Official name of Parliament: Solomon Islands National Parliament

2. Address
Solomon Islands National Parliament
Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
P.O. Box G 19
Honiara
Tel.: *(677)21751/2 ext 17
Fax: *(677)23866
Telex: HQ 66311 PRIMUS

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1976
Person in charge: Mr John Laugolo
Position or official title: Librarian/Serjeant-at-Arms
Number of library staff: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Size of collection: 800
Annual acquisitions budget - in national currency: 20,000 SI$ (~ US$ 4,120.00)
Number of current periodicals: 9
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of current newspapers: 2
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library (2)
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: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; scholars (on authorization by the Librarian)
Number of reading rooms: 1 (4)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Other special collections of the Library: Solomon Islands Government publications, Solomon Islands statutory bodies' publications, international organizations' publications
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary debates : (Hansard)
Hardbound copies issued in several volumes per parliamentary sitting. - Each volume contains an index to communications from the chair, questions and answers, motions, bills, Government white papers/reports and other matters
Minutes of proceedings
Official daily records of the business of parliamentary sittings
Notice paper
List of items submitted by Members in advance for discussion in Parliament. - It is issued as and when submissions are received by the Clerk. - Each issue is given a running number
Order paper
Business items for each day's sitting. - Issued each morning before the sitting starts
Papers and reports
Papers and reports of all Government ministries, Provincial Governments and others
Standing orders of the National Parliament : amended and reprinted. - 1982

(updated in January 1995)