Official name of the country: Barbados
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Parliament of Barbados
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Senate (1)
House of Assembly (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Parliament of Barbados
Library of Parliament
Parliament Buildings
Bridgetown
Tel.: *(1)(809)4263717; 4265331 ext 22/3
Fax: *(1)(809)4364143
Telex: WB FOREIGN 2222

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1814
Person in charge: Ms Muriel BRADSHAW; Ms Diana ELLIS
Position or official title: Librarian
Number of library staff: 3
Number of professional librarians: 1
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Size of collection: 4.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 20.000 BDS$ (~ US$ 10.000)
Number of current periodicals: 18
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 200
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 600
Number of current newspapers: 4
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library (4)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: No

Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff
Number of reading rooms: 1 (14)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Right to deposit: Parliamentary documents
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Parliamentary papers
Parliamentary debates
The 350th anniversary of the Parliament of Barbados : 1639 - 1989

(updated in December 1994)