World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries of Federated States and Autonomous Territories- Australia
Libraries in Australia
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Western
Australia
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Parliament of Western Australia
-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
Harvest Terrace
P.O. Box A 11
Perth WA 6000
Tel. (61)(9)2227256, telex AA95078PRMWA
Fax (61)(9)3216197
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1873
Person in charge: Ms Roslynn
Membrey,
Position or official title:
Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 7,
Number
of professional librarians: 4,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 3
Size of collection: 10.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 90.500
A$
Number of current periodicals:
300
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: Members'
staff, parliamentary staff and public servants
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Current awareness bulletin
Publications concerning the
Library
History of Parliamentary Library of
Western Australia : 1873 - 1973
Parliamentary Papers
Parliament
Parliamentary debates :
Hansard
Legislative Council
Minutes of proceedings of the
Legislative Council
Produced on paper as separates,
then cumulated on microfiche, no bound volumes
Legislative Assembly
Votes and proceedings of the
Legislative Assembly Produced on paper as separates, then
cumulated on microfiche, no bound volumes
Journals and printed
papers
Produced on paper as separates, then cumulated on microfiches, no
bound volumes