World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries of Federated States and Autonomous Territories- United States of America
Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Ohio
State
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Ohio General Assembly
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senate (1)
House of Representatives (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
Address
Ohio General Assembly
Legislative Service Commission
Riffle Center
9th Floor, 77 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43266-0342
Tel. (1)(614)4667434
Details on the Library
Person in charge: Ms Barbara
Laughon,
Position or official title: Library
Administrator
Number of library staff: 4,
Number
of professional librarians: 2,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 2
Size of collection: 10.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 40.000
US$
Number of current periodicals:
250
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: staff of
the General Assembly
Right to deposit: Depository status
for all legislative documents
IFLA membership: No
Parliamentary Papers
General Assembly
- Summary of enactments
Published at varying intervals during a 2 yr.
session ; contains descriptions of laws passed
Guidebook for Ohio
legislators
Published as need and money available