Official name of the country: Muso oa Lesotho / Kingdom of Lesotho
Official languages: SeSotho, English

Official name of Parliament: Paramente ea Lesotho / Parliament of Lesotho
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Lekhotla la Senate / Senate (1)
Lekhotla la Bakhethoa / National Assembly (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Paramente ea Lesotho
Setsi sa Paramente sa Polokelo ea Libuka
Parliament Buildings
P.O. Box 190
Maseru 100
Tel.: *(266)323035 ext 119
Fax: *(266)310438

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1965
Person in charge: Mr Tsitso RALIILE
Position or official title: Assistant Librarian
Number of library staff: 1
Size of collection: 1.000
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: No
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
Number of reading rooms: 1 (8)
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Right to deposit: No

Any other information: Starting from 1995 the Library is being redeveloped
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Reports of parliamentary sittings and debates
In SeSotho

(updated in March 1995)