Official name of the country:
Ceská republika
(Czech Republic)
Official language: Czech
Official name of Parliament:
Parlament Ceské
republiky
(Parliament of the Czech Republic)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senát (1)
(Senate)
Poslanecká snemovna (2)
(Chamber of Deputies)
Member of the ASGP
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Parlament Ceské republiky
Parlamentní knihovna
Snemovní 4
118 26 Praha 1 - Malá Strana
Tel.: *(420)(2)539411; 24592349
Fax: *(420)(2)539406
E-mail: 
sosna@psp.cz
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1857
Person in charge: Dr. Karel
SOSNA
Position or official title:
Øeditel Parlamentní knihovny
Number of library staff: 14
Number of professional librarians:
4
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 2
Number of other staff: 8 (information
specialists)
Size of collection: 200.000
Number of annual accessions:
1.500
Annual acquisitions budget: 2.500.000
Kc (~ US$ 85.000)
Number of current periodicals:
300
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by National Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 80
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 17.000
Number of current newspapers:
40
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Press
Dept. (25)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes
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?:
Yes
Clientele: Members, Senators and
their personal staff, parliamentary staff, authorized persons who
require works held only by the Library
Number of reading rooms: 3 (25)
Number of loans per year: 5.500
Reference services: 14.800
Current bibliographies: 3
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
20
External database searches: 50
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Parliamentary Institute of the Office of the Chamber of
Deputies
Right to deposit: No, but the
Parliamentary Library has to be notified of all new
publications
Depository library: United
Nations
Other special collections of the
Library: Special collection of EU law
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
 Informacní
listy Parlamentní knihovny
Informacní
listy Parlamentní knihovny
 Information sheets
of the Parliamentary Library
 * Prehled
zákonodárné cinnosti Parlamentu Ceské
republiky
* Prehled
zákonodárné cinnosti Parlamentu Ceské
republiky
 Survey of legislative activities of the
Parliament of the Czech Republic
 Novinky
Parlamentní knihovny
 Novinky
Parlamentní knihovny
List of acquisitions
 Current
contents
Current
contents
Správní právo
; ústavní
právo
Administrative law ; constitutional law
Zahranicní politika ;
mezinárodní
vztahy
Foreign policy ; international relations
Vojenství ; bezpecnost
Military and security policy
Ekonomika ; finance
Economics ; finance
Veda ; kultura ; skolství a mládez ; televychova
Science ; culture ; schools and education ; sports
Lidská práva ;
mensiny
Human rights ; minorities
Sociální a zdravotní
politika
Social and health policy
Zivotní
prostredí
Environment
5. Publications concerning the Library
 Parliamentarism
in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland : past and present /
Karel Sosna, Endre Száva-Kováts, Andrzej Gwizdz //
In: Soviet and East European parliamentary libraries at the dawn of
the post-communist era. - Bonn, 1991. - p. 35 - 93
 Parliamentarism
in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland : past and present /
Karel Sosna, Endre Száva-Kováts, Andrzej Gwizdz //
In: Soviet and East European parliamentary libraries at the dawn of
the post-communist era. - Bonn, 1991. - p. 35 - 93
ISBN 3-89372-009-X
 Sosna,
Karel: Knihovna
Federálního shromázdení. // In:
Informatika
Sosna,
Karel: Knihovna
Federálního shromázdení. // In:
Informatika
I' 91. - 33 (1991),11, s. 308 - 310
Library of the Federal Assembly
 Sosna,
Karel: Nekolik poznámek k
transformaci byvalé knihovny Federálního
shromázdení // In: Informatika I' 94. - 36
(1994),3,
Sosna,
Karel: Nekolik poznámek k
transformaci byvalé knihovny Federálního
shromázdení // In: Informatika I' 94. - 36
(1994),3,
s. 73 - 74
Some remarks to the transformation of the former Library of the
Federal Assembly
 Sosna,
Karel: Zdenek Václav Tobolka
a knihovna Národního shromázdení
predválecné Ceskoslovenské republiky //
In: Informatika
Sosna,
Karel: Zdenek Václav Tobolka
a knihovna Národního shromázdení
predválecné Ceskoslovenské republiky //
In: Informatika
I' 94. - 36 (1994),7/8, s. 198 - 202
Zdenek Václav Tobolka and the Library of the National
Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic before the Second World
War
 Sosna,
Karel: Transformation of the
Czechoslovak Parliamentary Library // In: INSPEL. - 29
(1995),2, p. 89 - 91
Sosna,
Karel: Transformation of the
Czechoslovak Parliamentary Library // In: INSPEL. - 29
(1995),2, p. 89 - 91
 The parliamentary
library
The parliamentary
library
Information folder
 Samek,
Tomas: The Eurovoc Project in the
Czech Parliamentary Library//In: Jirankova, J.(Ed): Seminar
EUROVOC '95: Praha, 27.-28.6.1995:proceedings of the Seminar for
EUROVOC Thesaurus Users from Central and Eastern European
Parliamentary Libraries and Information Institutions,- Praha:
Office of the Chamber of Deputies, 1995.- s. 81-85
 Samek,
Tomas: The Eurovoc Project in the
Czech Parliamentary Library//In: Jirankova, J.(Ed): Seminar
EUROVOC '95: Praha, 27.-28.6.1995:proceedings of the Seminar for
EUROVOC Thesaurus Users from Central and Eastern European
Parliamentary Libraries and Information Institutions,- Praha:
Office of the Chamber of Deputies, 1995.- s. 81-85
 Sosna,
Karel: Bude Parlamentni knihovna
Ceske republiky otevrena 24 hodin denne? K soucasnemu stavu
elektronizace informacnich sluzeb pro poslance a senatory
Parlamentu CR//In: Infocus.-2(1996), 11/12, s.210-212
 Sosna,
Karel: Bude Parlamentni knihovna
Ceske republiky otevrena 24 hodin denne? K soucasnemu stavu
elektronizace informacnich sluzeb pro poslance a senatory
Parlamentu CR//In: Infocus.-2(1996), 11/12, s.210-212
 Sosna,
Karel: New Developments in Library
Services and Technology: Modernization of Information
Services of the Parliamentary Library of the Czech Republic//In:
Booklet 1: Division of General Research Libraries: 63rd IFLA
General Conference: August 31-September 5, 1997. Copenhagen:IFLA,
1997, p.18-23
 Sosna,
Karel: New Developments in Library
Services and Technology: Modernization of Information
Services of the Parliamentary Library of the Czech Republic//In:
Booklet 1: Division of General Research Libraries: 63rd IFLA
General Conference: August 31-September 5, 1997. Copenhagen:IFLA,
1997, p.18-23
 Sosna,
Karel: Parlamentni knihovna Ceske
republiky: Elektronizace informacnich sluzeb//In:
Parlamentni zpravodaj.-4 (1998), 14/15, s.346-349
 Sosna,
Karel: Parlamentni knihovna Ceske
republiky: Elektronizace informacnich sluzeb//In:
Parlamentni zpravodaj.-4 (1998), 14/15, s.346-349
 Vrbikova,
Hana: Projekt Elektronicke knihovny
v Ceskem Parlamentu//In:
Ikarus.-2(1998), 72nd election period.-List of Members,
parliamentary groups, etc.
 Vrbikova,
Hana: Projekt Elektronicke knihovny
v Ceskem Parlamentu//In:
Ikarus.-2(1998), 72nd election period.-List of Members,
parliamentary groups, etc.
3. volebni obdobi.-1998
3rd election period.-List of Members, parliamentary groups, etc.
Senat
*Parlament Ceske republiky, Senat
Parliament of the Czech Republic, Senat
Prozatimni jednaci rad Senatu.-1998.-216 s.
Temporary standing orders
6. Parliamentary documents
Parlament
 * Tisky. -
1918 -
* Tisky. -
1918 -
Printed papers and reports
 Tesnopisecké zprávy ... - 1918
-
Tesnopisecké zprávy ... - 1918
-
Verbatim report
Poslanecká snemovna
 * Parlament
Ceské republiky, Poslanecká snemovna.
* Parlament
Ceské republiky, Poslanecká snemovna.
Parliament of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
1. volební období. -
1994
1st election period. - List of Members, parliamentary groups,
etc.
 Jednací
rád Poslanecké snemovny. - 1995. - 128
s.
Jednací
rád Poslanecké snemovny. - 1995. - 128
s.
Standing orders
(updated in February 1999)

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