Institution - Library of Parliament and Research Service
Identification
| Name: | Library of Parliament and Research Service |
| Institutional Description: | The Library of Parliament is open to the public. In addition to serving the Parliament of Finland, the library serves all who need parliamentary, legal, or social and political information. The services and materials of the Library of Parliament are selected with the primary aim of supporting the work of MPs. The research service acquires data and background material as well as performs various studies for MPs and other employees of Parliament to facilitate legislative work. The Research Service and the Library of Parliament are sub-units of the Information and Com-munication Department. https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/tietoaeduskunnasta/organisaatio/Pages/default.aspx |
| Country/Entity: | Finland |
| Name of Parliament: | Parliament of Finland |
| Type of Parliament: |
- Parliament of a sovereign state |
| In case of a bicameral parliament the served Chamber/House: | The Lower Chamber/House (House of Deputies/Representatives |
| Number of the members of the served legislature(s): | 200 |
| Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): | 537 |
| Type of organization: | Combined library and research service |
| Types of users: |
- Citizens - Students - Parliamentarians - Goverment - Staff - Other |
| Year founded: | 1872 |
| Number of staff: | 48 |
| Website: | www.parliament.fi/library |
| Date update: | 05/31/2018 |
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): | Mannerheimintie 30 |
| Address (2): | |
| Postal code: | FI-00102 |
| Phone: | +358 9 4321 |
Contact
| Email: | library@parliament.fi |
| Contact person: | Kristiina Hakala |
| Email contact person: | kristiina.hakala@eduskunta.fi |
| Phone contact person: | +358 9 4321 |
| Name Library/RC Authorities: | Antti Virrankoski (Library), Antti Rautava (Research Service) |
| Email Library/RC Authorities: | antti.virrankoski@eduskunta.fi ; antti.rautava@eduskunta.fi |
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Library information
| Main subject areas of the collection: | The Library of Parliament serves as the central library providing materials on the Parliament, law and social and political sciences and as the central archive for the Finnish Parliament. |
| Number of registered documents (volumes): | 528 000 |
| Annual growth of collections (volumes) / reference year: | 3748 |
| Special collections (Indicate special collections): | Parliamentary papers and collections of law and statutes of various contries, official publications of Finland |
| Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): | https://eduskunnankirjasto.finna.fi/?lng=en-gb |
| Does it have a legal depository?: | yes |
| Does it receive donations?: | yes |
| Does it offer reference services?: | yes |
| Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): | no |
| Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): | Library has legal and other information packages, but for general information for all customers https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/tietoaeduskunnasta/kirjasto/aineistot/Sivut/tietopaketit.aspx |
| Does it have information on parliamentary documents and activities?: | yes |
Research service information
| Does it offer reference services?: | yes |
| 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 summaries/concise analyses of proposed legislation?: | no |
| Does it have assistance in drafting legislation?: | no |
| Does it have fact sheets or briefings? (e.g. an introduction to issues using brief fact): | no |
| Does it have statistical profiles?: | no |
| Does it have background studies, analyses?: | yes |
| Does it have impact assessment?: | yes |
| Does it have other services?: | no |
| Does it have online publications? (Indicate url address / internet link): | no |
| Types of users: |
- Presidency of House - Party factions/groups - Committees - Support to committee work - Individual parliamentarians - Staff of parliamentarians (e.g. experts) - Staff of parliamentary administration |
| Date update: | 05/31/2018 |
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