Are objects and library materials State records?
No.
Objects and library or reference material include:
- Objects such as collections of artworks, rocks, plants and water samples, human tissue samples, physical evidence collected by law enforcement offices that are not documents, items that are impounded, showbags with samples etc.
- Library materials such as books and journals received by public offices
- journal articles written by staff of public offices.
As objects and library materials are not State records, our permission is not required to dispose of them and we will not take them in as State archives.
 
        