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Library and Research Services for Parliaments SectionScopeThe parliamentary libraries of the world, as a distinct type of librarianship, form a Section of their own within IFLA. This Section (Section 03) belongs to the Division of General Research Libraries (Division I).PurposeThe purpose of the Section is to apply the general objectives of IFLA to the particular situation of legislative libraries, the national legislatures in the case of unitary states and both national and second-tier legislatures in the case of federal countries.Parliamentary librarianship is a distinctive form of information work, mainly for Members of the Legislature, who work under great pressure, and who both use and create information. For this reason they need adequate information support. In the last twenty to thirty years there has been a great growth of this work, not just in terms of quantity, but in many legislatures in terms of quality and depth also. Research services have sprung up, and other specialist services such as economic modelling. Whether these come under the Library or not depends on the administrative structure of the legislature. But all forms of information for legislators and also any personal staff they may have is of interest to the Parliamentary Libraries Section.ObjectivesSpecific concerns as set down in the Section's Strategic Plan include:
Organisation and ActivitiesThe Section's work is steered by a Standing Committee which, in turn, elects the Section's Executive Committee, i.e. the Chairman and the Secretary.IFLA holds meetings throughout the world once a year at which the Section presents a programme of
papers for open session, sets up a workshop on a particular theme and sometimes holds a pre- or a
post-IFLA meeting lasting two days or so. Strategic PlanProjects
PublicationsIn addition to the benefits derived from Section membership, IFLA members receive free of charge:
Enquiries on the Section's publications should be addressed to the Secretary. For his address see the useful addresses section at the end of this page. Newsletter
Section LeafletEnglish: Text PDF file
Annual Reports2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 |2000-2001 | 1999-2000 | Conferences
Minutes of Meetings
Mailing lists:IFLAPARL: IFLA Section of Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Standing Committee business list IFLAPARL2: The IFLAPARL2 list is a discussion list open to all members of IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and those attending the Section's activities. Information about the Section's preconferences and conferences will be distributed on this list. Useful AddressesThe Parliamentary Libraries Section has a Standing Committee of 20 elected representatives, each of whom has tenure for 4 years. Every second year half of these positions terminate, and new representatives are elected. The Standing Committee members vote in a Chairman and a Secretary in election years, for a 2 year term. Membership of the Standing Committee is on a personal, not an institutional basis, and individuals must undertake to attend annual meetings of the Section.
Chair/Treasurer:
Ms Gro Sandgrind Parliamentary Librarian Library of the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget Prinsens gate 26 N-0026 OSLO, Norway Tel. +(47)(23)313685 Fax +(47)(23)313859 E-mail: gro.sandgrind@stortinget.no
Secretary/Editor of Newsletter:
Iain Watt Head of Unit for Library Operations European Parliament Rue Wiertz 60 B-1047 BRUSSELS, Belgium Tel. +(32)(2)2843113 Fax +(32)(2)2306581 E-mail: iain.watt@europarl.europa.eu
Information Coordinator:
Moira Fraser Head of Library, Parliamentary Librarian Parliament of New Zealand, Library Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON, New Zealand Tel. +(64)(447)19621 E-mail: Moira.Fraser@parliament.govt.nz | |
