Legal Deposit
All publishers in Tasmania must deposit copies of their publications with the State Library of Tasmania and the National Library of Australia to comply with the
Libraries Act 1984.
More about
legal deposit.
Publishing items from our archives or heritage collections
Publishers using our items must
Fees and charges
Fees apply to the use of film from our collections. You can use our other material free of charge.
Order high-quality images, audio and video for publication or broadcast
Copyright
General copyright
You may use most of our library collection for personal use only. We do not hold copyright in most of our lending and reference collection items. If you want to publish or broadcast these items you need to contact the copyright owner. See
more information on copyright.
Crown copyright
The Crown holds copyright for government records deposited with us. We manage the crown copyright in these records.
More information on Crown Copyright
Copyright held by the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office
We hold copyright for
- most private records deposited with the archives
- many items in its heritage collection.
We usually allow free use of this material when we own or manage the copyright.
Citing our resources
When you reproduce or refer to material held in the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, you must make sure people can find the original item if needed. See
guidelines for accurately citing our materials.