State Library of Queensland is responsible for providing collections which support public libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres across Queensland. The Content Strategy and the Collection Guidelines - Public Library Collections provide the framework for the development of these collections.


Library collections are developed to meet the information, education, recreation and cultural needs of the community, and support the development of lifelong learning.


Library collections are contemporary, high quality and cover a wide range of popular topics, interests and formats for members of all ages. They express a variety of viewpoints and cultural understandings and represent a diversity of people, places, events, issues and ideas.


The selection and availability of library materials and services is governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views. Personal views or values, or any perception of the potential of material to offend or cause controversy, do not limit the materials libraries acquire and make accessible.


Requesting reconsideration of a collection item

State Library manages collections and content in accordance with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments, recognition of Indigenous Intellectual Property and Ownership, and our Reconsideration of library collections policy for providing open and equitable access to information.


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Last modified: April 2024