Our Collection Development Policy allows us to benchmark with the best library systems in the world. 

What our Collection Development Policy does

Our Collection Development Policy has four guiding principles:

• collections that reflect Auckland’s diverse communities
  
• commitment to Māori knowledge
  
• commitment to the principle of freedom of access to information
  
• applying best value for the people of Auckland to purchasing and managing the collections.
  

The policy guides:

• decisions about developing current use collections
  

• decisions about developing reference collections
  

• decisions about developing heritage and research collections
  

• how collections are stored
  

• how material is removed from collections
  

• how it is disposed of
  

• how donations are treated.
  

Our Collection Development Policy has been designed to fit strategically with The Auckland Plan .

Get a copy of the policy