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Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Maine
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Maine Legislature
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library serves both
chambers of the Parliament
Address
Maine Legislature
Maine State Law and Legislative
Reference Library
State House Station 43
Augusta, ME 04333-0043
Tel. (1)(207)2871600
Fax (1)(207)2896228
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1971
Person in charge: Ms Lynn E.
Randall,
Position or official title: State Law
Librarian
Number of library staff: 15,
Number
of professional librarians: 6,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 9
Size of collection: 105.670
Number of current periodicals:
390
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: open to the
public
Right to deposit: Selective
depository status for Maine State documents and US Federal
documents
Any other information: Legislative
documents, newspaper clipping files
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Compilation of proposed
legislation to reduce the size of the Maine Legislature or to
create a unicameral Legislature. - 1992.
Selected new items on our
shelves
Where to find Maine law and
government on the web
interlibrary loan
services
How to find law review
articles
How to find
books
Legal resources for
non-lawyers
Publications concerning the
Library
Law and Legislative
Reference Library: an introductory guide and introduction to
Library services
How to find news papers and
clippingsPaper volumes containing...
Summary of legislation for
the joint standing committees of the Maine Legislature
Paper volumes containing
summaries of bills, amendments and enacted laws
(updated in October 1999)
