Official name of the country: República de Cabo Verde
(Republic of Cape Verde)
Official language: Portugués

Official name of Parliament: Assembleia Nacional
(National Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Biblioteca da Assembleia Nacional
(Library of National Assembly)
Achada de Santo António
Caixa postal Nº 20-A
Praia - Cap Verde
Tel.: *(238)(62) 2677/3290
Fax: *(238)(62) 2660
Telex: 336026
E-Mail: agraca@cvtelecom.cv
Homepage: www.parlamento.cv

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1985
Person in charge: Ms Albertina GRAÇA
Position or official title: Director
Number of library staff: 6
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Size of collection: 5.000
Number of annual accessions: 120
Annual acquisitions budget: 3.000.000 ECV (~ US$ 26.000)
Number of current periodicals: 100
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Sí, por la biblioteca
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 10
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 30
Number of current newspapers: 10
Press cuttings: 5
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Sí, por la Secçao Legislativa Parlamentar
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Catalog not accessible online
Clientele: Member of Parliament, Administrative Personal of the Parliament, Member of Government, Students, Jornalist, Investigator
Number of reading rooms: 3 (12)
Number of loans per year: 600
Reference services: 900
Current bibliographies: Sí
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: No
Right to deposit: Official Publication
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Constituiçao da República de Cabo Verde. - 1980
Discursos parlamentares. - 1982/85
Regimento da Assembleia Nacional. - 1991
Estatuto de deputados. - 1991
Lei organica de Assembleia Nacional. - 1992
Regulamentos dos serviços internos da Assumbleia Nacional. - 1992

(updated in June 2000)