Parliamentary Library Special library Open to the public: No Opening hours: 9am – 5 pm, open until 8pm on sitting days Number of staff: 140   The Australian Parliamentary Library’s services are established under the statutory office of the Parliamentary Librarian which has the following functions[1]: (a)   to provide high quality information, analysis and advice to Senators and Members of the House of Representatives in support of their parliamentary and representational roles; and (b)   to undertake such other responsibilities within the joint Department, consistent with the function set out in paragraph (a), as are conferred in writing on the Parliamentary Librarian by the Secretary of the joint Department with the approval of the Presiding Officers.

 

 

What technologies do you use? (Library catalogue is SirsiDynix, we use wikis and most material is accessible through Parlinfo http://parlinfoweb.parl.net/parlinfo/index.aspx which is being replaced with Teratext technologies)

 

Political material – most particularly the media collection

 

Members of Parliament and their staff, Parliamentary Departments, Governor General.

 

Of media, particularly newspaper clippings.

 

Primarily online or request via email of phone.

 

(a)         Research services. These services include responding to requests from individual Parliamentary clients for information and research, and the production of general distribution briefs and publications.

(b)         Information access services. Information services are provided to the Library’s clients by acquiring and providing access to information resources in the collection and Library catalogue, through the selection, processing and indexing of material for Library and media databases in ParlInfo, and by publishing print and electronic works.