Official name of the country: Malaysia
Official language: Bahasa Malaysia

Official name of Parliament:* Parlimen Malaysia
(Parliament of Malaysia)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP
-Bicameral -

(Senate)
Dewan Rakyat (2)
(House of Representatives)

The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Parlimen Malaysia
Perpustakaan Parlimen
Jabatan Parlimen
Bangunan Parlimen
50680 Kuala Lumpur
Tel.: *(60)(3)2321955
Fax: *(60)(3)2300986

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1963
Person in charge: Mr Abdullah ABDUL WAHAB
Position or official title: Assistant Secretary to Parliament
Number of library staff: 5
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 3
Size of collection: 25.000
Number of annual accessions: 2.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 30.000 RM (~ US$ 12.250)
Number of current periodicals: 26
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 10
Press cuttings: No
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: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; Government officials; embassies; scholars (by special permission)
Number of loans per year: 600
Reference services: 1.100
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Other special collections of the Library: Minutes and proceedings of the Straits Settlements, 1908; Laws of the Malay States and the Straits Settlements
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Accession list

6. Parliamentary documents
Parlimen
Senarai kertas perintah
List of command papers
Senarai kertas statut
List of statute papers
Senarai rang undang-undang
List of bills
Selamat datang ke Parlimen - Nadi pemerintahan Negara Malaysia
Handbook
Dewan Negara
Peraturan-peraturan Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan Negara : Cetakan yang
ke 7. - 1989
Dewan Rakyat
Peraturan-peraturan Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat : Cetakan ke 9. - 1986

(updated in December 1994)