Library Department
Establishment and Functions
The Library is one of the departments forming the Directorate of Information Services and is headed by a Director, who reports to the Chief Director, Information Services. The library was established in 1923, making it one of the oldest departments.
Mission
The department seeks to provide an all rounded quality library and information service that meets and exceeds our clients’ expectations. This is achieved through a well-coordinated, consultative selection and acquisition process and systematic dissemination of relevant information resources to the users of Parliament of Zimbabwe library.
Function
The main function of Parliament of Zimbabwe library is to contribute towards the management and timely delivery of valuable, reliable and relevant information services to Senators, Members of The National Assembly, Officers of Parliament and the public they represent.
Membership
Membership is open and free to Senators, Members of The National Assembly, Officers of Parliament and approved external users.
Location
Library relocation process from old to new parliament is still on-going and currently occupies the following rooms at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden:
- 219 – History Section
- 220, 222–224 – Offices
- 226 – Library Cocktail
- 227 – Statutory and Government Gazettes Collection
- 228 – Contemporary Collection
Collection
- Books on political, economic and social issues including other subject specific disciplines
- Pamphlets, serial publications and bound material
- Parliamentary debates, reports and current serials
- Parliamentary, legal and official material
- Court judgments, statutes, Zimbabwean Government Gazettes, Law reports
- Reports on parastatals and government departments
Open Access Legal Information Sites
AI Research Tools
- Scholarcy – Extracts and summarizes key information from research papers
- Otter.ai – Transcribes spoken research ideas
- 2Stats – Data analysis and visualization
- Formula Bot – Excel formulas and data analysis
- Gamma – Research presentations
- Miro – Brainstorming and visual collaboration
- Numerous.ai – Excel automation and data cleaning
- Scite – Smart citation analysis
- Research Rabbit – Citation-based literature mapping tool
- Elicit – Academic paper analysis tool
- ChatPDF – Interactive PDF research assistant
