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is more than just a legislative obligation.  It is intended to help guide the conservation and good management of the place as a living and working document, especially with regard to changes that may arise.

A copy of the Commonwealth Heritage List place record for the building is reproduced at Appendix A.

This plan deals with the Commonwealth Heritage place and the attributes which embody or convey Commonwealth Heritage values.  However, the Library is also the repository for extensive and important collections and items.  While the role of the place as the repository of collections is recognised and linked to its heritage values, the scope of the plan does not extend to the range of policies and other guidance regarding the assessment, conservation, management, use and access to the collections.  The Library has extensive and separate policies and other guidance regarding such matters.

With regard to collections or items significant to Indigenous people (see www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/indigenous), whilst access to some of this material is restricted for cultural reasons, and is securely stored, the Library is working on drafting policies around accessibility and sensitivities regarding access.

1.2 Conduct of Project

Overview

As a project to review and update the 2012 conservation management plan, the earlier plan provides the basis for the current plan.  The methodology adopted for this plan is in accordance with the Burra Charter (Australia ICOMOS 2013).  This can be summarised as a series of steps as shown in Figure 1 below.

In order to follow these steps and prepare this management plan a range of consultations, research, inspections and analyses were undertaken.  Importantly, the assessment of significance relied upon:
     * a range of information gathering tasks related to the common descriptors of significance (for example historic value);  and
     * an analysis of this evidence for heritage values using the Commonwealth Heritage Criteria, including comparisons with other places where relevant, in order to test the understanding of such values.

  Figure 1.  Basic Steps of Conservation Management Planning
  Source:  Summarised from Australia ICOMOS 2013

This work provided a sound understanding of the place, and led to the preparation of a statement of significance.  This work also provided an understanding of the constraints and opportunities related to the current and future management of the place.  The statement of significance and the information about constraints and opportunities were used as the basis for developing conservation policies and implementation strategies.

In some cases, the information in the earlier plan was reviewed and found to be satisfactory for the current plan.  In other cases, the text was updated given the passage of time and other changes.

Review of the 2012 Conservation Management Plan

The guidance provided by the Department of the Environment and Energy identifies