3. Selection and acquisition
Libraries Tasmania collects high quality items in existing and emerging formats.
Materials for the Community Archive Collection are mainly acquired through individual Tasmanians and organisations such as community groups, churches, businesses and companies, political parties, trade and professional associations and sporting bodies. Local press resources are closely monitored in order to identify potential records or collections at risk.
Materials for the Community Archive Collection can also be acquired through the following processes:
- Donation
- Bequest
- Commercial and private purchases
- Auction houses
- Booksellers – second-hand and antiquarian
- Cultural gifts program