Official name of the country:
Republika ng Pilipinas / Republic of the
Philippines
Official languages: Pilipino,
English
Official name of Parliament:
Kongreso ng Pilipinas / Congress of the
Philippines
-Bicameral -
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
- Official names of Chambers:
Senado
/ Senate (1)
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / House of Representatives (2)
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Official names of Chambers: Senado / Senate (1)
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Senado ng Pilipinas
Aklatan Legislatura ng Senado
Multi-Purpose Hall
Executive House Building
P. Burgos/Taft Avenue Street
Manila
Tel.: *(63)(2)5271159; 5270250
Fax: *(63)(2)5271117
Telex: 40667 SENATE PM
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1987
Person in charge: Ms Gloria R.
DULCE
Position or official title:
Patnugot
Number of library staff: 20
Number of professional librarians:
9
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 11
Size of collection: 15.000
Number of annual accessions:
900
Annual acquisitions budget: 2.000.000
P (~ US$ 75.000)
Number of current periodicals:
198
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 34
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 240
Number of current newspapers:
14
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: Members, parliamentarians'
personal staff, parliamentary staff; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 2 (22)
Number of loans per year: 6.200
Reference services: 7.500
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by
Legislative Research, Bill Drafting, Parliamentary
Counselling
Other special services: Audio-visual
recordings
Right to deposit: No
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
Bibliography of
recent acquisitions
Monthly
Annual report of
the Senate Library
- Current awareness services of
Government publications
What the Senate
Library is
Information folder
6. Parliamentary documents
Record of the
Senate
Journal of the
Senate
Acts and
resolutions
The Senate
speaks
Speeches of Senators
Committee reports
History of bills
Rules of the
Senate
Official
directory of the Senate
(updated in March 1996)
