Official name of the country: República de Venezuela
(Republic of Venezuela)
Official language: Español
Official name of Parliament:* Congreso de la República
(Congress of the Republic)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
-Bicameral -

*) for »the parliaments of the component States of the federal Republic of Venezuela
see World directory of parliamentary libraries of federated states and autonomous territories

Official names of Chambers: Senado (1)
(Senate)
Member of the ASGP
Cámara de Diputados (2) ASGP
(Chamber of Deputies)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Congreso de la República
Servicio Autónomo de Información Legislativa (SAIL)
3er piso, oficina 37
Edif. José Maria Vargas, Esq. Pajaritos
Caracas 1010
Tel.: *(58)(2)5645327
Fax: *(58)(2)5636696
Telex: 21252 CCASSVC

3. Details on the Library
Person in charge: Sra. Dª Bertha PIÑA MONTES
Position or official title: Directora General
Number of library staff: 16
Number of professional librarians: 1
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Sí, por el SAIL
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Tesauro
Automation of cataloguing: Sí
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Sí
Clientele: Miembros, personal administrativo del parlamento; todas las instituciones afiladas a la red juridico-legal
Number of reading rooms: 1
Reference services: Sí
Current bibliographies: No
IFLA membership: No

5. Publications concerning the Library
Scott, Henry Bencid: [La Biblioteca del Congreso de la República de] Venezuela // In: Memoria del Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano de Bibliotecas Parlamentarias, México, 20 - 23 de octubre de 1993. - México, 1994. - p. 259 - 267

6. Parliamentary documents
Congreso de la República
Gazeta del Congreso
Senado
Diario de debates del Senado de la República
Cámara de Diputados
Diario de debates de la Cámara de Diputados

(updated in November 1995)