NLA
Name :
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in the
national language(s) and script(s) : National Library of Australia
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in English : National Library of Australia
Location/Address :
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Web
site :
Contact :
Libraries Australia : www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/contact/
Short description of
the institution:
The origins of the National Library of Australia go back to the
early years after Australian Federation in 1901, when the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Library served both Federal Parliament and the nation. An Act of
Parliament in 1960 formally separated the National Library from the
Parliamentary Library and a new building for the National Library’s growing
collections and services was opened on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin,
Canberra in August 1968.
The Library’s role is to ensure that documentary resources of
national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people, as well
as significant non-Australian library materials, are collected, preserved and
made accessible either through the Library itself or through collaborative
arrangements with other libraries and information providers.
Short description of
the authority data:
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Authorities
web site : Authority data is accessible through Libraries Australia
(subscription service) and Trove
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described
entities:
o Persons
o Corporate bodies
o Titles
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quantity/number
of records:
As of 31 March 2013:
o Persons : 793,045
o Corporate bodies : 193,648
o Titles : 93,359
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data provided
in the authority records
Authority
data is provided in MARC21 format and, as appropriate, includes:
o Preferred heading
o Variant heading
o Related heading
o Notes
Data provided to VIAF
and number of records :
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All Personal
Name and Corporate Name Authority records created or updated in Libraries
Australia by the National Library of Australia and other Australian libraries.
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All
bibliographic records created or updated in Libraries Australia.
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Libraries Australia is a resource sharing service
managed by the National Library of Australia for Australian libraries and their
users. (www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/about).