Libraries in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Scotland
- Autonomous region -
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament: Scottish Parliament Information Centre
2. Address
Parliament Headquarters
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Tel.: *(044)(0131348) 5300
E-Mail:
spice@scottish.parliament.uk
Homepage:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1999
Person in charge: Ms Janet
Seaton
Position or official title: Head of
Research and Information Services
Number of library staff: 40.5
Number of professional librarians:
10.5
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 19
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 8
Size of collection: 8000
Annual acquisitions budget: 190.000
£
Number of current periodicals:
360
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: No
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: Members of the Parliament;
staff of Members of the Parliament; staff of the Parliament
Number of reading rooms: 2 (15)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or
series: 1
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Other special services: Videos of TV
documentaries and current affairs programmes; biographical
database; editor of Parliamentary Intranet; weekly information
bulletin (What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament); network of
Partner (public) Libraries
Right to deposit: None
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Scottish Parliamentary and
statutory publications (annual)
5. Publications concerning the library
(all of these are available on the Parliament's website,
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk)
(updated in July 2000)
