Official names of Chambers:
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
(2)
(Second Chamber of the States-General)
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Bibliotheek
Plein 2
Postbus 30804
500 GV Den Haag
Tel: *(31)(70)3182315
Fax: *(31)(70)3182307
Telex: 32653 PARL NL
E-Mail:
bibliotheek@tk.parlement.nl
Homepage:
http://www.parlement.nl
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1815
Person in charge: Mr Jan
KEUKENS
Position or official title: Hoofd
Bibliotheek
Number of library staff: 8
Number of professional librarians:
7
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 1
Size of collection: 100.000
Number of annual accessions:
1.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 590.000
hfl (~ US$ 295.000)
Number of current periodicals:
700
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Press and Periodical Documentation
Unit
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 500
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 3.850
Number of current newspapers:
52
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Press and
Periodical Documentation Unit (50)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Parliamentary Documentation Unit
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; scholars, students and others (on request)
Number of reading rooms: 2 (20)
Number of loans per year: 4.000
Reference services: 52.000
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, not by
the library; by Staff of standing committees and Press and
Periodical Documentation Unit
Right to deposit: No
Depository library: No
Other special collections of the
Library: Parliamentary papers of Belgium, France, Germany,
United Kingdom, USA, European Union
Any other information: There is a
separate Documentation Service with a unit for Parliamentary
Documentation and a unit for Press and Periodical Documentation,
offering SDI services and press analysis
(Head: Mr Piet van RIJN; number of staff: 30)
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
Literatuuroverzicht
Bi-weekly bulletin with acquisitions from the Library and recent
articles from the Periodical arcticles database
Aanwinstenlijst
Monthly. - List of acquisitions
6. Parliamentary documents
* Handelingen en
bijlagen van de Staten-Generaal (Tweede Kamer)
Regelement van
orde van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Rules of procedure of the Second Chamber. - In Dutch and
English
(updated in November 1998)