Libraries in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Scotland
- Autonomous region -
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Scottish Parliament Information Centre

2. Address
Parliament Headquarters
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Tel.: *(044)(0131348) 5300
E-Mail: spice@scottish.parliament.uk
Homepage: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1999
Person in charge: Ms Janet Seaton
Position or official title: Head of Research and Information Services
Number of library staff: 40.5
Number of professional librarians: 10.5
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 19
Number of secretarial and support staff: 8
Size of collection: 8000
Annual acquisitions budget: 190.000 £
Number of current periodicals: 360
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the library
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 of the Parliament; staff of Members of the Parliament; staff of the Parliament
Number of reading rooms: 2 (15)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or series: 1
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Other special services: Videos of TV documentaries and current affairs programmes; biographical database; editor of Parliamentary Intranet; weekly information bulletin (What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament); network of Partner (public) Libraries
Right to deposit: None
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Scottish Parliamentary and statutory publications (annual)

5. Publications concerning the library
(all of these are available on the Parliament's website, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk)

(updated in July 2000)

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