Official name of the country: Brazil

Official language(s): Portuguese

Official name of Parliament in original language: Congresso Nacional

Official name of Parliament in English translation: National Congress
Bicameral

Official name of Chamber: Senado Federal (1) (Federal Senate)

Official name of Chamber: Câmara dos Deputados (2) (Chamber of Deputies)

Name of Parliamentary Library - In original language: Centro de Documentação e Informação - Cedi

Name of Parliamentary Library - In English translation: Center for Documentation and Information - Cedi

Member of the ASGP

2. Address

Centro de Documentação e Informação Cedi
Câmara dos Deputados
Anexo II Praça dos Três Poderes
Brasília
DF 70160-900 Brazil
Tel.: *(55)(61)3216-5777
Fax: *(55)(61)3216-5757
E-Mail: corpi.cedi@camara.gov.br
Homepage: http://www2.camara.gov.br/

3. Details on the Library

Year of foundation: 1866
Person in charge: Mr Adolfo Furtado
Position or official title:Diretor do Centro de Documentação e Informação
Number of library staff: 245
Number of professional librarians: 63
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 14 background researches
Number of secretarial and support staff: 60

Number of other staff: 122
Specification: Archivists, journalists, historians, editors, restoration and conservation professionals, lawyers

Size of collection (number of volumes): 250.000
Number of annual accessions: 4.100
Number of current periodicals: 4.000
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: yes, by the library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 60
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 3.800
Number of current newspapers:. 29
Press cuttings:yes, by the library
Number of newspapers and press services used for clipping: 9

Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: yes, by the library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing
Automation of cataloguing: yes

Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: yes
Clientele: Members of the Parliament and staff. Visitors have access to the collections through the Web and may consult books in-house. At the moment the Center is going through renovation and all the reading rooms are currently closed.
Number of reading rooms: 6
Number of loans per year: 5.560

Reference services: yes
Number of reference requests per year: 13.000

Current bibliographies: yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or series: 4

Retrospective subject bibliographies: yes
External database searches: yes
Analysis and research: No, not by the library

by: Research-Service – Consultoria Legislativa

Right to deposit: United Nations
 
IFLA membership: yes

4. Publications published by the Library

• Anuário Estatístico do Processo Legislativo (Annual Statistics Reports on Legislative Process)
• Fique por Dentro (Electronic Publication that comprises bibliography, legislation, bills and news about a specific subject)
• Livros novos (Book alert)
• Sumário de periódicos (Content alert service)
• Perfis parlamentares (Series of distinguished members of parliament)
• Plenarium (Journal – each issue focuses on a specific topic)
• Biografia dos deputados – Bandep (Bibliography of the members)
• Guia de serviços (Services guide / gateway)

5. Publications concerning the Library

• Catálogo de publicações (Catalogue of books published by the Center)
• Catálogo de obras raras (Catalogue of rare books)
• Bulletin of the Center

6. Parliamentary documents

• Diário da Câmera dos Deputados (Minutes of the House)
• Cadernos de altos estudos (Articles produced by researchers on specific topics)
• Regimento interno (Rules of procedures)
• Separatas (Published speeches of members)

   

For the parliaments of the component States of the Federative Republic of Brazil see the
World directory of parliamentary libraries of federated states and autonomous territories - listing below.

• About Brazil
• Acre, Estado
• Alagoas, Estado
• Amapá, Estado
• Amazonas, Estado
• Bahia, Estado
• Ceará, Estado
• Distrito Federal
• Espírito Santo, Estado
• Goiás, Estado
• Maranhao, Estado
• Mato Grosso, Estado
• Mato Grosso do Sul, Estado
• Minas Gerais, Estado
• Pará, Estado
• Paraíba, Estado
• Paraná, Estado
• Piauí, Estado
• Pernambuco, Estado
• Rio de Janeiro, Estado
• Rio Grande do Norte, Estado
• Rio Grande do Sul, Estado
• Rondônia, Estado
• Roraima, Estado
• Santa Catarina, Estado
• Sao Paulo, Estado
• Sergipe, Estado
• Tocantins, Estado