Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: North
Carolina
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
North Carolina General Assembly
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Legislative Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
Address
North Carolina General Assembly
Legislative Library
Legislative Office Building
300 N Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Tel. (1)(919)7339390
Fax (1)(919)7333113
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1967
Person in charge: Ms Cathy L.
Martin,
Position or official title:
Legislative Librarian
Number of library staff: 7 (interim:
5),
Number
of professional librarians: 2
Number
of other staff in the Library: 5
Specification :
2 Library research
assistants
1 Library assistant
2 Temporary or part-time
library assistants
Size of collection: 15.000
Number of current periodicals:
100
Number of current newspapers
:20
Indexing of Parliamentary
Papers:
not by the Library
Parliamentary papers are indexed
Archival materials yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automated cataloguing
Catalog accessible online
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: legislative
staff, public
Clientele: General Assembly members,
staff, general public
Number of reading rooms :2
Right to deposit: No
IFLA membership: No
Parliamentary Papers
General Assembly
Session
laws
Senate
Journal
House of Representatives
Journal
(Updated in August 1999)
