed to a basic information level through purchase of major texts, subscriptions to leading serial titles, acquisition of the proceedings of major overseas conferences, exchanges with various agricultural establishments, and depository arrangements with bodies such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN. Consolidated collection of all Australian state agriculture department publications provides some research level strengths.

- Agriculture (general works) [Study - Basic]

- Cultivation and soil science [Minimal]

- Plant diseases and pests [Study - Basic]

- Plant crops and forestry [Study - Basic]

- Horticulture and gardening [Study - Basic]

    Comments: There are some historical strengths from the George K. Cowlishaw Gardening Book Collection (assembled prior to 1939 and now integrated into the general collection). Australian research materials include catalogues, photographs, and a small selection of manuscript material from the Arthur Yates Company, the firm famous in Australia and New Zealand as seed merchants and publishers of gardening guides.

- Animal husbandry and veterinary science [Study - Basic]

- Livestock [Study - Basic]

- Other animals (including pets) [Advanced basic]

- Hunting, fishing, wildlife conservation [Minimal]

Highlights of the collection: The National Library of Australia holds a comprehensive collection of material relating to Australia and the Australian people. The Library's collections of Australiana have developed into the nation's single most important resource of materials recording Australian cultural heritage. The Library collects Australian materials of all kinds - not just works in print form - books, serials, maps, music and ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories. The Library also has considerable collections of general overseas and rare book materials, as well as world-class Asian and Pacific collections which augment the Australiana collections.

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