Mission
To continuously provide knowledgeable, timely, non-partisan and
high-quality information resource services to all Members of Parliament,
their research staff, all officers of the Parliament and their staff.
The Librarian is responsible for:
- Ensuring that books, journals and other printed materials are available
to Members of Parliament in support of their legislative functions;
- Responding efficiently to requests from Members, officers of both
Houses and other authorized users, for documents that are considered
necessary for the performance of Parliamentary duties
- Maintaining a definitive collection of sessional papers and other
documents related to the business of proceedings of the Senate and House
of Representatives and their Committees.
The Library maintains specialized databases of general material related
to parliamentary procedure, Parliamentary Questions and Motions,
Hansard Debates,
Periodicals and Newspaper Articles.
The Library also offers services in the following areas to members
of Parliament, staff and the general public, in some instances:
o Information
o Reference and Research
o Loans
o Bibliographical
o Technical
