Libraries in Australia
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Queensland
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Queensland Parliament
- Unicameral -
Address
Queensland Parliamentary Library
George Street
Brisbane 4000
Queensland
Australia
Tel (61)(07) 3406 7280
Fax (61)(07) 32100 172
E-Mail:
mary.seefried@parliament.qld.gov.au
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1860
Person in charge: Ms Mary
Seefried,
Position or official title:
Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 28.6
Number of professional librarians:
15
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the
Library: 8
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Number of other staff in the Library:
4.6
Number of newspapers and press services used for
clipping: 20
Size of collection:
160.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 90.000
A$
Number of current periodicals:
4053
Parliamentary papers: indexed
Archival materials: no
Library uses thesaurus or a classification system for
subject indexing: thesaurus
Automated cataloguing
Catalog not accessible online
Clientele: All Members of Queensland parliament ,
including Minisiters and their staff, Governor of Queensland,
Parliamentary Service staff, other parliamentray Libraries in
Australia, former members.
Number of reading rooms:2
Number of loans per year:1000+
Reference services: yes
External database searches: yes
Analysis and research: yes
Other special services: Media monitoring of TV and
Radio
Right to deposi: All published materaisl in
Queensland
Other special collections: 19th century heritage
collection known as the O'Donovan collection- 11,000 volumes
-closed in 1908. Publications published by the Library
:Queensland Parliamentary Record
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Queensland
parliamentary handbook
Every three years
Bulletin of
Queensland statistics
Quarterly
Background
information briefs
Information
kits
Parliamentary Papers
Votes and
proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of
Queensland
(Updated August 2007)
