Official name of the country:
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
(Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Official language: Dutch
Official name of Parliament:*
Staten-Generaal
(States-General)
-Bicameral -
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Official names of Chambers:
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
(1)
(First Chamber of the States-General)
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Information Department (Centraal Informatiepunt)
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Bibliotheek
Postbus 20017
2500 EA Den Haag
Tel.: *(31)(70) 3129200
Fax: *(31)(70) 3653868
E-Mail:
griffie@eerstekamer.nl
Homepage:
www.eerstekamer.nl
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1915
Person in charge: Ms Nicolle
Lanckohr
Number of library staff: 1,5
Number of professional librarians:
1
Size of collection: 10.000
Number of annual accessions:
400
Annual acquisitions budget: 90.000
hfl (~ US$ 58.000)
Number of current periodicals:
135
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 40
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 450
Number of current newspapers: 8
Press cuttings: not by the Library,
by :Second Chamber
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Not
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: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff
Number of reading rooms: 2 (10)
Number of loans per year: 450
Reference services: 250
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches:
2.500
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Library
Right to deposit: No
Any other information: Information
available on Internet: http://www.dds.nl
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Aanwinstenlijst
6. Parliamentary documents
Handelingen en bijlagen der
Staten-Generaal (Eerste Kamer)
(updated in February 1999)
