Community Archive Collection Development Guideline

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3.1 Selection principles


Materials for the Community Archive Collection are assessed against the following:

  • Provide evidence of activities, including unique information about Tasmania and its people, covering the political, social, cultural, religious, economic, and natural history.
  • Will detail significant events in Tasmania as well as reflect the day to day lives of Tasmanians over time to comprehensively document the Tasmanian past at all levels.
  • Will include records of individuals and organisations who have gained wide recognition or influence within the Tasmanian community and/or whose records provide significant insight into the nature and development of this community.
  • Material with no Tasmanian content but with significant Tasmanian provenance, i.e. Association with a significant individual or institution, may be accepted on a case by case basis.
  • Decision-making and appraisal is supported by investigating provenance, context of collection creation, fit with existing collection material, collecting themes and condition of the material.