Official name of the country: Al-Jumhuriyah al-Jaza'iriyah al-Dimuqratiyah al-Sha`biyah
(Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria)
Official language: Arabe

Official name of Parliament: Majlis al-Intiqali al-Watani
(National Council of Transition)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Majlis al-Intiqali al-Watani
Maktaba
18, Blvd. Zirout Youcef
Alger 16000
Tel.: *(213)(2)738600
Fax: *(213)(2)740389
Telex: 66516/66517 aspon dz

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1977
Person in charge: Mme Louisa TAIBI
Position or official title: Moukalafa bi at-Tawthiq wa-l-Archif
Number of library staff: 10
Number of professional librarians: 5
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Size of collection: 20.000
Number of annual accessions: 200
Annual acquisitions budget: 700.000 DA (~ US$ 14.000)
Number of current periodicals: 120
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 26
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 50
Number of current newspapers: 54
Press cuttings: Oui, par la Direction de la Communication
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Non
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Oui
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Système de classification
Automation of cataloguing: Oui
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Non
Clientele: Membres, personnel administratif du parlement; étudiants
Number of reading rooms: 1 (20)
Reference services: Oui
Current bibliographies: Oui
Retrospective subject bibliographies: 9
External database searches: Oui
Analysis and research: Oui, par la bibliothèque
IFLA membership: Non

4. Publications published by the Library
Bulletin signalétique des ouvrages
En arabe et en français
Bulletin analytique des périodiques
En arabe et en français
Recueil de textes à caractère législatif
En arabe et en français

6. Parliamentary documents
* Al-Jaridah al-Rasmiyah lil Mudawalat = Journal officiel des débats
En arabe et en français
* Al-Nidham al-dakhili lil-Majlis = Règlement intérim du Conseil
En arabe et en français

(updated in October 1995)