Official name of the country:
Na Matanitu ko Viti / Republic of
Fiji
Official languages: Fijian,
English
Official name of Parliament:
Bose Levu Vakaturaga / Great Council of
Chiefs
Parliament of Fiji
-Bicameral -
Seniti / Senate (1)
Bose Lawa / Senate (Upper House)
(2)
House of Representatives (Lower
House) (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Parliament of Fiji
Information/Research an dAdvisory Services Unit
Parliamentary Library
Parliament Chambers
P.O. Box 2352
Government Buildings
Suva
Fiji Islands
Tel: *(00 679)305811
Fax: *(00 679)305325
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1974
Person in charge: Ms Veronica
QARAU
Position or official title:
Parliamentary Librarian
Size of collection: 8,000
Number of annual accessions:
300
Number of current periodicals:
39
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 1,000
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 500
Press cuttings: Yes
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Clientele: Members, former Members,
parliamentary staff, senior public officials, Government
Departments and students
Number of loans per year: 3,500
Other special collections of the
Library: Parliamentary papers received from other
countries
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Acquisition list
6 issues p.a.
Periodical contents' page
update
Members guide to the services
provided by the Library
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Hansard
Daily. - This (uncorrected) edition appears the morning after each
session and minor corrections may be subsequently made. - Issues
are dated and numbered according to the number of the sitting
day
Parliamentary debates
Hard-bound edition of Hansard,
issued in several volumes per parliamentary sitting
Order paper
Official paper listing items which Members have introduced for
discussion in Parliament. - Circulated a day ahead of the
sessions
Papers and reports
Cover all documents presented in Parliament. - The documents
include bills, acts, annual reports of government bodies, committee
reports, commission of inquiry and special study reports. - Each
paper is published individually under its own title and assigned a
running number
Senate
Standing orders and rules of
procedure of the Senate
House of Representatives
Journal of the House of
Representatives
Records of minutes of the proceedings of the House of
Representatives
Standing orders of the House of
Representatives
(updated in November 1998)
