Cambodia

Chamber (1): The Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Chamber (2): The National Assembly

Name of country/territory: Cambodia
Name of library: the Senate Library
Official name of the country: The Kingdom of Cambodia (Unitary state)
Official language: Khmer
Official name of Parliament in original language: Priksaphea Kampuchea
Official name of Parliament in English translation: The Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia (Bicameral)
Official name of Chamber (1) (in original language): Priksaphea Kampuchea
Official name of Chamber (2) (in original language): Rothsaphea Kampuchea
The Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Official name of Chamber (2) (in English translation): The National Assembly
Each Chamber has its own Library

Does any other library provide services to Parliament instead?: No
Name of Parliamentary Library - In original language: Bonnaley Priksaphea
Name of Parliamentary Library - In English translation: The Senate Library

Address

Bonnaley Priksaphea (The Senate Library)
Vimeanroth Chamkamorn Blvd.
Phnom Penh
The Kingdom of Cambodia
Tel.:+855 23 211 441 Ext.299
Fax: +855 23 211 446
E-Mail: oum_sarith@camnet.com.kh
Homepage: www.senate.gov.kh

Details on the Library

Person in charge: Mr Santo Voeuk
Letter of the alphabet under which the person in charge is to be listed in the name index: V
Position or official title of the person in charge of the Parliamentary Library (in original language): Director
Number of library staff: 36
Number of professional librarians: None
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 12
Number of secretarial and support staff: none
Number of other staff: none

Size of collection (number of volumes): 35.000 books
Number of annual accessions (number of volumes): none
Annual acquisitions budget - in national currency: -
Annual acquisitions budget - designation of currency: Riel
Annual acquisitions budget - Equivalent in US$: 4.000
Analytical cataloguing: no - not by the Library
No press cuttings (not by the library)

No indexing of parliamentary papers (not by the library)
Archival materials: yes
Library uses thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing
classification system: No automated cataloguing
Catalogue not accessible online

Clientele: Senators, Secretariat staff and Government officials, Universities students, Public
Number of reading rooms: 2
Number of seats: 80
Number of loans per year: 2.394
Reference services: yes
Current bibliographies: no
Subject bibliographies: no
External database searches: no
Analysis and research: yes - by the library
Right to deposit: Reference Documents
Depository library for: Government Institutions, NGOs
Other special collections: Rare history books, arts and others special

Not a member of IFLA
Publications published by the Library: -
Publications concerning the library: -
Parliamentary documents of Parliament/Chamber: Parliaments papers and archived documents

(updated in June 2008)