Official names of Chambers:
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
(2)
(Second Chamber of the States-General)
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Dienst Informatievoorziening
Postbus 30804
2500 GV Den Haag
Tel: *(31)(70)3183000
Fax: *(31)(70)3185606
E-Mail:
cip-intern@tweedekamer.nl
Homepage:
http://www.tweedekamer.nl
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1815
Person in charge: Mr Jan
KEUKENS
Position or official title: Wnd Hoofd
Dienst Informatievoorziening
Number of library staff: 66
Number of professional librarians:
43
Specification: These 43 staff are professional
librarians/information specialsists who do subject analysis
and research (at a basic level) as a part of their tasks.
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 5
Number of other staff: 18
Specification: Archives: 5 data entry
1 Document delivery, scanning, photo copying,
repositories: 12
Size of collection: 90.000
Number of annual accessions:
1.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 480.000
EUR (~ US$ 650.000)
Number of current periodicals:
600
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 400
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 3.000
Number of current newspapers:
50
Press cuttings: Yes
Number of newspapers and press services used for
clipping: 20
Parliamentary papers are indexed: by the
library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
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?:
No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; scholars, students and others (on request)
Number of reading rooms: 1
Number of seats: 20
Number of loans per year: 1.600
Reference services: Yes, 10.000
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Other special services: addition to 3.8.7 Basic
reserach and analysis is done by the library staff. In Depth
analysis and reserach is done by the staff of Standing Committees
and the seperate Research and Verification Office of the
House
IFLA membership: Yes
6. Parliamentary documents
* Handelingen en
bijlagen van de Staten-Generaal (Tweede Kamer)
Regelement van
orde van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Rules of procedure of the Second Chamber. - In Dutch and
English
Rules of procedure of the House
of Representatives of the States General
Parliamentary Papers from 1995 onwards are available at the website
of the House :
www.tweedekamer.nl
At -
www.statengeneraaldigitaal.nl- the
Parliamentary Papers from 1814-1995 will be available before 201I
into four steps: 1990-1995 (availble since June 2007)
1978-1989 1945-1977 and 1814-1940.
(updated in August 2007)
