Official name of the country:
Türkmenistan
Official language: Turkmenskiy
Official name of Parliament:
(There are two parliamentary bodies, although only the elective
Assembly of
Turkmenistan engages in normal legislative activity, whereas the
People's Council
which meets infrequently, establishes broad policy guidelines and
considers
constitutional amendments)
Official names of Chambers:
Khalk Maslakhati (1)
(People's Council)
Türkmenistanyn Mejlisi (2)
(Assembly of Turkmenistan)
The Assembly Library also serves the People's Council
2. Address
Türkmenistanyn Mejlisi
Mejlisinin Kitaphanasi
ul. Gogolya, 17
744000 Ashgabat
Tel.: *(7)(3632)391692
Fax: *(7)(3632)294242
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1992
Person in charge: G-zha Gul'nara
ARTYKOVA
Position or official title:
Mejlisinin Kitaphanasynyn Müdiri
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians:
1
Size of collection: 300
Number of current periodicals:
10
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Da, Bibliotekoy
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 550
Number of current newspapers:
13
Press cuttings: Da, Bibliotekoy
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Da,
Bibliotekoy
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Da
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Klassifikatsionnaya
sistema
Automation of cataloguing:; Net
Clientele: Chleny parlamenta,
sotrudniki Apparata parlamenta
Number of reading rooms: 1 (20)
Number of loans per year: 1.300
Reference services: 250
Analysis and research: Da,
Bibliotekoy
IFLA membership: Da
6. Parliamentary documents
Türkmenistanyn Mejlisi
* Vedomosti Mejlisa
Turkmenistana
Yezhegodno. - Na turkmenskom i russkom yazykakh
Stenograficheskiye otchety
sessiy Mejlisa Turkmenistana
Na turkmenskom i russkom
yazykakh
(updated in March 1996)
