Official name of the country:
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament: Parliament
of Trinidad and Tobago
-Bicameral -
For the parliament of Tobago see World directory of parliamentary libraries of federated states and autonomous territories
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Parliament Library
Red House
Abercromby Street
P.O. Box 878
Port of Spain
Tel.: *(1)(868)627 9603
Fax: *(1)(868)6254672;
Telex: Comparlas P0010
E-Mail:
librarian@ttparliament.org
Homepage:
http:www.ttparliament.org
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1894
Person in charge: Ms Caroline M.L.
KANGALEE
Position or official title: Librarian
I
Number of library staff: 7
Number of professional librarians:
1
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 1
Number of other staff: 2 (On-the-Job
Trainees)
Size of collection: 200.000
Number of annual accessions:
1000
Annual acquisitions budget: 350.000
TT$
Number of current periodicals:
56
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 45
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 750
Number of current newspapers: 7
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(7)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library and by the Hansard Dept.
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification
system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: In
progress
Clientele: Members, parliamentarians'
personal staff, parliamentary staff; former Members; Government
officials; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 1
Number of seats: 14
Number of loans per year: 500
Reference services: 1.000
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or
series: 22
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Library
Right to deposit: For all documents
tabled in Parliament
Other special collections of the
Library: Scanning of documents; newspapers on microfilm;
video services
Right to deposit: Parliamentary
documents-papers laid in both Houses
Depository library for: No
Other special collections: video library;
cd-roms, microfilm collection: 1
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Chamberlain
Documents acquired by the Library through deposit, purchase, and
photocopy. - Includes lists of recently acquired Acts, Bills, and
other subsidiary legislation. - The Bulletin is distributed to Ministerial
libraries
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Acts
Bills
Committee
reports
Notice of questions and
motions
Order paper
Parliamentary
debates
Senate
Senate papers
Standing orders
House of Representatives
House papers
Standing orders
Subsidiary
legislation
(updated in April 2005)
