Libraries in Spain

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: País vasco / Euskadi
Autonomous region
Official language: Espanõl / Euskera

Official name of Parliament: Esuko Legebiltzarra - Parlamento Vasco (Basque Parliament)
- Unicameral -

Address
Eusko Legebiltzarra Liburutegia
Biblioteca del Parlamento Vasco Basque Parliament Library
Parlamento Vasco
Dirección de Estudios Biblioteca
Becerro de Bengoa s/n
01005 Vitoria-Gasteiz
España

Tel. (34)(945) 247800
Texlex: 35485 EULB-E
E-mail: legelari.nagusia@parlam.euskadi.net
Homepage: http://parlamento.euskadi.net

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1982
Person in charge: Mr. Juan Carlos da Silva Ochoa
Position or official title: Director de Estudios
Number of library staff: 17
Number of professional librarians: 8
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the library: 10
Number of secretarial and support staff: 7
Size of collection: 41.000
Number of annual accessions:1.700
Annual acquisitions budget: 18.000.000 Pesetas
Number of current periodicals: 580
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, 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 and classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Restricted to members of parliament: No
Who else may use library: Parlamentarios, personal al servicio del Parlamento y de los grupos parlamentarios, instituciones y organismos públicos, estudiosos e investigadores debidamente acreditados, prensa acreditada ante la Cámara
Number of reading rooms: 2 (12)
Number of loans per year: 600
Reference services: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies: Yes
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Right to deposit: No
IFLA membership: No

(updated in July 1998)