National Library of Australia

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

Economics and business [Study - Intermediate]

    Comments: The Library has a well developed, predominantly English-language collection of works on economics. Major economic theorists are well represented, while several specialised collections, such as the Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature and Kashnor collection lend historical depth to the existing collection.

- Economics (general) [Study - Intermediate]

- Statistics [Study - Basic]

- Macroeconomics and public finance [Basic]

- Labor economics [Basic]

- Socialism and cooperatives [Basic]

    Comments: There are some notable strengths in the microform collections.

- Land, energy and natural resources [Basic]

- Industry and production [Basic]

- Finance and insurance [Basic]

- Commerce and domestic trade [Basic]

    Comments: Strong in reference and directory information.

- International economics and trade [Study - Intermediate]

    Comments: Information on the economic situation in individual countries and regions has been collected to research level in the past. Works on banks and banking were collected in similar depth. Strengths in this subject also come from ongoing deposit arrangements with the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation and other intergovernmental organisations, along with government publications dealing with economic subjects from Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United States of America.

- Mail, telecommunication and broadcasting [Basic]

- Transportation [Basic]

- Management and business [Study - Intermediate]

    Comments: The collection consists mainly of material from Great Britain and the United States of America, with an emphasis on the general principles governing the subject.

- Office services [Minimal]

- Accounting [Minimal]

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all kinds - not just works in print form - books, serials, maps, music and ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.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