Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Texas
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Legislature of Texas
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Legislative Reference Library serves both chambers of the
Parliament
Address
Texas Legislature
Legislative Reference Library
State Capitol
P.O. Box 12488
Austin, TX 78711-2488
Tel. (1)(512)4631252
Fax (1)(512)4754626
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1909
Person in charge: Ms Sally
Reynolds,
Position or official title:
Director
Number of library staff: 11,
Number
of professional librarians: 6,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 5
Size of collection: 75.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 62.500
US$
Number of current periodicals:
640
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 and the public
Right to deposit: Depository status
for Texas State documents
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
- Chief elected
officials
Answers and further
questions
Compiling Texas legislative
history
Publications concerning the
Library
Guide to the Legislative
Reference Library
Parliamentary Papers
Senate
Senate Journal
House of Representatives
House
Journal
