Libraries in India

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Karnataka
State
Official language: Kannada

Official name of Parliament: Karnataka Vidhana Mandala
(Karnataka Legislature Secretariat)
- Unicameral -

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

Address
Karnataka Vidhana Mandala Granthalaya
Karnataka Legislature Library
Vidhana Soudha
P.B. No. 5074
Bangalore - 560001
Karnataka
Tel. (91)(812)200112 ext 2328, telex Vidhana Mandala
Cable address: Comparlas Bangalore

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1930
Person in charge: Shri Yakub Shariff,
Position or official title: Deputy Secretary of Karnataka Legislature
Number of library staff: 10,
      Number of professional librarians: 3,
      Number of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 130.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 100.000 Rs
Number of current periodicals: 138
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: staff of the officers and officials of the Legislature Secretariat
Any other information: The Library provides press clippings
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Accession list
Quarterly
select bibligraphy
On bills come up before the Houses of Legislature
Lekhana Soochi
Quarterly
Karnataka Legislature information journal
Quarterly
Diary of important events

Publications concerning the Library
Library, reference and research service / Legislature Secretariat
Folded leaflet

Parliamentary Papers
Debates