Council of Australasian
Archives and Records Authorities  

COLLECTING INSTITUTIONS

John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library State Library of SA State Library of NSW JS Battye Library of WA  Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of NZ Powerhouse Museum National Library of Australia John Oxley Library
  31/12/2001 30/06/2001 30/06/2001 30/06/2001 30/06/2001 30/06/2001 30/06/2001 31/12/2001
Holdings  
1a At the start of year - Archives (metres) 216 3,969 9,472 2,721 7,478 629 11,086 2,146
1b At the start of year - Total (items) 16,818 N/A N/A 5,379 N/A N/A 1,662,900 N/A
2a Accessions during year - Archives (metres) 101 57 135.72 145.6 360 39 459.35 154
2b Accessions during year - Total (items) 3,655 N/A N/A 173 7773# N/A 68,903 N/A
3a Disposal during the reporting period (metres) N/A 56 N/A N/A 0 0 N/A N/A
3b Disposal during the reporting period- Total (items) N/A N/A N/A 1 0 0 N/A N/A
4a At end of year - Archives (metres) 317 3,970 9607.72 2866.6 7,741 668 11,545.35 2,300
4b At end of year - Total (items) 20,473 N/A N/A 5,552 200,000 N/A 1,731,803 N/A
Arrangement and Description 
Number of accessions or consignments processed and/or documented; 
5a At the start of the reporting period 572 N/A N/A 5,379 N/A 471 22,000 N/A
5b At the end of the reporting period 673 245 124 5,552 11,500 479 22,245 107
Number of items listed; 
6a At the start of the reporting period 16,818 N/A N/A N/A N/A 24,566 1,496,610 N/A
6b At the end of the reporting period 20,473 N/A N/A N/A 180,000 25,636 1,530,610 N/A
Number of series registered / described; 
7a At the start of the reporting period 400 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,381 N/A N/A
7b At the end of the reporting period 461 N/A N/A N/A 2,592 1,436 N/A N/A
Number of context entities registered / described; 
8a At the start of the reporting period 321 N/A N/A N/A N/A 96 N/A N/A
8b At the end of the reporting period 361 N/A N/A N/A 8,000 98 N/A N/A
Proportion of archival records included in finding aids accessible to researchers (%) 
9a At the start of the reporting period 98% N/A N/A 100% 90% 70% 90% N/A
9b At the end of the reporting period 100% 50% 95% 100% 90% 70% 90% N/A
Reference services / Use of Holdings 
10a Visits to search room during year 2,002 9,036 N/A 5,314 3,927 26 3,083 12,722
10b Items made available in search room 3,061 11,027 6,073 4,318 13,792 1,395 11,138 4,820
11a Enquires recorded (except records creators/owners) 2,008 9 3,532 N/A 1,932 84 2,138 2,149
  Number of archival records loaned to creators/owners other than in reading room or search room; NIL 9 NIL 12 15 158 1* N/A
Web Access 
12a Web Access (Yes/No ) YES YES YES YES YES NO YES N/A
12b Number of 'Hits' during reporting period 19,980 7,963,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A 472,944 N/A
12c Number of unique visits during reporting period N/A 47,300 N/A N/A N/A N/A 77,018 N/A
Information availability on web site 
13a Creators / owners (Yes/No) YES N/A YES NO YES N/A YES N/A
13b Series (Yes/No) YES N/A YES YES YES N/A YES N/A
14a Items made available in search room (Yes/No) YES N/A N/A NO YES N/A YES N/A
14b Digital copies (Yes/No) YES N/A YES YES YES N/A YES** N/A
Use of Holdings Percentage 
15a Business Users NIL 0% N/A N/A 5% 70% 3% N/A
15b Research Users 100% 100% N/A N/A 95% 30% 97% N/A
Repository buildings 
16a Total storage area - start of year (m2) 360 550 N/A N/A N/A 130 N/A N/A
16b Total storage area - end of year (m2) 360 550 N/A N/A N/A 130 N/A N/A
17a Shelving capacity - start of year (metres) 1,075 4,250 N/A 2,931 12,500 1,080 N/A N/A
17b Shelving capacity - end of year (metres) 1,075 4,250 N/A 2,931 12,500 1,080 11,859 N/A
Staff 
18a FTE positions filled - start of year 4 11 14 2.5 8 1 12.5 2
18b FTE positions filled - end of year 4 12 14 3.4 8 2 11.5*** 2
Budget and Expenditure 
Expenditure 
19a Total expenditure during year ($A) N/A $26,457,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
19b Does expenditure include accommodation (Yes/No) N/A YES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income 
20a Recurrent / Operating (Yes/No) N/A YES N/A YES N/A YES YES  
20b Proportion of funding (%) N/A 92% N/A N/A N/A 100% 100% N/A
21a Capital / Building and equipment (Yes/No) N/A YES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
21b Proportion of funding (%) N/A 2% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
22a Earnings (Yes/No) N/A YES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
22b Proportion of funding (%) N/A 5% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
23a Sponsorships (Yes/No) N/A NO N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
23b Proportion of funding (%) N/A 0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
24a Grants (Yes/No) N/A YES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
24b Proportion in funding (%) N/A 1% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Note:    *Guesstimate
** Only a few so far
*** Includes 1 P/T position
# 'Items" defined here as containers, ie, volumes, folders etc
## JOL stats cannot be extracted from SLQ Website
 

 

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