Country
Official name of the country (Latin transcript):
Republik Österreich
Parliament
Official name of parliament:
in original language (Latin transcript):
Parlament
in English translation:
Parliament
bicameral
Official name of chambers:
in original language (Latin transcript):
Bundesrat ; Nationalrat
in English translation:
Federal Coucil ; National Coucil
Related libraries:
one library for all chambers
Library - General Information
Does any other library provide services to parliament instead?
Name of the parliamentary library
in original language (Latin transcript):
Parlamentsbibliothek
in English translation:
Parliamentary Library
Adress:
Parlamentsbibliothek
Dr. Karl Renner-Ring 3
1017 Wien, Parlament
Telephone:
+43 (0)1 401102285
Fax:
+43 1 401102825
E-Mail:
bibliothek@parlament.gv.at
Internet / WWW / Website:
http://www.parlament.gv.at/bibliothek
Library - Detailed Information
Year of foundation:
1869
Person in charge of the parliamentary library:
Mrs. Elisabeth Dietrich-Schulz
Who may use the library?
- Members of the National Concil ("Nationalrat") and members of the Federal Council ("Bundesrat")
- Austrian delegates to the European Parliament
- employees of the Parliamentary Administration
- employees of the Parliamentary Groups
- parliamentary assistants according to the 1992 legislation pertaining to parliamentary employees
- all persons interested in the parliamentary work provided an appointment has been made with the library
Number of library staff:
12
Annual acquisition budget:
160 000 Euro
(=221 273 US $)
Size of collection:
more than 340 000 volumes
Legal deposit?
Yes
Other special collections of the library:
the documentation of writings of Members of the Austrian Parliment since 1848
Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):
270 printed and electronic
Are periodicals currently indexed for articles?
Yes
Press cuttings:
Yes
Are the papers of the parliament indexed?
Yes
Is the library in charge of the archival materials of the parliament?
No
Has the library automated its cataloguing?
Yes
Is the automated catalogue accessible to outside users?
Yes
Does the library use a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing?
Yes
Reference services:
Yes
Research service:
No
Other special services:
- cooperation partner in Austria's two major digitisation projects:
ANNO Austrian Newspapers Online http://anno.onb.ac.at
ALEX Historical Austrian laws and legal texts http://alex.onb.ac.at
IFLA membership:
No