Official name of the country: Republik Indonesia
(Republic of Indonesia)
Official language: Bahasa Indonesia

Official name of Parliament: (There are two parliamentary bodies, although only the elective House of Representatives performs normal legislative functions, whereas the People's Consultative Assembly which meets infrequently, establishes broad policy guidelines and elects the President and Vice-President)
Official names of Chambers: Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (1)
(People's Consultative Assembly)
Member of the ASGP
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia (2)
(House of Representatives) ASGP
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
The Library of the House of Representatives also serves the People's
Consultative Assembly

2. Address
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia
Perpustakaan Sekretariat Jenderal DPR-RI
Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto
Jakarta Pusat 10270
Tel.: *(62)(21)5715220/4
Fax: *(62)(21)5715884
Telex: 62396 RHM DPR-RI

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1946
Person in charge: Ms Siti Nurhayati DAUD
Position or official title: Kepala Unit Perpustakaan
Number of library staff: 18
Number of professional librarians: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 17
Size of collection: 150.000
Number of annual accessions: 3.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 78.000.000 Rp. (~ US$ 34.000)
Number of current periodicals: 17
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Documentation Centre
Number of current newspapers: 21
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Centre for Research and Information Services (9)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: No
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 3 (30)
Number of loans per year: 2.500
Reference services: 1.500
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Centre for Research and Information Services
Right to deposit: Indonesian Government publications
Depository library: United Nations, World Bank
Other special collections of the Library: Pre-independence Government publications, unwritten regional law of all parts of Indonesia
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Accession list
Quarterly

6. Parliamentary documents
* Risalah rapat paripurna
Minutes of the plenary
* Laporan singkat komisi
Summary report of committee meetings
Catatan rapat

(updated in February 1996)