Official name of the country: República Dominicana
(Dominican Republic)
Official language: Español

Official name of Parliament: Congreso Nacional
(National Congress)
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Cámara de Senadores (1)
(Senate)
Cámara de Diputados (2)
(Chamber of Deputies)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Congreso Nacional
Biblioteca "Juan Pablo Duarte"
Centro de los Héroes
Santo Domingo
Tel.: *(1)(809)5325561 ext 348/9
Fax: *(1)(809)5320468
Telex: 4565 CAMDIP DR

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1845
Person in charge: Sra. Dª Josefina V. LORA DE GARCIA
Position or official title: Directora
Number of library staff: 16
Number of professional librarians: 3
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 4
Number of secretarial and support staff: 9
Size of collection: 15.500
Number of current periodicals: 2.500
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: No
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Sí
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Sistema de clasificación
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Miembros, personal administrativo del parlamento; abierta al público
Number of reading rooms: 5 (75)
Number of loans per year: 3.100
Reference services: 5.800
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Sí
Analysis and research: No
Other special collections of the Library: Colecciones de leyes, gacetas oficiales, boletines judiciales, periódicos nacionales, derecho, enciclopedias, actas del Senado, actas de la Cámara de Diputados
IFLA membership: No

5. Publications concerning the Library
- Pereyra Ariza, Eddy: [La Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de la] República Dominicana // In: Memoria del Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano de Bibliotecas Parlamentarias, México, 20 - 23 de octubre de 1993. - México, 1994. - p. 250 - 253

6. Parliamentary documents
Congreso Nacional
Gaceta oficial

Senado
* Boletín del Senado de la República
Cámara de Diputados
* Boletín de la Cámara de Diputados

(updated in April 1995)