Official name of the country:
République du Zaïre
(Republic of Zaire)
Official language:
Français
Official name of Parliament:
Haut Conseil de la République -
Parlement de Transition
(High Council of the Republic - Parliament of Transition)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Haut Conseil de la République
Bibliothèque
Palais de la Nation
Av. des 3 Z
B.P. 3955
Kinshasa/Gombe
Tel.: *(243)(12)34314
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1960
Person in charge: Mme Sabine DRABUA
TANZI
Position or official title:
Directeur, Chef des Services de Documentation, Archives,
Bibliothèque et Hémérothèque
Number of professional librarians:
4
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 8 (y compris les archivistes)
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 4
Size of collection: 3.200
Number of current periodicals:
30
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Oui, par le Service de Documentation
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 30
Number of current newspapers:
120
Press cuttings: Oui, par le Service
de Documentation
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Non
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Oui
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Système de
classification
Automation of cataloguing: Non
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Membres, personnel administratif du parlement; chercheurs
Clientele: 1 (54)
Reference services: Oui
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
2
External database searches:
1.500
Analysis and research: Non
Right to deposit: Non
IFLA membership: Non
6. Parliamentary documents
Annales
parlementaires
Compte rendu
analytique
(updated in December 1995)