Official name of the country:
Republic of Namibia
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Parliament
- Bicameral -
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Official names of Chambers:
National Council (1)
National Assembly (2)
Member of the ASGP
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Parliament of the Republic of Namibia
Parliamentary Library
Private Bag 13323
Windhoek 9000
Tel.: *(264)(61)2889111
Fax: *(264)(61)226899
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1990
Person in charge: Vacant
Number of library staff: 2
Number of professional librarians:
1
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 1
Size of collection: 2.000
Number of annual accessions:
500
Annual acquisitions budget: 80.000
Namibia $ (~ US$ 22.000)
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 5
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
Number of reading rooms: 1 (6)
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
IFLA membership: No
6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
Parliamentary
debates
Minutes of
proceedings
Standing rules and
orders
(updated in April 1995)