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Legal and ethical requirements apply when copying, re-using or publishing material from the Library's collections

Content published on this website is copyright.

This Discovery Video unravels the often tricky world of copyright and exceptions that cover educational and research use.

The Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.

Copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, however there may be additional legal and cultural issues.

Special collections material may have restrictions around use.

You can buy copies of items in our collections found in the Catalogue or on Trove. We offer digital copies of newspaper articles, book chapters, photographs, maps, manuscripts, music, sound recordings, and they will be sent to you online.

The National Library is a reference library - you can use collection items in our reading rooms but you can't take them home.

The Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.