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

Official name of Parliament: North Carolina General Assembly
-Bicameral -

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

Address
North Carolina General Assembly
Legislative Library
Legislative Office Building
300 N Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Tel. (1)(919)7339390
Fax (1)(919)7333113

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1967
Person in charge: Ms Cathy L. Martin,
Position or official title: Legislative Librarian
Number of library staff: 7 (interim: 5),
      Number of professional librarians: 2
      Number of other staff in the Library: 5
      Specification :
      2 Library research assistants
      1 Library assistant
      2 Temporary or part-time library assistants
Size of collection: 15.000
Number of current periodicals: 100
Number of current newspapers :20
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
not by the Library
Parliamentary papers are indexed
Archival materials yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automated cataloguing
Catalog accessible online
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: legislative staff, public
Clientele: General Assembly members, staff, general public
Number of reading rooms :2
Right to deposit: No
IFLA membership: No

Parliamentary Papers
General Assembly
Session laws

Senate
Journal
House of Representatives
Journal

(Updated in August 1999)