National Library of Australia

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

Performing arts [Study - Basic]

    Comments: Overseas collections in the performing arts are uneven. Good holdings of biographical works & some areas of relative strength such as theatre, ballet & dance. Performing arts in Australia constitute as a strong area within the Australiana collections - Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collection provides access to a range of materials, including programs, brochures, & publicity information. Manuscript, pictorial & oral history holdings are also significant.

- Performing arts (general) [Study - Basic]

- Public performances [Minimal]

- Motion pictures, radio and television [Study - Basic]

    Comments: Printed works from overseas related to film and the film industry have been collected to an intermediate level to support the Library's film and video lending collection, which is now administered and managed in Melbourne by Cinemedia.

- Stage presentations [Minimal]

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all kinds - not just works in print form - books, serials, maps, music and ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.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