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

Official name of Parliament: General Assembly of Maryland
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Senate (1)
House of Delegates (2)
The Legislative Reference Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

Address
General Assembly of Maryland
Library and Information Services Division
Maryland Department of Legislative Reference
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991
Tel. (1)(410)8413810
Fax (1)(410)8413850

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1966
Person in charge: Ms Lynda C. Davis,
Position or official title: Director
Number of library staff: 23,
Number of professional librarians: 11,
Number of other staff in the Library: 12
Size of collection: 66.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 210.000 US$
Number of current periodicals: 200
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: State agencies, general public
Right to deposit: Depository status for Maryland State agency publications
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Selected bibliographies on the State Legislature
What do you know about ... ?
Dates of interest
Bi-annually
Legislative wrap-up
- Researching the law in Maryland
- Periodicals in the Library
Legislative information : where to find desks, bills
Keylists for Bill status and information system

Publications concerning the Library
Maryland Legislative Reference Library and Information Services
Flyer
Guide to Department of Legislative Reference
- Guide for employees

Parliamentary Papers
General Assembly
Laws of Maryland
- Maryland documents
- Synopsis
Daily during session
Membership profile
List of committees and roster
Committee meetings and hearing schedule
Interim
Indexes to proposal legislation

Senate
Journal of the Senate
House of Delegates
Journal of the House of Delegates

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