Libraries in India
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Pondicherry
Union Territory
Official languages: Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu, French,
English
Official name of Parliament:
Pudhuvai Chattaparavai / Legislative
Assembly
- Unicameral -
Address
Pudhuvai Chattaparavai Noolnilayam
Legislative Library
Legislative Assembly Department
Pondicherry - 605001
Tel. 26371, telex TLX.PY.BSN. 71242
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1972
Person in charge: S.
Chinnathambi,
Position or official title: Junior
Assistant
Number of library staff: 8,
Number
of professional librarians: 1,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 43.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 200.000
RS
Number of current periodicals:
280
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No, staff of Legislative Assembly Department, staff of the Office
of the Council of Ministers and higher officials of the Pondicherry
administration
Any other information: The Library
has books on various subjects, in particular on politics,
international affairs, law, public administration. The collection
includes official publications of both union and State governments
as well as fiction in English and Tamil for recreational purposes
of the Members
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Library Committee
report
Legislative Library
bulletin
Parliamentary Papers
NO BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SUPPLIED
