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)