Why is our Posters Collection So Good?

1. It's a snap shot of social mores, history and politics of New South Wales (with special reference to the 1970s and 1980s).

2. It contains significant collections of historical interest (e.g. World War I, The Vietnam War and the Australian Bicentennial, 1988).

3. Shows the types of printing and the typographical styles that were used at the time.

4. It contains valuable art posters by famous name poster artists (e.g. Martin Sharp and James Northfield).

5. It gives information not available elsewhere (e.g. photos of cultural identities pre internet, and non mainstream political views).

6. For the cataloguer it visualises how the subject headings work and how marc records provide that leap forward (i.e. every peice of information in the record is searchable, not in one "drawer").