Libraries in United States of America

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Massachusetts
State
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: General Court of Massachusetts
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
Library services are provided by:
State Library of Massachusetts

Address
State Library of Massachusetts
341 State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel. (1)(617)7272590 or 7272592
Fax (1)(617)7275819

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1826
Person in charge: Mr Gasper Caso,
Position or official title: State Librarian
Number of library staff: 16,
      Number of professional librarians: 9,
      Number of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 800.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 795.000 US$
Number of current periodicals: 1.800
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: public library
Right to deposit: Full depository status for Massachusetts official publications
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Massachusetts State publications
Quarterly
ISSN 0465-1898

Publications concerning the Library
The State Library of Massachusetts
Folded leaflet

Parliamentary Papers
Senate
Journal of the Senate
Official record of proceedings
House of Representatives
Journal of the House of Representatives
Official record of proceedings