Reference Collection Development Guideline

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2.1 Reference Collection description


A library reference collection provides clients with a current, authoritative collection of non-circulating materials in one convenient location, to provide immediate answers to a range of questions.  Libraries Tasmania’s Reference Collection prioritises books that support Tasmanian research and study, while offering a range of current resources to answer more general questions.  Standard resources include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, almanacs, biographical sources, directories, atlases and bibliographies.