About the Library

The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Library is a custodian of the documentary records of LegCo. The Library occupies about 910 m² and has a collection of about 50 000 volumes of books and over 353 000 digitized LegCo records. Through the focus of its collection on constitutional and parliamentary subjects, it positions itself as a constitutional library for Members, their staff and staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat ("Members and staff"). Members of the public are also welcome to visit the Library and inspect the collections.

Mission

The mission of the Library is to provide Members and staff, as well as members of the public, access to information that can facilitate understanding of the role, functions, work, people and history of LegCo, and the development of the constitutional systems in China and other places.

Services and facilities

The Library provides reference, lending and inter-library loan services for Members and staff. Click here to login to the Library system. With the advancement of technology, the Library also actively provides information resources beyond print materials. The Library has established the Makerspace and regularly organizes workshops for Members and staff to familiarise themselves with and experience emerging technologies.

The Library contains the Public Exhibition Areas and the Collection Area. The Public Exhibition Areas feature exhibitions on specific policy issues or the work of LegCo, along with virtual reality and augmented reality games aiming to introduce LegCo's work. It also houses two miniature models — one showcasing the completed expansion of the LegCo Complex and another depicting the historic moment of unanimous passage of the National Security Bill to fulfil Article 23 of the Basic Law. Additional amenities include a tour guide robot, computer workstations with access to the Library catalogue and electronic resources, photocopiers, printers and barrier-free facilities.

Library collections, databases and library publications

The Library's holdings are categorized under four distinct collections, namely LegCo Records Collection, Constitutional Collection, Basic Law Collection and General Collection.

The Library has also endeavoured to develop different databases to provide users with quick access to LegCo information. It also proactively sources and subscribes to a wide range of newspapers, magazines, journals and databases to keep Members and staff abreast of the public sentiments in Hong Kong as well as of the constitutional and legal issues in China and the rest of the world.

On the other hand, the Library prepares New addition lists providing the synopsis of the books recently acquired. Besides, the Library produces three monthly publications entitled "Stay informed – Latest Mainland policy reports", "Stay informed – Latest overseas policy reports" and "Stay informed – Latest overseas parliamentary news" respectively. These publications aim to keep Members and staff informed of the latest policies, important legislative and financial proposals, major inquiry and audit reports of selected jurisdictions as well as the latest development in the rules and practices of overseas parliaments.