Official name of the country:
República Oriental del
Uruguay
(Eastern Republic of Uruguay)
Official language: Español
Official name of Parliament:
Poder Legislativo
(Legislative Power)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senado (1)
(Senate)
Member of the ASGP
Cámara de Representantes (2)
ASGP
(House of Representatives)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo
Av. de las Leyes, s/n
11800 Montevideo
Tel.: *(598)(2)208937
Fax: *(598)(2)949162
Telex: 23203 CARE UY
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1928
Person in charge: Sra. Da Mercedes
BARRAN DE ORIBE
Position or official title: Directora
General Interina
Number of library staff: 146
Number of professional librarians:
11
Size of collection: 250.000
Number of annual accessions:
5.000
Number of current periodicals:
2.500
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Sí, por la biblioteca
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 128
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 3.000
Number of current newspapers:
16
Press cuttings: Sí, por la
biblioteca (16)
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Tesauro y sistema de
clasificación
Automation of cataloguing: Sí,
parcialmente
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: Miembros, personal
administrativo del parlamento; abierta al público
Number of reading rooms: 1 (30)
Number of loans per year: 4.000
Reference services: 1.800
Current bibliographies: 2
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
1.200
External database searches: No
Right to deposit: Sí
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Fichas analíticas de artículos de
publicaciones periódicos
1 area general y 1 area jurídica
5. Publications concerning the Library
Moreira Parsons, Jorge:
[La Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo
del] Uruguay // In: Memoria
del Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano de Bibliotecas Parlamentarias,
México, 20 - 23 de octubre de 1993. - México, 1994. -
p. 254 - 258
6. Parliamentary documents
NO BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SUPPLIED
(updated in December 1995)
