Institution - Direcció d'Estudis Parlamentaris del Parlament de Catalunya
Identification
| Name: | Direcció d'Estudis Parlamentaris del Parlament de Catalunya |
| Institutional Description: | The Office of Parliamentary Studies is a management centre of the Catalan Parliamentary Administration whose main functions are the following: 1. To provide information to the deputies, to the parliamentary groups and to the bodies and services of the House so that they can carry out the statutory duties assigned to the Parliament of Catalonia. 2. To manage and conserve the collection of documents that are produced and received by the Parliament, by carrying out the following tasks: • Providing information, advice, services and products specifically relating to the work of the Parliament. • Conducting studies and research related to the activity and work of the Parliament. • Organizing, conserving, managing and disseminating bibliographic and document collections of the Library and Archives of the Parliament. |
| Country/Entity: | Spain |
| Name of Parliament: | Parlament de Catalunya |
| Type of Parliament: |
- Parliament of a territorial entity |
| 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): | 135 |
| Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): | 214 |
| Type of organization: | Combined library and research service |
| Types of users: |
- Parliamentarians - Staff - Other |
| Year founded: | 1984 |
| Number of staff: | 22 |
| Website: | https://www.parlament.cat/web/documentacio/recursos-documentals/index.html |
| Date update: | 10/02/2018 |
Ifla
| IFLA member?: | Yes |
| Regional member?: | No |
| Which Regional Member?: | |
| Member of Other Association(s)?: | Red_Parlamenta; COBDC; IALL; CCUC |
Address
| Address (1): | Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n |
| Address (2): | |
| Postal code: | 08003 Barcelona |
| Phone: | 93.706.3106 |
Contact
| Email: | biblioteca@parlament.cat |
| Contact person: | Elvira Bosch Jorba |
| Email contact person: | ebosch@parlament.cat |
| Phone contact person: | 93.706.3106 |
| Name Library/RC Authorities: | |
| Email Library/RC Authorities: | Antoni Bayona Rocamora |
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Library information
| Main subject areas of the collection: | A library specializing in public law, which also has a collection on Community law, private law, social science, the history of Catalonia and other disciplines over which the Parliament has powers to legislate. |
| Number of registered documents (volumes): | 53.673 (2017) |
| Annual growth of collections (volumes) / reference year: | 726 (2017) |
| Special collections (Indicate special collections): | A political document collection, with the election posters and programmes of the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. Other documents from donations relevant to the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A collection of publications written by deputies. |
| Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): | https://www.parlament.cat/opac |
| Does it have a legal depository?: | No |
| Does it receive donations?: | Yes, in accordance with the policy of acceptance of donations |
| Does it offer reference services?: | Yes |
| Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): | Yes. Newsletter of legal news |
| Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): | Yes. Legislative dossiers to support the processing of legislative initiatives. Thematic dossiers that provide information on current topics or subjects that are of interest or use to members of the House. Documentation areas of parliamentary committees. |
| 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. Newsletter of legal news |
| Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): | Yes. Legislative dossiers to support the processing of legislative initiatives. Thematic dossiers that provide information on current topics or subjects that are of interest or use to members of the House. Documentation areas of parliamentary committees. |
| 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?: | No |
| Does it have impact assessment?: | No |
| Does it have other services?: | General and specialized information on matters related to the functions of the Parliament. Research undertaken at the request of deputies or parliamentary groups. Information and consultation on parliamentary initiatives and on the documentation of the bodies of the House. Information and consultation on the historical collections. Information and consultation on the bibliographical collection through the Library’s online catalogue. A loan service. Proposals for purchases and subscriptions in line with the procurement policy of the Office of Parliamentary Studies. A Reading Room located in the Library, with computers for users with Internet access and Wi-Fi for consulting the collections and the printed press. Training on how to use the library resources. |
| Does it have online publications? (Indicate url address / internet link): | https://www.parlament.cat/web/documentacio/recursos-documentals/index.html |
| 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 - Other |
| Date update: | 10/02/2018 |
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