Official name of the country:
Repubblika ta' Malta / Republic of
Malta
Official languages: Maltese,
English
Official name of Parliament:
Kamra tad-Deputati / House of
Representatives
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Kamra tad-Deputati
Librerija tal-Parlament
Il-Palazz
Valletta
Tel.: *(356)222294 ext 227/8
Fax: *(356)242552
Telex: 1100 MOD MLT
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1921
Person in charge: Mr Raymond
GRILLO
Position or official title:
Librarian
Number of library staff: 1
Size of collection: 1.650
Number of current periodicals:
8
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 8
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Indexing Section
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 2 (15)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Other special collections of the
Library: Parliamentary documents of the Malta Council (since
1835), Melitensia
IFLA membership: No
5. Publications concerning the Library
Malta : the
democratic crusade // In: The parliamentarian. - 76 (1995),2, 27
p.
6. Parliamentary documents
Debates, minutes, papers laid of the House of
Representatives
Standing orders
Estimates &
budgets
The Malta Government
gazette
(updated in December 1994)
