Official name of the country: Al-Mamlakah al-'Urdunniyah al-Hashimiyah
(Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
Official language: Arabic

Official name of Parliament: Majlis al-'Ummah al-'Urdunni
(National Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Majlis al-'Ayan (1)
(Senate)
Majlis al-Nuwab (2)
(House of Representatives)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Majilis al-'Ummah al-'Urdunni
Maktaba
P.O. Box 11101
Amman
Jordan
Tel.: *(962)(6) 566 4121
Fax: *(962)(6) 685 970
3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1965
Person in charge: Amer AL TAL
Position or official title: Librarian
Number of library staff: 4
Number of professional librarians: 2
Size of collection: 10.000
Number of annual accessions: 150
Number of current periodicals: 40
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of current newspapers: 15
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Department of Studies and Information
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Department of Studies and Information
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; Government officials; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 1 (30)
Reference services: 650
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Department of Studies and Information
Other special collections of the Library: Special publications from Abdul Hameed Shamonsid Institution
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Majlis al-`Ayan
Mahader Jelsat Majlis al-`Ayan
In Arabic
Majlis al-Nuwab
Mahader Jelsat Majlis al-Nuwab
In Arabic

(updated in March 1996)