Vote National Library
MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister Responsible for the National Library (M48)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Department of Internal Affairs
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Minister of Internal Affairs
Overview of the Vote
The Minister Responsible for the National Library is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2011/12 financial year covering the following:
Departmental Appropriations
- a total of $32.787 million for the provision of services which assist access to library collections and other information, including cataloguing and describing, the provision of tools, finding aids, providing access to the collections, and the purchase of information; and administration of the Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors Scheme
- a total of $23.070 million for collecting and preserving published and unpublished items for the National Library and Alexander Turnbull Library collections
- a total of $14.577 million for the provision of library and information services and products to schools, in support of the National Curriculum
- a total of $1.040 million for policy advice and service support to the Minister on the role of information in New Zealand's cultural and economic life, and support to advisory bodies.
Non-Departmental Appropriations
- a total of $2 million on Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors
- a total of $1.546 million for the purchase of material for the Alexander Turnbull Library collections held and managed by the National Library.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote National Library in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
