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Institution - European Parliamentary Research Service

Identification

Name: European Parliamentary Research Service
Institutional Description: The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) is the in-house research department and think tank of the European Parliament. It provides Members and their parliamentary committees with independent, objective and authoritative research, analysis and information on policy issues relating to the European Union, and helps them exercise scrutiny and oversight of the European Commission and other EU executive bodies. EPRS has three directorates-general - for the Members' Research Service, the Library, and Impact Assessment and European Added Value.
Country/Entity: European Union
Name of Parliament: European Parliament
Type of Parliament: - Supranational parliament
Number of the members of the served legislature(s): 705
Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): 7766
Type of organization: Combined library and research service
Types of users:
Year founded: 2013
Number of staff: 300
Website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/20150201PVL00031/Eprs.html
Date update: 02/07/2023

Ifla

IFLA member?: Yes
Regional member?: No
Which Regional Member?:
Member of Other Association(s)?: European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD)

Address

Address (1): 60, Rue Wiertz
Address (2): Brussels
Postal code: 1047
Phone: +32 (0)2 284 8100

Contact

Email: eprs@europarl.europa.eu
Contact person: Eschel Alpermann
Email contact person: eschel.alpermann@europarl.europa.eu
Phone contact person: +32 (0)2 284 8100
Name Library/RC Authorities: Anders Rasmussen. Director-General
Email Library/RC Authorities: anders.rasmussen@europarl.europa.eu

More information for questions and answers

Library information

Main subject areas of the collection: Politics, Economics, International Affairs, Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Public policy, Social Science, Public Administration
Number of registered documents (volumes): 202760
Annual growth of collections (volumes) / reference year: 3500 print books/year, and access to an increasing number of e-books and e-articles via the digital library capability.
Special collections (Indicate special collections): Learning Resource Collection ; Comparative Law Collection ; 100 Books on Europe to Remember, Books by Current and Former MEPs
Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): https://europarl-eplibrary.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?vid=32EPA_V1&lang=en_US
Does it have a legal depository?: No.
Does it receive donations?: Yes.
Does it offer reference services?: Yes, substantive research requests are dealt with by the Members' Research Service.
Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): Yes.
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): No.
Does it have information on parliamentary documents and activities?: Yes.

Research service information

Does it offer reference services?: Yes, substantive research requests are dealt with by the Members' Research Service.
Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): No. This task is performed by the Library.
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): No.
Does it have summaries/concise analyses of proposed legislation?: Yes, through 'Legislation in Progress' briefings etc.
Does it have assistance in drafting legislation?: No.
Does it have fact sheets or briefings? (e.g. an introduction to issues using brief fact): Yes, a wide range of publications.
Does it have statistical profiles?: Yes, including a Statistics Warehouse.
Does it have background studies, analyses?: Yes, a wide range of publications.
Does it have impact assessment?: Yes, through a specific directorate on ex-ante and ex-post evaluation.
Does it have other services?: Yes. For example, strategic foresight, specialist analysis in European Council oversight. scientific foresight. global trends.
Does it have online publications? (Indicate url address / internet link): Yes. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/home.html;jsessionid=5B45BEB10F567FF51740DE95AB5EA0C9.node1
Types of users:
Date update: 02/07/2023