Official name of the country:
République du
Bénin
(Republic of Benin)
Official language:
Français
Official name of Parliament:
Assemblée Nationale
du Bénin
(National Assembly of Benin)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Assemblée Nationale
Service Documentation et Archives
B.P. 371
Porto Novo
Tel.: *(229)213091
Fax: *(229)215161
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation:: 1993
Person in charge: M. Constant
Honnougan
Position or official title: Chef
Service Documentation et Archives
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians:
1
Size of collection: 900
Annual acquisitions budget: 9.000.000
F CFA (~ US$ 18.900)
Number of current periodicals:
50
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 15
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 400
Number of current newspapers: 5
Press cuttings: Oui, par la
bibliothèque
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Oui
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Oui
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thésaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Oui
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Non
Clientele: Membres, personnel
administratif du parlement; chercheurs, étudiants
Number of reading rooms: 1 (12)
Number of loans per year: 600
Reference services: 400
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
Non
External database searches: 150
Analysis and research: Oui, par la
bibliothèque
Right to deposit: Non
Other special collections of the
Library: Collection des comptes rendus des débats
parlementaires
IFLA membership: Non
4. Publications published by the Library
Elections
législatives 1995 au Bénin
6. Parliamentary documents
Compte rendu intégral
des débats parlementaires
(updated in November 1995)
