Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Massachusetts
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
General Court of Massachusetts
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
Library services are provided by:
State Library of Massachusetts
Address
State Library of Massachusetts
341 State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel. (1)(617)7272590 or 7272592
Fax (1)(617)7275819
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1826
Person in charge: Mr Gasper
Caso,
Position or official title: State
Librarian
Number of library staff: 16,
Number
of professional librarians: 9,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 800.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 795.000
US$
Number of current periodicals:
1.800
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: public
library
Right to deposit: Full depository
status for Massachusetts official publications
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Massachusetts State
publications
Quarterly
ISSN 0465-1898
Publications concerning the
Library
The State Library of
Massachusetts
Folded leaflet
Parliamentary Papers
Senate
Journal of the
Senate
Official record of proceedings
House of Representatives
Journal of the House of
Representatives
Official record of proceedings
