European Parliament Library
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The European Parliament Library (sometimes styled as "EP Library") is the official parliamentary library of the European Parliament and the largest of all the European institutions' libraries in terms of the size of the collection. It is a part of the European Parliamentary Research Service. Its mission is to provide the European Parliament staff and Members with books, academic journals, reference materials, press and access to databases on topics relevant for the parliamentary work in the 24 official languages of the European Union.[1].
While the library is not accessible to the general public, external persons can apply to use the library as study visitors[2], and a part of the collection, namely the open access[3] and the collection of the official publications[4] of the Parliament are available via the official Library catalogue.
The main library is situated in Brussels, with Luxembourg branch managing the historical collection[5]. During the plenary session week, some library services are also available in Strasbourg, but the Library does not have a dedicated collection or premises there.
History[edit]
The library was first established in 1953 after the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Union was established[6]
Collections[edit]
The library has three special collections related to the European Parliament work, namely the MEP book collection, the historical collection and the comparative law library.
The MEP book collection is made of books written by former or present Members of the European Parliament, regardless of the topic or intended audience. The history collection holds “approximately 5 million publicly available historical records in all EU official languages”.[7] The comparative law library “offers extensive research and analysis on case law and legal doctrine in the field of comparative law”.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ De Feo, A.; Finer, K. "Supporting Members: the evolution of European Parliament Library services since 2011 (The 29th IFLA Pre-Conference of Library and Research Services for Parliaments, 15-17 August 2013)" (PDF). IFLA.org.
- ↑ "Study visits for research". EP Library.
- ↑ "Open Access at the EP Library". EP Library Catalogue.
- ↑ "EP publications". EP Library Catalogue.
- ↑ "Specialised collections for research". EP Library.
- ↑ Anghelescu, H.G.B. "Historical Overview: The Parliamentary Library from Past to Present". Wayne State University Digital Commons.
- ↑ "Specialised collections for research". EP Library.
- ↑ "Specialised collections for research". EP Library.
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