National Library of Australia

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

Medicine [Minimal]

    Comments: The are some (now largely historical) areas of strength derived largely from the Library's entry into the life sciences field in the 1970s when it adopted a role as a major supplier of scientific and technical information in Australia. For a brief period, the Library's medical serials collection was near research level. Monograph collection underwent a similar expansion to the point where it was capable of supporting independent study. The Library has since collected more modestly in this area.

- Medicine (general) and nursing [Minimal]

- Human anatomy [Minimal]

- Human physiology [Minimal]

- Health promotion, forensic and preventive medicine [Minimal]

- Pharmacology and therapeutics [Minimal]

- Diseases [Minimal]

- Surgery, dentistry and ophthalmology [Minimal]

- Gynaecology and obstetrics [Minimal]

- Pediatrics and geriatrics [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all kinds - not just works in print form - books, serials, maps, music and ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.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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