Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148:reg:2017:p55
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2017 (pt 55/81)
Character Range: 224250–227962

in Section 5.3.

           10.2 Periodically or as developments are proposed, the National Library of Australia will seek to inform stakeholders of activities in a timely fashion and provide them with an opportunity to comment on developments.

           10.3 Where changes are proposed involving the place, consultation will be guided by current national standards, namely:
              • the Commonwealth Heritage Management Principles;  and
              • Article 26.3 of the Burra Charter.

           10.4 The Library shall develop a procedure for triggering and facilitating consultation.

           10.5 The Director, Building and Security Services will be identified within the National Library of Australia as the single initial point of contact for heritage matters, and this will be indicated on the Library intranet.

Conservation of the National Library of Australia

       Policy 11 Conservation of the National Library of Australia and its significant attributes
       The National Library of Australia and its significant attributes shall be conserved.  These attributes are the:
                * the whole building including its podium extensions and its national library use;
                * Council Room;
                * the building's Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style evidenced in:
                   * the symmetrical façade;
                   * horizontal skyline;
                   * regular bays of vertical proportion;
                   * colonnade, using columns without bases or capitals;
                   * the use of a broad horizontal member at the roof line echoing classical entablature;
                   * central entrance;
                * its location in a prominent and strategic location, and its freestanding character, dominating views across Lake Burley Griffin;
                * its proportions;
                * its fine craft construction and the use of high quality materials is reflected in:
                   * the external building cladding and finishes of the building and podium;
                   * the design and/or finely crafted details of the surviving original internal spaces of note, these being the:
                       * entry foyer, twin stair cases and mezzanine (GR:55, L1:78);
                       * café and bookshop;
                       * Main Reading Room (GR:31);
                       * Council Room (L1:11);
                       * former Director General's office (L1:01);
                       * Chairman's Room (L1:05);
                       * Nan Kivell Room (L2:24)
                       * Nan Kivell Room Foyer (L2: 25);
                       * former Manuscripts Librarian's office (L2:38);
                       * former Keeper of Rare Books office (L2:11);
                       * Asian Collections Reading Room (L3:58);
                       * former viewing rooms and projection room (L3:30, L3:31, L3:34);
                       * Lamson tube room (LG1:34);
                       * Conference Room (L4:92);
                       * Brindabella Room (L4:91);
                       * Theatre (LG1:77);
                       * parts of lower ground 1 Foyer (LG1:48);
                   * the general use of marble window surrounds;
                   * the use of quality standardised special door frames and hinges, some of which survive;
                * artworks by Bass, French, Robb and Matégot;
                * furniture specifically designed as part of the original building, or otherwise associated with key developments in Library use;
                * the building's use as a public library with the particular attributes being the publicly accessible parts of