Official name of the country:
Malo Tuto'atasi o Samoa i Sisifo /
Independent State of Western Samoa
Official languages: Samoan,
English
Official name of Parliament: Fono Ao Ao Faitulafono / Legislative Assembly
2. Address
Fono Ao Ao Faitulafono
Potu Tusi o Sui Usufono
Maota Fono
P.O. Box 1866
Apia
Tel.: *(685)21811/3
Fax: *(685)21817
Telex: 221 MALO SX
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1972
Person in charge: Ms Leata P.
Fesili
Position or official title:
Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians:
1
Size of collection: 6.000
Number of current periodicals:
10
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of current newspapers: 6
Press cuttings: Yes, by the
Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; scholars
Other special collections of the
Library: Recorded tapes, speeches by Members
IFLA membership: No
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary
debates
Order paper
Standing
orders
All publications in English and Samoan
(updated in February 1996)
