Libraries in Australia

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: New South Wales
State
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Legislature of New South Wales
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Legislative Council (1)
Legislative Assembly (2)
The NSW Parliamentary Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

Address
New South Wales Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel. 61 (0)2 9230 2380
Fax 61 (0)2 231 1932

E-Mail: libreq@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Internet: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1840
Person in charge: Mr Greig Tillotson,
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 31,

• Number of professional librarians: 15,
• Number of research and subject analyst staff in the library: 6,
• Number of secretarial and support staff in the library: 11,
• Number of other staff in the Library: 7,
• Specification: Senior Library Technicians (4), Library Technicians (3)

Size of collection: 160.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 114.100 AUD$
Equivalent in USD: 76.500
Number of current periodicals: 2.800
Periodicals are indexed for relevant articles by the library.
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 200
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 1.000
Number of current newspapers: 150
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library (15)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by respective Houses
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: No
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: former Members, Parliament House staff, bona fide scholars, whose needs cannot be met elsewhere (at the discretion of the Librarian)
Number of reading rooms: 1 (20)
Number of loans per year: 4.200
Reference services: 24.500
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Right to deposit: All paper based publications published in New South Wales and all government publications in whatever format.
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library

• Background Papers
• Briefing Papers
• E-Briefs

Parliamentary Papers
Legislature

• Bills
• Statutes

Loose and annual bound volumes

• Parliamentary papers

Loose and sessional bound volumes

• Parliamentary debates : Hansard
• Parliamentary record
• Parliamentary handbook

Legislative Council

• Minutes of proceedings
• Journal of the Legislative Council

Sessional bound volume

• Standing orders

Legislative Assembly

• Votes and proceedings

Loose sessional papers

• Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly

Sessional bound volume of the Votes and proceedings

• Questions and answers

Sessional bound volume

• Notices of motion
• Sessional summary
• Standing orders

(updated March 2009)