Libraries in Spain

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Comunidad Autónoma Valenciana
Autonomous region
Official language: Spanish/Catalan

Official name of Parliament: Cortes Valencianas (Valencian Autonomous Parliament)
- Unicameral -

Address
Biblioteca de las Cortes Valencianas
Vanencian Autonomous Parliament Library
Pl. Sant Llorenç, 4
46003 Valencia
Tel. (34)(6) 3876201
E-mail: amparo.caus@cortes.m400.gva.es

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1983
Person in charge: Mr. Enrique Soriano
Position or official title: Clerk-Manager of the Library
Number of library staff: 8
Number of professional librarians: 1
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the library: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Number of other staff: 4
Size of collection: 15.300
Number of annual accessions:1.552
Annual acquisitions budget: 10.500.000 (USD 70.000)
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 127
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 2313
Number of current newspapers: 56
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Not by the Library, by Archivo de las Cortes Valencianas
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?: Yes
Restricted to members of parliament: No
Who else may use library:Funcionarios de la Cámara, Departamentos del Ejecutivo, Investigadores autorizados y Diputados
Number of reading rooms: 1 (15)
Number of loans per year: 120
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies: Yes
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: No
Any other informations:Parliamentary Information Centre Parliamentary Archive
IFLA membership: No

(updated in July 1998)