Official name of the country:
Barbados
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Parliament of Barbados
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Assembly (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Parliament of Barbados
Library of Parliament
Parliament Buildings
Bridgetown
Tel.: *(1)(809)4263717; 4265331 ext 22/3
Fax: *(1)(809)4364143
Telex: WB FOREIGN 2222
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1814
Person in charge: Ms Muriel BRADSHAW;
Ms Diana ELLIS
Position or official title:
Librarian
Number of library staff: 3
Number of professional librarians:
1
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 1
Size of collection: 4.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 20.000
BDS$ (~ US$ 10.000)
Number of current periodicals:
18
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 200
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 600
Number of current newspapers: 4
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(4)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff
Number of reading rooms: 1 (14)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Library
Right to deposit: Parliamentary
documents
IFLA membership: No
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Parliamentary
papers
Parliamentary
debates
The 350th anniversary of
the Parliament of Barbados : 1639 - 1989
(updated in December 1994)
