Document Type
Article
Abstract
Parliamentary libraries (also known under various terminologies such as federal libraries, legislative libraries, information resource centers, documentation centers, or reference services) enhance the research and information capacity of parliaments. As their histories show, however, some also came to consider their constituencies as lying beyond the confines of their parent legislature.
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Recommended Citation
Anghelescu, H.G.B. “Historical Overview: The Parliamentary Library from Past to Present,” in: Changing Visions: Parliamentary Libraries Past, Present, and Future (Gro Sandgrind and Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, eds.). Special themed issue of Library Trends, 58/4 (2010): 418-434. Available at: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/16672.