Official name of the country: Elliniki Dimokratia
(Hellenic Republic)
Official language: Greek

Official name of Parliament: Vouli ton Ellinon
(Greek Chamber of Deputies)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Vouli ton Ellinon
Vivliothiki tis Voulis ton Ellinon
Megaron Voulis
10021 Athinai
Tel.: *(30)(1)3235030
Fax: *(30)(1)3236072; 3310013
Telex: 219890 BE GR
E-mail: xristo@artemis.parl.ariadne-t.gr

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1845
Person in charge: Mr Panayotis Ph. Christopoulos
Position or official title: Diefthintis tis Vivliothikis
Number of library staff: 91
Number of professional librarians: 10
Size of collection: 1.060.000
Number of annual accessions: 5.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 159.000.000 Drch. (~ US$ 657.000)
Number of current periodicals: 320
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 500
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Press Clipping Service
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; open to the public
Number of reading rooms: 5 (180)
Number of loans per year: 3.500
Reference services: 2.500
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: 500
Right to deposit: Yes
Depository library: United Nations and various other organizations
Any other information: Manuscript and rare book collection, newspaper library
IFLA membership: Yes

4. Publications published by the Library
Archeia tis Ellinikis Paliggenesias. - Athinai
T. 1 - 15. - 1857 - 1994
Katalogos Epsimeridon : 1790 - 1990

5. Publications concerning the Library
Christopoulos, Panayotis Ph.: I vivliothiki tis Voulis ton Ellinon : 1946 - 1970. - Athinai, 1970
Christopoulos, Panayotis Ph.: The Library of Parliament in Athens with special reference to its services for microfilming newspapers // In: Parlament und Bibliothek. - München : Saur, 1986. - p. 203 - 216
Christopoulos, Panayotis Ph.: Greek newspaper and their microfilming in the Microform Unit of the Greek Parliament // In: Proceedings of the Symposium held in London, August 12 - 15, 1987, vol. II, p. 280 - 284
Christopoulos, Panayotis Ph.: The Greek parliament and its library // In: Parliamentary libraries in the Eastern Mediterranean- Black Sea Crescent : papers / 11th International Conference of Parliamentary Libraries, Ankara, 17 - 18 August 1995

6. Parliamentary documents
* Praktika ton Synedriaseon tis Voulis
* To Syntagma tis Ellados
* Kanonismos tis Voulis
Ektheseis epi ton psiphisthenton nomoschedion
Synkentrotiko Deltio aparaseon Voulis, psiphisthenton nomoschedion kai protaseon nomon

(updated in December 1995)