Libraries in Australia

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

Official name of Parliament: Parliament of Victoria
-Bicameral -

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

Address
Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Spring Street
Melbourne VIC. 3002
Tel. (61)(3)6518640
Fax (61)(3)6509775

Homepage: http://www.http://www.aph.gov.au/

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1851
Person in charge: Mr Bruce Davidson,
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 24,
Number of professional librarians: 10,
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 9
Number of other staff in the Library: 3 (1 Systems Officer, 1 Web Development Officer, 1 Education Officer)
Size of collection: 150.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 160.000 A$ (~ USD 100.000)
Number of current periodicals: 3.000
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?: No
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: Members' staff, staff of parties located at Parliament House, officers and staff
Number of reading rooms: 4 (25)
Number of loans per year: 4.100
Reference services: 6.200
Right to deposit: Full depository status for all publications issued by Victorian Government Departments and instrumentalities
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library

Official name of Parliament: Regularly
Select list of abstracts of recent periodical articles
Monthly
Select list of recent additions
Books ; monthly
Information papers
Briefing papers
Eletorate profiles
Statistical summary of Victoria
Quarterly
Victoria parliamentary handbook
Every 4 years or for each new Parliament
Your parliament information kit
Updated annually

Other
Brown, Geoff: Biographical register of the Parliament of Victoria : 1900 - 1984. - Melbourne, 1985
Jones, Catherine: Presiding Officers of the Victorian Parliament : 1856 - 1986. - Melbourne, 1986
Wright, Raymond: A people's counsel : a history of the Parliament of Victoria ; 1856 - 1990. - Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1992
Wright, Raymond: Who stole the Mace? - Melbourne, 1991

Parliamentary Papers
Parliament
Hansard
Daily
Weekly
Bound Volumes
Bills
Bills list
Progress of legislation before the Houses
Parliamentary papers
Includes: Budget papers; Parliamentary reports; Parliamentary Committee reports; Ombudsman reports; Royal Commission reports; Board of Enquiry reports; Weekly reports of Divisions; Auditor-General's reports;
Notice papers
-* Members lists
Legislative Council
Minutes
Legislative Assembly
Votes and proceedings
(updated in August 1998)