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Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Tasmania
State
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Parliament of Tasmania
-Bicameral -

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

Name of library: Tasmanian Parliamentary Library

Address
Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
Salamanca Place
Hobart. 7005
Tel. (61)(03)62332244
Fax (61)(03)62233964
EMail: library@parliament.tas.gov.au
Web: www.parliament.tas.gov.au

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1852
Person in charge: Ms Juliet Scaife,
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff :10.9
Number of professional librarians :2.3
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library :5
Number of secretarial and support staff :1
Number of other staff :2.6 Library Technicians
Size of collection (number of volumes): 30,000
Annual acquisitions budget - in national currency: $A 44,000
Number of current periodicals : 1047
Analytical cataloguing yes
Number of indexed periodicals: 178
Number of articles: 200
Number of current newspapers: 29
Press cuttings yes
Number of newspapers and press services used for clipping: 6
Parliamentary papers are indexed
Archival materials: yes
Library uses thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: thesaurus
Automated cataloguing: yes
Catalog accessible online:yes
Who may use library: Members of the Tasmanian parliament, their staff and Officers of the Parliament
Number of reading rooms: 1
Reference services: yes
Number of reference requests per year: 4,500
Analysis and research: yes
Other special services: TV & Radio monitoring
Member of IFLA
Publications published by the Library
Parliamentary Backgrounders series

Parliamentary Papers
Parliament
* Votes and Proceedings
* Journals of Parliament
House of Assembly
Standing orders and rules of the House of Assembly

(updated in August 2007)