Official name of the country: Jumhuriyat Misr al-`Arabiyah
(Arab Republic of Egypt)
Official language: Arabic

Official name of Parliament: (Technically, a bicameral system exists, although only the elective Majlis
al-Sha`b is the supreme legislative authority. However, under the
constitutional amendments of May 1980, the Majlis al-Shura with two thirds
of its Members elected and one third appointed by the President was
established as a consultative council, but with no legislative or controlling
powers)
Official names of Chambers: Majlis al-Shura (1)
(Consultative Council)
Majlis al-Sha`b (2)
(People's Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP
The Library of the People's Assembly also serves the Shura Council

2. Address
Majlis al-Sha`b
Qita` al-Ma`lumat
Majlis al-Sha`b Street
P.O. Box 1183
Cairo
Tel.: *(20)(2)3540279
Fax: *(20)(2)3548977
Telex: 20054 EGYAS UN

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1924
Person in charge: Ms Sawsan al-Hennawy
Position or official title: Head of Information Sector
Number of library staff: 60
Number of professional librarians: 15
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 36
Number of secretarial and support staff: 9
Number of other staff: 4 (mandated from the Shura Council)
Size of collection: 65.000

Number of annual accessions: 3.500
Number of current periodicals: 160
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 160
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 1.250
Number of current newspapers: 55
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library (32)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 5 (60)
Number of loans per year: 16.500
Reference services: 3.000
Current bibliographies: 2
Retrospective subject bibliographies: 4
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Right to deposit: Yes
Depository library: United Nations, Arab League, Organization of African Unity
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Bibliography of the Library
Additional list of accessions

5. Publications concerning the Library
Abdel-Dayim, Madiha: The parliamentary library of Egypt // In: Parliamentary libraries in the Eastern Mediterranean- Black Sea Crescent : papers / 11th International Conference of Parliamentary Libraries, Ankara, 17 - 18 August 1995

6. Parliamentary documents
Majlis al-Shura
Minutes
Reports
Directories
Majlis al-Sha`b
Minutes
Reports
Directories

(updated in September 1995)