Other annual reports are acquired selectively. Collections of prospectuses are maintained by the Australian Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Commission. Diaries Printed Victorian desk and personal diaries with either a strong informational or a pictorial content are collected by legal deposit. Such diaries produced interstate are selectively acquired. Textbooks are also purchased selectively, concentrating on those which provide useful introductions or overviews of particular subjects.
Every effort is made to collect such items, in accordance with general collecting policy.
Some restrictions may apply to their public use, either according to the authorising body's wishes, or for legal reasons. Details are given from time to time in other Policy Statements. Family history and genealogy Genealogical records and resources are acquired for Victoria, other parts of Australia and for other countries with strong relationships through past immigration links. Individual family histories are collected comprehensively for Victoria, and selectively for other areas. The exception is that family histories on videos, charts, tables and other representations of family trees are not acquired unless accompanied by substantial textual material.