Official name of the country:
Druk-yul
(Kingdom of Bhutan)
Official language: Dzongkha
Business languages: English,
Nepáli
Official name of Parliament:
Tshogdu
(National Assembly)
2. Address
Tshogdu Pey Zoed
Tashichho-Dzong
P.O. Box 139
Thimphu
Tel.: *(975)(2)22729; 22416; 22793
Fax: *(975)(2)24210
Telex: 208 ROSEC TPU BT
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1988
Person in charge: Mr LAKSHUMAN
Chhetri
Position or official title: Secretary
(Library & Documentation)
Number of library staff: 2
Size of collection: 1.000
Number of current periodicals:
3
Number of current newspapers: 3
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: No
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; Government officials; open to the public
Reference services: No
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Any other information: The National
Assembly Library, having been set up recently, is still in the
process of development
IFLA membership: No
6. Parliamentary documents
Proceedings and resolutions
of the National Assembly
In Dzongkha, English, and Nepáli
(updated in April 1995)
