Official name of the country: Republica Moldova
(Republic of Moldova)
Official language: Moldovan

Official name of Parliament:* Parlamentul Republicii Moldova
(Parliament of the Republic of Moldova)

Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

2. Address
Parlamentul Republicii Moldova
Biblioteca de serviciu
bul. Stefan cel Mare, 105
277073 Chisinau
Tel.: *(373)(2)233404; 233528; 237594
Fax: *(373)(2)233210
Telex: 163136 LUMIA MD

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1978
Person in charge: Ms Maria MOROZAN
Position or official title: Sefa bibliotecii
Size of collection: 11.400
Number of annual accessions: 60
Annual acquisitions budget: 13.000 MDL (~ US$ 2.800)
Number of current periodicals: 112
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 30
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 70
Press cuttings: Yes
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Directia Documentara Parlamentara
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff
Number of reading rooms: 10 seats
IFLA membership: No

5. Publications concerning the Library
Calancea, Lilia: The Parliamentary Information Center of the Parliament of Moldova // In: Parliamentary libraries in the Eastern Mediterranean- Black Sea Crescent : papers / 11th International Conference of Parliamentary Libraries, Ankara, 17 - 18 August 1995
*) for »the parliaments of the autonomous regions see World directory of
parliamentary libraries of federated states and autonomous territories

6. Parliamentary documents
Sfatul Tarii
- Nezavisimaia Moldova

(updated in August 1995)