Official name of the country: Republic of Malawi
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Parliament
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Senate (1)
(The Senate is provided for by the 1994 Constitution, but will not
be established before 1999)
National Assembly (2)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
National Assembly
Malawi Parliament Library
Parliament Building
P.O. Box 80
Zomba
Tel.: *(265)522488 ext 122
Fax: *(265)523290
Telex: 44653 MAL PARL

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1958
Person in charge: Mr Bexter Billiat LIYAWO
Position or official title: Senior Assistant Librarian
Number of library staff: 6
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Size of collection: 8.550
Number of annual accessions: 21
Annual acquisitions budget: 21.000 K (~ US$ 1.500)
Number of current periodicals: 20
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 10
Number of current newspapers: 7
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; Government officials, courts; scholars

Number of reading rooms: 1 (30)
Number of loans per year: 2.200
Reference services: 200
Current bibliographies: 2
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Other special collections of the Library: Parliamentary documents
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Liyawo, Bexter Billiat: Bibliography of materials found in the Malawi Parliament

6. Parliamentary documents
* Hansard
* Journal of the Parliament of Malawi
* Votes and proceedings
* Public Accounts Committee report
* Parliament standing orders
* Report of Select Committee
* Report of Electoral Commission
* Public Appointment Committee report
* Legal Affairs Committee report
* Committee on Parliamentary Procedures report
* Defence and Security Committee report
* Parliamentary Coanditions of Service Committee report
* Constitutional Committee report

(updated in March 1995)