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Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Tasmania
State
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Parliament of Tasmania
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Legislative Council (1)
House of Assembly (2)
The Parliamentary Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

Address
Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Hobart TAS. 7000
Tel. (61)(02)336253; 306253
Fax (61)(02)233964

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1852
Person in charge: Mr T.A. Newman,
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff :12
Number of professional librarians :3
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library :5
Number of secretarial and support staff :1
Number of other staff :3 Library Technicians
Size of collection (number of volumes): 30,000
Annual acquisitions budget - in national currency: $A 700,000
Number of current periodicals : 150
Analytical cataloguing yes
Number of indexed periodicals: 268
Number of articles: 1200
Number of current newspapers: 12
Press cuttings: yes
Number of newspapers and press services used for clipping: 3
Parliamentary papers are indexed
Archival materials: yes
Library uses thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: thesaurus
Automated cataloguing: yes
Catalog accessible online:yes
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: public servants, the media, legal profession
Reference services: yes
Number of reference requests per year: 3500
Analysis and research: yes
Other special services: TV & Radio monitoring
Not a member of IFLA
Publications published by the Library
Newman, Terry: Representation of the Tasmanian people. - Hobart, 1985. - 50 p.
Newman, Terry: Referenda in Tasmania. - Hobart, 1984. - 43 p
Newman, Terry: Tasmanian Premiers : 1856 - 1988 ; a biographical handbook. - Hobart, 1988. - 81 p.

Parliamentary Museum Fact Sheets ( 30 loose and in kit form)

Publications concerning the Library
- Newman, Terry: History of the Tasmanian
Parliamentary Library. - Hobart, 1987. - 28 p.

Parliamentary Papers
Parliament
* Votes and Proceedings
* Journals of Parliament
House of Assembly
Standing orders and rules of the House of Assembly

(updated in April 1999)

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