Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Maryland
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
General Assembly of Maryland
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Delegates (2)
The Legislative Reference Library serves both chambers of the
Parliament
Address
General Assembly of Maryland
Library and Information Services Division
Maryland Department of Legislative Reference
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991
Tel. (1)(410)8413810
Fax (1)(410)8413850
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1966
Person in charge: Ms Lynda C.
Davis,
Position or official title:
Director
Number of library staff: 23,
Number
of professional librarians: 11,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 12
Size of collection: 66.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 210.000
US$
Number of current periodicals:
200
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification
system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: State
agencies, general public
Right to deposit: Depository status
for Maryland State agency publications
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Selected bibliographies on the State
Legislature
What do you know
about ... ?
Dates of
interest
Bi-annually
Legislative
wrap-up
- Researching the law
in Maryland
- Periodicals in
the Library
Legislative
information : where to find desks, bills
Keylists for Bill status and
information system
Publications concerning the
Library
Maryland Legislative
Reference Library and Information Services
Flyer
Guide to Department of
Legislative Reference
- Guide
for employees
Parliamentary Papers
General Assembly
Laws of
Maryland
- Maryland
documents
- Synopsis
Daily during session
Membership
profile
List of committees and
roster
Committee meetings and
hearing schedule
Interim
Indexes to proposal
legislation
Senate
Journal of the
Senate
House of Delegates
Journal of the House of
Delegates
