Official name of the country:
Al-Jumhuriyah al-`Arabiyah
al-Suriyah
(Syrian Arab Republic)
Official language: Arabe
Official name of Parliament:
Majlis al-Sha`b
(People's Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Majlis al-Sha`b
Maktaba
Damas
Tel.: *(963)(11)2226127
Fax: *(963)(11)2246495
Telex: ALCHAB 411936 SY
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1948
Person in charge: M. Ma'mun
al-NABLISI
Position or official title: Amin
Maktabet Majlis al-Sha`b
Number of library staff: 2
Number of professional librarians:
1
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 1
Size of collection: 5.000
Number of current newspapers:
15
Press cuttings: Oui, par la
bibliothèque
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Oui, par la bibliothèque
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: Non
Clientele: Membres, groupes
parlementaires, personnel administratif du parlement
Number of reading rooms: 1 (7)
Reference services: Oui
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
Non
External database searches: Non
Analysis and research: Non
6. Parliamentary documents
Mahader Jelsat
Majlis al-Sha`b
Verbatim report of the sittings of
the People's Assembly
al-Jaridah
al-Rasmiyah
Monthly. - Official gazette
Majelet Majlis
al-Sha`b
People's Assembly bulletin
Delil
al-Majlis
Index
(updated in January 1996)