(Lao People's Democratic Republic)
Official language: Lao
Official name of Parliament:
Saphahengxat Sout Thi Si
(National Assembly, IVth Legislature)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
2. Address
Hongxamout Saphahengxat
National Assembly Library
P.O. Box 662
Vientiane
Lao PDR
Tel.: *(856)(21)413526
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1990
Person in charge: Ms Sousada
PHOUMMASAK
Position or official title: Houana
Hongxamout Saphahengxat
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians:
1
Size of collection: 5.000
Number of annual accessions:
300
Annual acquisitions budget: 1.000.000
Kips (~ US$ 250)
Number of current periodicals:
96
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles:Yes
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 1
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 500
Number of current newspapers:
12
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
No
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 and staff of the
National Assembly are the main users, but also Government
officials, embassies' personnel, students (under request)
Number of reading rooms: 1 (9)
Number of loans per year: 150
Reference services: 300
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Other special collections of the
Library:AIPLF, AIPO, APPU, ASEAN, BAN, IPU, SENATE of
France, Parliamentary documents from Australia
IFLA membership: Non
6. Parliamentary documents
Constitution de la
République Démocratique Populaire Lao
En lao, français et anglais
Code électoral des Membres de
l'Assemblée Nationale
Code de l'Assemblée Nationale
Règlement intérieur de
l'Assemblée Nationale
Rapports des commissions parlementaires
Procès-verbaux des sessions
plénières de l'Assemblée Nationale
Projets de lois
Rapports du Groupe Interparlementaire Lao
Memorandum biographique des candidats aux
élections
(updated in September 1998)
