About Fremantle Library

In most cases, donations will not be accepted. If accepted, the material donated becomes the property of the City. The Library reserves the right to handle donated material as it sees fit and will not enter into discussion or correspondence regarding the handling of these materials.

Items may be excluded for several reasons including the following:

• The subject matter is covered in resources in the City of Fremantle Library collection or is available via inter-library loan.
• The material is not readily available.
• The content is out of date.
• The item is in an unsuitable format.
• The item is not of general interest or value to the local community.

City of Fremantle Library will not exclude materials by rejecting on moral, gender, individual lifestyle, political, racial, or religious grounds alone.

Material will not be rejected on the grounds that its content is controversial or likely to offend some section of the community. Such material may otherwise be relevant to the purpose of the Library and meet the standards, such as historical importance, intellectual integrity, effectiveness of expression or accuracy of information, which are required by the Library service. Library resources are available to all Library users without restriction, except where legally required, or as set out in the Library’s loan conditions. The Library encourages parents/carers to set their own family rules in consultation with their child. It is the responsibility of parents/carers to monitor young people’s selection and use of Library resources.

The Library collection and content shall be reviewed and updated, with surplus stock deaccessioned based on the following criteria:

• Out of date or inaccurate content
• Low community relevance and/or interest in content
• New edition available
• Digital availability
• Poor physical condition

Surplus material may be sold at Library book sales at a cost prescribed in the City’s Fees and Charges Schedule or by other methods deemed effective and appropriate, including (but not limited to) donations to community or commercial agencies or sustainable paper recycling.

• Library Board (Registered Public Libraries) Regulations 1985
• State and Local Government Agreement for the Provision of Public Library Services in Western Australia, 2020 including: Local level agreement for the delivery of public library services, 2011 and Funding Arrangement for the delivery of public library services, 2011
• Western Australian Classification Publications, Film and Computer Games Enforcement Act 1996
• Censorship Act 1996
• Statement on Free Access to Information (Australian Library and Information Association 2018)
• Statement on Libraries and Literacies (Australian Library and Information Association, 2006)

• Deaccessioned: The process upon which a library item or resource is removed from the collection, catalogue or database.
• Digital Resources: Resources provided and stored in an electronic format including the internet, electronic databases, digital audio, images and film, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eNewspapers, and eMagazines.
• Library Materials: Any item held in the library collection that includes but is not limited to books, CDs, DVDs, audio books, magazines, maps, plans, photographs and electronic resources.