Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Maharashtra
State
Official language: Marathi
Official name of Parliament:
Maharashtra Legislature
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Maharashtra Legislative Council
(1)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
(2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
Address
Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat Library
Vidhan Bhavan
Backbay Reclamation
Bombay - 400032
Tel. (91)(22)2027399 ext. 320, telex 112443 DGPR IN
Cable address: Comparlas Mumbai-1
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1922
Person in charge: Ms D.S.
Chavan,
Position or official title:
Librarian
Number of library staff: 18,
Number
of professional librarians: 2,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 16
Size of collection: 142.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 500.000
Rs
Number of current periodicals:
75
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: ex-members
staff of Legislature, Secretariat, staff, State Government, special
readers concerning the subjects as political science and public
administration
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Who's who of Members
Both
Houses during the tenure of each Assembly
Parliamentary Papers
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