Institution - Biblioteca del Senado de España

Identification

Name: Biblioteca del Senado de España
Institutional Description: The Department of Library in the Spanish Senate is one of the four Documentary Departaments in which the Upper House of the Cortes Generales (Spanish Parliaments) supports the tasks of the House by means of providing the bibliographical information and documentary aid needed. The description, organization, preservation and dissemination of historical holdings and document collections are the main Librarian responsibilities.
Country/Entity: Spain
Name of Parliament: Senate - Spanish Parliament
Type of Parliament: - Parliament of a sovereign state
Number of the members of the served legislature(s): 265
Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): 0
Type of organization: Library
Types of users:
Year founded: 1834
Number of staff: 30
Website: https://www.senado.es/buscador/page/senado-form-recursos?lang=es_ES
Date update: 01/18/2023

Ifla

IFLA member?: Yes
Regional member?: Yes
Which Regional Member?:
Member of Other Association(s)?:

Address

Address (1): Plaza de la Marina Española, 8
Address (2):
Postal code: 28078
Phone: +34 915381163

Contact

Email: documentacion@senado.es
Contact person: Josefa Fuentes García
Email contact person:
Phone contact person: +34 915381163
Name Library/RC Authorities: Biblioteca del Senado
Email Library/RC Authorities: documentacion@senado.es

More information for questions and answers

Library information

Special collections (Indicate special collections): Historical Heritage holdings (Incunabula, XVIth Century books onwards, XIX-XX Newspaper and magazine collections)
Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): https://www.senado.es/proc/opac
Does it have a legal depository?: yes
Does it offer reference services?: yes
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): Yes. Consult: https://www.senado.es/web/conocersenado/biblioteca/dossieresareastematicas/index.html?lang=en

Research service information

Does it offer reference services?:
Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings):
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): Yes. Consult: https://www.senado.es/web/conocersenado/biblioteca/dossieresareastematicas/index.html?lang=en
Does it have summaries/concise analyses of proposed legislation?:
Does it have impact assessment?:
Does it have other services?:
Types of users:
Date update: 01/18/2023