Official name of the country: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
(Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Official language: Dutch

Official name of Parliament:* Staten-Generaal
(States-General)
-Bicameral -

Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Official names of Chambers: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal (1)
(First Chamber of the States-General)
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Information Department (Centraal Informatiepunt)
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Bibliotheek
Postbus 20017
2500 EA Den Haag
Tel.: *(31)(70) 3129200
Fax: *(31)(70) 3653868
E-Mail: griffie@eerstekamer.nl
Homepage: www.eerstekamer.nl

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1915
Person in charge: Ms Nicolle Lanckohr
Number of library staff: 1,5
Number of professional librarians: 1
Size of collection: 10.000
Number of annual accessions: 400
Annual acquisitions budget: 90.000 hfl (~ US$ 58.000)
Number of current periodicals: 135
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 40
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 450
Number of current newspapers: 8
Press cuttings: not by the Library, by :Second Chamber
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Not by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
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?: Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff
Number of reading rooms: 2 (10)
Number of loans per year: 450
Reference services: 250
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: 2.500
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Right to deposit: No
Any other information: Information available on Internet: http://www.dds.nl
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Aanwinstenlijst

6. Parliamentary documents
Handelingen en bijlagen der Staten-Generaal (Eerste Kamer)

(updated in February 1999)