Country

Official name of the country (Latin transcript):

New Zealand / Aotearoa

 

Parliament

Official name of parliament:

in original language (Latin transcript):
House of Representatives
in English translation:

unicameral

 

Library - General Information

Does any other library provide services to parliament instead?

No

Name of the parliamentary library

in original language (Latin transcript):
Parliamentary Library
in English translation:

Adress:

Parliamentary Library
Parliament Buildings

Private Bag 18041

Wellington 6160

New Zealand

Telephone:

+64 4 817 9888

Fax:

+64 4 817 9619

E-Mail:

barbara.mcphee@parliament.govt.nz

Internet / WWW / Website:

http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/ParlSupport/default.htm

 

Library - Detailed Information

Year of foundation:

1858

Person in charge of the parliamentary library:

Mrs. Barbara McPhee

Who may use the library?

Members of Parliament and their support staff. A lower level of service is provided to other parliamentary staff and a limited service to the public.

Number of library staff:

60

Size of collection:

510 000

Other special collections of the library:

International documents collection, national newspaper collection

Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):

3 000

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?

No

Does the library use a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing?

Yes

Reference services:

Yes

Research service:

Yes

Other special services:

Bills digest service

IFLA membership:

Yes