13. Definitions
Collection
A group of objects or items collected or gathered together to meet a purpose.
Ephemera
Items that are often printed, that are not intended to last but are collected, preserved and made accessible through library collections. Types of items include theatre programs, posters, guidebooks, postcards and flyers.
Published works
Published works includes periodicals, newspapers, printed matter, maps, plans, music, manuscripts, pictures, prints, motion pictures, sound recordings, photographic negatives and prints, microphotographs, video recordings, and ‘any other matter or thing whereby words, sounds, or images are recorded or reproduced’.
State Records
State record means –
a) a Crown record; or
b) a record of a State authority which relates to the business or affairs of that authority; or
c) a record of a local authority which relates to the business or affairs of that authority; or
any other record that was at any time a record mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) – but does not include a record of the Parliament of Tasmania.