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Official name of the federated state/autonomous
territory: Tasmania
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament: Parliament
of Tasmania
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Legislative
Council (1)
House of Assembly (2)
The Parliamentary Library serves both chambers of the
Parliament
Name of library: Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
Address
Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Hobart TAS. 7000
Tel. (61)(02)336253; 306253
Fax (61)(02)233964
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1852
Person in charge: Ms Juliet Scaife,
Position or official title: Parliamentary
Librarian
Number of library staff :10
Number of professional librarians :2
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the
Library :5
Number of secretarial and support staff :1
Number of other staff :2 Library Technicians
Size of collection (number of volumes):
30,000
Annual acquisitions budget - in national currency:
$A 44,000
Number of current periodicals : 1047
Analytical cataloguing yes
Number of indexed periodicals: 178
Number of articles: 230
Number of current newspapers: 29
Press cuttings yes
Number of newspapers and press services used for
clipping: 6
Parliamentary papers are indexed
Archival materials: yes
Library uses thesaurus or a classification system for
subject indexing: thesaurus
Automated cataloguing: yes
Catalog accessible online:yes
Who may use library: Members of the Tasmanian
parliament, their staff and Officers of the Parliament
Number of reading rooms: 1
Reference services: yes
Number of reference requests per year: 5000
Analysis and research: yes
Other special services: TV & Radio
monitoring
Member of IFLA
Publications published by the Library
Parliamentary Backgrounders
series
- Newman, Terry: History of the Tasmanian
Parliamentary Library. - Hobart, 1987. - 28 p.
Parliamentary Papers
Parliament
* Votes and
Proceedings
* Journals of
Parliament
House of Assembly
Standing orders and rules of
the House of Assembly
(updated in April 1999)
