Official name of the country: Canada
Official languages: English, French

Official name of Parliament:* Parliament of Canada / Parlement du Canada
Greffier du Sénat et Greffier des Parlements)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Senate / Sénat (1)
Member of the ASGP
House of Commons / Chambre des Communes (2) ASGP
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Library of Parliament
Bibliothèque du Parlement
Ottawa, Ont., K1A 0A9
CANADA

Tel.: *(1)(613) 992-3122
Fax: *(1)(613) 943-6383
Telex: 0533139
E-mail: YoungW@parl.gc.ca
Homepage: www.parl.gc.ca

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1867
Person in charge: Mr William Young
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 276
Number of professional librarians: 139
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 93
Number of secretarial and support staff: 21
Number of other staff: 23 (Public Programs (21), executive services (23))
Size of collection: 427,178
Number of annual accessions: 7,924
Annual acquisitions budget: 1,400,000 Cdn (~ US$ 885.640.00)
Number of current periodicals: 7,924
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 750
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 3,200
Number of current newspapers: 3,200
Press cuttings: Not by the library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library; by: Senate comittees
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Catalog accessible online
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Clientele: Parliamentarians and staff, parliamentary committees, associations and delegations and Senior Senate and House of Commons Officials as well as consultants serving parliamentarians, parliamentary party groups, agencies reporting to Parliament; justices of the Supreme Court; commissions of inquiry; Privy Councillors; members of the parliamentary press gallery, journalists; embassies; visiting scholars
Number of reading rooms: 5 (51 seats)
Number of loans per year: 15,040
Reference services: 98,000
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies: 363 bibliographies
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Other special services:
PARLCAT: online catalogue
PARLCD: desktop access to many important information resources
PARLMEDIA: a searchable full-text database of Canadian newspapers, both English and French
Easy Find: a list of useful sites on the Internet; includes a Hot Topics Section, updated regularly, with links to newsworthy publications
Internet training
Databases: access to a wide variety of commercial and public online databases used extensively in answering questions
PARLREF: online Request Service
Articles: Desktop access to a weekly electronic bibliography of recent articles chosen from English and French periodicals
Right to deposit: Canadian Government Publications
Depository library: UN, ILO, FAO, WHO, OECD, provincial governments
Other special collections of the Library: Canadian historical pamphlets, press clipping books, oral history
Any other informations: The Library's Parliamentary Research Branch (PRB) with a staff of some 80 researchers provides research, analysis, information and consulting services to Members of the Senate and the House of Commons and other parliamentary clients on a wide range of legislative, policy and constituency or regional issues. It also provides the subject specialists that assist parliamentary committees and associations. It has an extensive Publications Program with papers available electronically on the parliamentary and public websites. The PRB has an internship program and also manages several series of seminars offering interactive workshops and public policy discussion seminars to Parliamentarians and their staff.
Further, the Library provides an Information Service to respond to questions from the general public on the history, role and activities of Parliament and distributes information products such as brochures and info-notes. The Library enhances public awareness of Parliament through its Parliamentary Public Programs: Education Outreach (primarily the annual Teacher's Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy), Visitor Services, Parliamentary Tours and the Souvenir Boutique. A variety of information on the Library of Parliament is available to the public on the Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire website: www.parl.gc.ca

IFLA membership: Yes

4. Publications published by the Library : Compilations are now web-based, active server pages with many search options
Quorum: a selection of articles from various Canadian newspapers from English and French daily newspapers (bi-weekly during recess)

• Bibliographies and reading lists
• List of collected library resources on a particular topic (on demand or in anticipation of multiple requests by parliamentarians)
• Current issue reviews
  Irregular. - Descriptive commentaries of topical interest. - Regularly updated
• Mini-Reviews
  Irregular. - Brief reports on newsworthy events and other information topics
• Backgrounders
  Irregular. - In-depth studies of policy
  
• Legislative summaries
  Overview of a bill, its purpose, changes to present legislation and effects
  Publications list: updated bibliography of Parliamentary Research Branch publications
  Electronic Services: electronic products and services

PARLCAT: online catalogue
PARLCD: desktop access to many important information resources
PARLMEDIA: a searchable full-text database of Canadian newspapers, both English and French
Easy Find: a list of useful sites on the Internet; includes a Hot Topics Section, updated regularly, with links to newsworthy publications
Internet training

• Databases: access to a wide variety of commercial and public online databases used extensively in answering questions
• PARLREF: online Request Service
• Articles: Desktop access to a weekly electronic bibliography of recent articles chosen from English and French periodicals

5. Publications concerning the library
Library of Parliament: A Guide to Services - Bibliothèque du Parlement : guide des services
The Report on Plans and Priorities of the Library of Parliament; the Performance Report of the Library of Parliament --which has replaced the Annual Report of the Parliamentary Librarian. (produced yearly)
IFLA Conference Papers 2001 available at http://www.ifla.org/VII/s3/conf/preconf 01.htm:
Milliken, Peter, Speaker of the House of Commons, Role of the Library of Parliament
Paré, Richard, Parliamentary Librarian, Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada, The Library of Parliament at the dawn of a New Century
Landry, Pierrette, Executive Office, Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada, The Library of Parliament Today
1986
Spicer, Erik, J.: The Canadian Library of Parliament // In: Parlament und Bibliotek. - Müchen : Saur, 1986. - p.345 - 354

6. Parliamentary documents of Parliament/Chamber: Documents are available via the Parliamentary Internet ( www.parl.gc.ca)

Debates of the Senate: (Hansard)

Daily sitting edition and bound edition. - Official verbatim record of the speeches delivered in the Senate. - Published in separate English and French editions Index
Table of contents appears at the back of each issue during the session. -Cumulated
Index published from time to time as a separate and in the bound edition of Hansard.
Issued in separate English and French editions

Proceedings of Committees (Senate) Official verbatim record of Senate Committee proceedings. - Bilingual fascicules issued for each committee index
Bilingual. - Issued at irregular intervals depending on length of session
Bills
Draft legislation concerning either public or private matters. - Numbered sequentially, beginning with s1. - Issued in bilingual format
Committee reports
Currently published as numbered fascicules issued as part of Proceedings of Committee.
Occasionally issued with separate cover and title page. - Issued as separates or as bilingual editions
Journals
Official record of Senate proceedings. - Currently published in a bilingual format. - Indexed.
Order Paper and Notice Paper
Daily order paper and official record of Senate proceedings for each sitting.
Currently published in a bilingual format
Sessional papers
Documents tabled in the Senate or filed with the Clerk during a given session.
Numbered since 32nd Parliament 2nd session. - Listed in the Journals of the Senate
Rules of the Senate of Canada. - 2001
Loose-leaf edition
Canadian Directory of Parliament

House of Commons
Documents are available via the Parliamentary Internet ( www.parl.gc.ca)
Debates of the House of Commons: (Hansard)
Daily sitting edition and Bound edition. - Official verbatim record of House deliberations. - Published in separate English and French editions
Index
A table of contents appears at the back of each issue. - Issued in cumulative fascicules during the session as unrevised and republished in final bound form. - Issued in separate English and French editions
Minutes of proceedings
Official record of House Committee proceedings. - Issued in separate English and French edition for each committee. Available on the Parliamentary Internet only ( www.parl.gc.ca)
Evidence
Official verbatim record of House Committee proceedings. Issued in separate English and French editions for each Committee. Available on Parliamentary Internet only ( www.parl.gc.ca)
Index
Issued in separate English and French editions. Available on the Parliamentary Internet only ( www.parl.gc.ca)
Bills
Draft legislation concerning either public or private matters. - Numbered sequentially
for public bills from C1 - C200; C201 - C1000 for private members public bills;
C1001 - for private bills originating in the House. - Issued in bilingual format
Committee reports
Currently published as numbered fascicules as part of committee minutes of proceedings and evidence. - Occasionally issued with separate cover and title page. - Issued in separate English and French or as bilingual editions
Journals
Official record of House proceedings. - Currently published in bilingual format. - Indexed
Order paper and notice paper
Official list of business before the House. - Published before each sitting and includes notices of new business in Notice Paper section. - Contains Weekly review. - Bilingual
Projected order of business
Guide to the business, which may be considered by the House. - Published daily before each sitting
Monthly supplement to the Order Paper: questions
All questions appear initially on the Notice paper and they are transferred to the appropriate section of the daily Order paper for the end of the month. - At the beginning of each succeeding month all outstanding questions are printed in the Monthly supplement
Sessional papers
Documents tabled for the information of the House pursuant to statute or standing orders. - Numbered and classified. - Listed in Journals and Votes and proceedings
Status of House Business
Guide to each stage of consideration of all bills before the House. - Includes an alphabetical subject index to legislation presented to the House. - Bilingual. -
Beauchesne's parliamentary rules and forms of the House of Commons of Canada. - 6th ed. - 1989
Selected decisions of Speaker. (published separately for each Speaker)
Procedural paper series / Table Research Branch

(updated in August 2007)