Libraries in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Scotland
- Autonomous region -
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Scottish Parliament Information Centre

2. Address
Parliament Headquarters
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Tel.: *(044)(0131348) 5300
E-Mail: spice@scottish.parliament.uk
Homepage: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1999
Person in charge: Ms Patsy Richards
Position or official title: Head of Research and Information Services
Number of library staff: 49
Number of professional librarians: 11
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 22
Number of secretarial and support staff: 16
Size of collection: 21558
Annual acquisitions budget: 200,000 £
Number of current periodicals: 170
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Clientele: Members of the Parliament; staff of Members of the Parliament; staff of the Parliament
Number of reading rooms: 1
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or series: 1
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes
Other special services: Biographical database of msp information. Editor of parliamentary intranet. Interlibrary loans service. Partner library network. Records management for the parliament. Freedom of information. Current awareness services. Content editor of parliamentary website. Donald Dewar collection. Weekly information bulletins.
Right to deposit: None
IFLA membership: Yes

4. Publications published by the Library
Scottish Parliamentary and statutory publications (annual)

Scottish Parliament statistics (annual)

5. Publications concerning the library
(all of these are available on the Parliament website, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk)

(updated in September 2007)