Official name of the country: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
-Bicameral -

For the parliament of Tobago see World directory of parliamentary libraries of federated states and autonomous territories

Official names of Chambers: Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Parliament Library
Red House
Abercromby Street
P.O. Box 878
Port of Spain
Tel.: *(1)(868)627 9603
Fax: *(1)(868)6254672;
Telex: Comparlas P0010
E-Mail: librarian@ttparliament.org
Homepage: http:www.ttparliament.org

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1894
Person in charge: Ms Caroline M.L. KANGALEE
Position or official title: Librarian I
Number of library staff: 7
Number of professional librarians: 1
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Number of other staff: 2 (On-the-Job Trainees)
Size of collection: 200.000
Number of annual accessions: 1000
Annual acquisitions budget: 350.000 TT$
Number of current periodicals: 56
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 45
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 750
Number of current newspapers: 7
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library (7)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library and by the Hansard Dept.
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: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: In progress
Clientele: Members, parliamentarians' personal staff, parliamentary staff; former Members; Government officials; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 1
Number of seats: 14
Number of loans per year: 500
Reference services: 1.000
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or series: 22
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Right to deposit: For all documents tabled in Parliament
Other special collections of the Library: Scanning of documents; newspapers on microfilm; video services
Right to deposit: Parliamentary documents-papers laid in both Houses
Depository library for: No
Other special collections: video library; cd-roms, microfilm collection: 1
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Chamberlain
Documents acquired by the Library through deposit, purchase, and photocopy. - Includes lists of recently acquired Acts, Bills, and other subsidiary legislation. - The Bulletin is distributed to Ministerial libraries

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Acts
Bills
Committee reports
Notice of questions and motions
Order paper
Parliamentary debates
Senate
Senate papers
Standing orders
House of Representatives
House papers
Standing orders
Subsidiary legislation

(updated in April 2005)