Legal deposit for state libraries
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[edit] Legal deposit in Australia
Particular requirements of each deposit library Australia wide - National Library of Australia
Legal Deposit Unit National Library of Australia Canberra ACT 2600 T: 02 6262 1312 F: 02 6273 4492 E: legaldep@nla.gov.au Internet: http://www.nla.gov.au/services/ldeposit.html
Legal deposit with the National Library is required under the Copyright Act 1968 s201. The Act requires all Australian publishers to deliver a copy of library material to the National Library within one month of publication. Library material means a book, periodical (eg newsletter, annual report), newspaper, pamphlet, sheet of letterpress, sheet music, map, plan, chart or table.
When sending legal deposit material to the National Library please ensure that there is a name and address attached so that the legal deposit receipt can be sent. No other forms are required.
[edit] New South Wales
Legal Deposit State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T: (02) 9273 1489 E: orders@sl.nsw.gov.au
Legal Deposit Officer NSW Parliamentary Library Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T: (02) 9230 2384 F: (02) 9230 2640 E: libreq@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Legal Deposit Officer University of Sydney Library University of Sydney NSW 2006 T: 02 9351 7268 F: 02 9351 7305 E: legaldeposit@library.usyd.edu.au
Legal deposit is required under the New South Wales Copyright Act 1879-1952, ss 5-7. The Act requires that a copy of every 'book' first published in New South Wales be lodged within two months of publication.'Book' is defined in the Act as any book, newspaper, pamphlet, leaflet, music, map, chart or plan separately published and 'bound', sewed or stitched together'.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] Northern Territory
Legal Deposit Officer Northern Territory Library GPO Box 42 Darwin NT 0801 T: 08 8999 3929 F: 08 8999 6920 E: NTL.Deposit@nt.gov.au
Legal deposit is required under the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004. This Act requires documents published in the Northern Territory be deposited within two months of publication.
'Document' means any document available to the public including books, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, reports, newsletters, calendars, directories, handbooks, guides, sheet music, maps, pamphlets, audio cassettes, video cassettes, films, multimedia kits, computer magnetic tape, computer optical discs, floppy discs, compact discs, CDROMs, DVDs. The Act also includes Internet Publications including websites and PDF files.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] Queensland
Library Deposits (Queensland) Resource Discovery Unit State Library of Queensland P O Box 3488 South Brisbane QLD 4101 T: 07 3840 7880 F: 07 3846 1926 E: heritage@slq.qld.gov.au
I: www.slq.qld.gov.au
Parliamentary Librarian Parliamentary Library Parliament House George Street Brisbane QLD 4001 T: 07 3406 7199 F: 07 3210 0172 E: library.acquisitions@parliament.qld.gov.au
Legal deposit is required under the Queensland Libraries Act 1988 which replaces Part VIII of the Libraries and Archives Act 1988 . The Act requires that material published in Queensland is deposited within one month of publication with the State Librarian and the Librarian of the Parliamentary Library.
Material is defined as every part or division of a book, periodical, piece of sheet music, map or chart, also non-print material on audio tape, film, video recording, disk, microfilm or microfiche. Material is considered to have been published if reproductions of the material or edition have been supplied (whether by sale or otherwise) to the general public.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] South Australia
Legal Deposit State Library of South Australia GPO Box 419 ADELAIDE SA 5001 T: (0)8 8207 7261 T: (0)8 8207 7281 F: (0)8 8207 7307 I: www.slsa.sa.gov.au
Parliamentary Librarian South Australian Parliament Research Library GPO Box 572 Adelaide SA 5001 T: 08 8237 9398 F: 08 8212 1797 E: ILL@parliament.sa.gov.au
Legal deposit is required under the South Australian Libraries Act 1982, s35 and Libraries Act Amendment Act, 1989. The Acts require that material published in South Australia be deposited within one month after publicationn. Material includes a book, or a part or division of a book: a newspaper, magazine, journal or pamphlet: a map, plan, chart or table: printed music: a record, cassette, film, video or audio tape, disk or other item made available to the public, designed to store and facilitate the reproduction of visual images, sound or information.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] Tasmania
Legal Deposit Officer State Library of Tasmania 91 Murray Street Hobart TAS 7000 T: 03 6233 7502 F: 03 6233 7506 E: Heritage.Collections@education.tas.gov.au
I: www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au
Legal deposit is required under the Tasmanian Libraries Act 1984, s 22. The Act requires that a book published in Tasmania be deposited within one month of publication. “ 'Book' means any book, periodical, newspaper, printed matter, map, plan, music, manuscipt, picture, print, motion picture, sound recording, photographic negative or print, microphotography, videorecording and any other matter or thing whereby words, sounds or images are recorded or reproduced”.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] Victoria
Legal Deposit Officer State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 T: 03 8664 7141 (books)
T: 03 8664 7139 (periodicals) F: 03 9663 1480 E: MonoAcq@slv.vic.gov.au
I: www.slv.vic.gov.au
Legal deposit is required under the Victorian Libraries Act 1988, s49. The Act requires the deposit within two months of every new publication published in Victoria. Publication includes every book, periodical, newspaper, musical score, map, chart, plan, picture, photograph, print and any other printed matter, any microfiche or microfilm and a range of other types of publication.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
[edit] Western Australia
Legal Deposit Battye Library State Library of Western Australia Alexander Library Building Perth Cultural Centre Perth WA 6000 T: 08 9427 3274 F: 08 9427 3256 E: collection.development@slwa.gov.au
Legal deposit was required under the Western Australian Copyright Act 1895, ss 4, 7-9. The Act required that a book published in Western Australia be deposited within two months of publication.
This Act was repealed in 1994. In this Act “publication”meant a 'book, newspaper, magazine, journal, pamphlet, map, plan, chart or table, printed music, a film, tape, disc or other device…, and anything prescribed to be a publication for the purposes of this definition'.
Until legal deposit legislation is reinstated the State Library of Western Australia hopes that publishers will abide by the spirit of legal deposit. Deposit material is housed in the JS Battye Library of Western Australian History.
Legal deposit is also required with the National Library.
