Official language: English
Official name of Parliament: Solomon Islands National Parliament
2. Address
Solomon Islands National Parliament
Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
P.O. Box G 19
Honiara
Tel.: *(677)21751/2 ext 17
Fax: *(677)23866
Telex: HQ 66311 PRIMUS
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1976
Person in charge: Mr John
Laugolo
Position or official title:
Librarian/Serjeant-at-Arms
Number of library staff: 2
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 1
Size of collection: 800
Annual acquisitions budget - in national
currency: 20,000 SI$ (~ US$ 4,120.00)
Number of current periodicals:
9
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of current newspapers: 2
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(2)
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: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; scholars (on authorization by the Librarian)
Number of reading rooms: 1 (4)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Other special collections of the
Library: Solomon Islands Government publications, Solomon
Islands statutory bodies' publications, international
organizations' publications
IFLA membership: No
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary
debates : (Hansard)
Hardbound copies issued in several volumes per parliamentary
sitting. - Each volume contains an index to communications from the
chair, questions and answers, motions, bills, Government white
papers/reports and other matters
Minutes of
proceedings
Official daily records of the business of parliamentary
sittings
Notice paper
List of items submitted by Members in advance for discussion in
Parliament. - It is issued as and when submissions are received by
the Clerk. - Each issue is given a running number
Order paper
Business items for each day's sitting. - Issued each morning before
the sitting starts
Papers and
reports
Papers and reports of all Government ministries, Provincial
Governments and others
Standing orders of the
National Parliament : amended and reprinted. - 1982
(updated in January 1995)
