Welcome to the Library of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - an information service of major international significance on natural resource management, especially marine park management.

The Library aims to provide a proactive and effective information service which supports the overall goal and aims of the Authority, and which also meets the information needs of our clients. While the collection's emphasis is the sustainable management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, other important subjects are marine protected area planning and management, environmental impact assessment and monitoring, coral reef ecology, environmental law and World Heritage.

The REEF bibliographic database is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. REEF indexes material on or about the Great Barrier Reef, and is available online or on cd-rom from RMIT Publishing - Informit. REEF is Australia's largest single bibliographic source to the Great Barrier Reef.

Hours and Contacts

Public Access

Library and Image Services is open to the public, by appointment. Members of the public are most welcome to visit, browse the collection and photocopy material (charges apply).

To make an appointment, contact the Library staff on (07) 4750 0701.

Contacts

Librarian
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
PO Box 1379 (2-68 Flinders Street)
Townsville  Qld 4810
Australia
Email

• library@gbrmpa.gov.au   (for library-related requests)
• images@gbrmpa.gov.au  (for image-related requests)

Inter-Library Loan/Document Delivery contacts and conditions

Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing Directory

Phone numbers for Library and Image Services

	Within Australia	International
Facsimile	(07) 4772 6093	+ 61 7 4772 6093
Library Manager	(07) 4750 0801	+ 61 7 4750 0801
Librarian (ILLs)	(07) 4750 0701	+ 61 7 4750 0701
Image Collection Officer	(07) 4750 0707	+ 61 7 4750 0707

Library Resources

The Library collection holds approximately 7000 monographs, 1000 serial titles, 200 video titles, a large collection of staff papers, together with a comprehensive cartographic collection of topographic maps, hydrographic charts and aerial photography. The Image Collection includes over 70 000 colour images of all aspects of life on the Great Barrier Reef.

Staff may borrow material directly. External loans of books and videos and document delivery services are possible through standard procedures and conditions shown in the Australian Interlending Code. Specific conditions apply for external use of the Authority's Image Collection.

Image Services and Resources

We have spectacular images of Australia's most famous natural wonder - the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef Image Collection is a vast pictorial resource, available to the staff of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), as well as outside agencies. The collection comprises over 50 000 original colour 35 mm transparencies, together with several thousand black and white and colour images.

Search the Image Catalogue

Our collection includes a wide range of Image Collection Categories such as:

• Fish
• Dugongs
• Whales
• Corals and Crustaceans
• Dangerous Marine Animals
• Marine Pollution
• Aerial Photos of Coral Reefs and Cays
• Marine Research or Tourist Activities
• Mangroves
• Sunsets and Seascapes
• Coastlines.