Official name of the country: République du Bénin
(Republic of Benin)
Official language: Français

Official name of Parliament: Assemblée Nationale du Bénin
(National Assembly of Benin)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Assemblée Nationale
Service Documentation et Archives
B.P. 371
Porto Novo
Tel.: *(229)213091
Fax: *(229)215161

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation:: 1993
Person in charge: M. Constant Honnougan
Position or official title: Chef Service Documentation et Archives
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians: 1
Size of collection: 900
Annual acquisitions budget: 9.000.000 F CFA (~ US$ 18.900)
Number of current periodicals: 50
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 15
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 400
Number of current newspapers: 5
Press cuttings: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Oui
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Oui
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thésaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Oui
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Non
Clientele: Membres, personnel administratif du parlement; chercheurs, étudiants
Number of reading rooms: 1 (12)
Number of loans per year: 600
Reference services: 400
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies: Non
External database searches: 150
Analysis and research: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Right to deposit: Non
Other special collections of the Library: Collection des comptes rendus des débats parlementaires
IFLA membership: Non

4. Publications published by the Library
Elections législatives 1995 au Bénin

6. Parliamentary documents
Compte rendu intégral des débats parlementaires

(updated in November 1995)