Libraries in United States of America
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Puerto
Rico
Commonwealth
Official languages: Spanish,
English
Official name of Parliament:
Asamblea Legislativa
del Estado Libre y Asociado de Puerto Rico /
Legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers:
Senado / Senate (1)
Cámara de Represetantes / House of
Representatives (2)
The Legislative Reference Library serves both chambers of the
Parliament
Address
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Reference Library
The Capitol
P.O. Box 3986
San Juan, PR 00904
Tel. (1)(809)7215200 ext 212
Fax (1)(809)7242428
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1964
Person in charge: Mr Manuel Torres
Tapia,
Position or official title: Head
Librarian
Number of library staff: 9,
Number
of professional librarians: 2,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 60.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 288.500
US$
Number of current periodicals:
230
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: open to the
public
IFLA membership: No
Parliamentary Papers
Senado
Actas del Senado
de Puerto Rico
Reglamento del
Senado=Rules of the
Senate
- Resumen y estado de
la legislación radicada y recibida en el Senado
- Diario de sesiones
-
Directorio=Directory
Cámara de Representantes
Actas de la
Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico
Resumen y estado
de la legislación radicada y recibida
-
Replamento de la Cámara de
Representantes de Puerto Rico
Directorio
= Directory
