Library collection

The National Sport Information Centre houses Australia 's premier sports collection. The collection was started in 1982, and has limited historical information before this date.

Subject areas covered:

  • training and coaching for major sports played in Australia
  • general coaching and training - stretching, flexibility, strength training
  • sports science and sports medicine - psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, injuries
  • sports administration - marketing, sponsorship, club management, law
  • special populations - women, children, indigenous, disability
  • major sporting events - Olympic and Commonwealth Games
  • Australian sports policy
  • records and statistics

 

Information resources managed:

  • 16,000 books - available on inter-library loan from local libraries.
  • 5,000 videos - available on inter-library loan or through the sports video library.
  • 300 current journal titles. Australian sports titles with an national emphasis are collected.
  • annual reports from national sports organisations are collected where available and can be accessed online through the Australian Sports Documents Archive.
  • 3,000 permanently archived electronic documents published in Australia.
  • 50,000 photographic images - online access available through the ASC Image Library
  • archive collection of all Australian Sports Commission and Australian Institute of Sport published resources.
  • archive collection of posters.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games

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700 Athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS
40 Thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas whilst at the AIS
1 million people visit the AIS each year
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