Official name of the country: Druk-yul
(Kingdom of Bhutan)
Official language: Dzongkha
Business languages: English, Nepáli

Official name of Parliament: Tshogdu
(National Assembly)

2. Address
Tshogdu Pey Zoed
Tashichho-Dzong
P.O. Box 139
Thimphu
Tel.: *(975)(2)22729; 22416; 22793
Fax: *(975)(2)24210
Telex: 208 ROSEC TPU BT

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1988
Person in charge: Mr LAKSHUMAN Chhetri
Position or official title: Secretary (Library & Documentation)
Number of library staff: 2
Size of collection: 1.000
Number of current periodicals: 3
Number of current newspapers: 3
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: No
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; Government officials; open to the public
Reference services: No
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Any other information: The National Assembly Library, having been set up recently, is still in the process of development
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Proceedings and resolutions of the National Assembly
In Dzongkha, English, and Nepáli

(updated in April 1995)