2.4 Reference stacks
The reference stacks act as an overflow for the Reading Room, with items retrieved for clients half hourly on request. The reference stacks hold the following:
- reference items of enduring value, which are older and with lower usage statistics than similar items in the Reading Room
- pamphlets
- back issues of newspapers and serials
- government publications – Tasmanian and Commonwealth Hansards, Acts and Parliamentary Papers
- fragile items
- bookcase – items that have been deemed rare, valuable, vulnerable or significant.