Official name of the country: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara / République de Madagascar
(Republic of Madagascar)
Official languages: Malagasy, français

Official name of Parliament: Parlement
(Parliament)
Member of the ASGP
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Antenimieran-Doholona / Sénat (1)
(Senate)
(The Senate is provided for by the 1992 Constitution, but had not been
established by April 1995)
Antenimieram-Pirenena / Assemblée Nationale (2)
(National Assembly)

2. Address
Tranombokin'ny Antenimieram-Pirenena
B.P. 704
Tsimbazaza
101 Antananarivo
Tel.: *(261)(2)21637
Fax: *(261)(2)23607

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1978
Person in charge: Mme Julienne RAVOLOLONIRINA
Position or official title: Chef de Service de Documentation
Number of library staff: 5
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Size of collection: 500
Annual acquisitions budget: 5.000.000 F CFA (~ US$ 10.500)
Number of current periodicals: 19
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Number of current newspapers: 8
Press cuttings: Non
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: Système de classification
Automation of cataloguing: Non
Clientele: Membres, personnel administratif du parlement
Number of reading rooms: 1
Number of loans per year: 250
Current bibliographies: Oui
Retrospective subject bibliographies: Oui
External database searches: Oui
Analysis and research: Oui, par la bibliothèque
Right to deposit: Non
IFLA membership: Non

6. Parliamentary documents
Akon'ny Antenimieram-Pirenena Entim-Bahoaka
En malagasy

(updated in April 1995)