Official name of chamber:
in original language (Latin transcript):
Senato della Repubblica
in English translation:
Senate
Library - General Information
Does any other library provide services to parliament instead?
Name of the parliamentary library
in original language (Latin transcript):
Biblioteca del Senato della Repubblica "Giovanni Spadolini"
in English translation:
The Senate Library
Adress:
Biblioteca del Senato della Repubblica "Giovanni Spadolini"
Piazza della Minerva, 38
00186 Roma
Italia
Telephone:
+39 06 6706.3717
Fax:
+39 06 6706.4338
E-Mail:
BibliotecaMinerva@senato.it
Internet / WWW / Website:
http://www.senato.it/relazioni/21616/genpagina.htm
Library - Detailed Information
Person in charge of the parliamentary library:
Mr. Sandro Bulgarelli
Who may use the library?
Members of Parliament, parliamentary staff, general public (over 16 years old)
Number of library staff:
46
Annual acquisition budget:
750 000 ¤
(=1 100 000 US $)
Size of collection:
700 000
Legal deposit?
Yes
Depository library for which institutions?
European Community
Other special collections of the library:
Ancient books, medieval and modern manuscripts (mostly laws of ancient italian towns and states)
Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):
1 200
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
Does the library use a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing?
Yes
Reference services:
Yes
Research service:
Yes
IFLA membership:
Yes