Official name of the country: Republika Slovenija
(Republic of Slovenia)
Official language: Slovene

Official name of Parliament: (Technically, a bicameral system exists, although only the elective National
Assembly is the supreme legislative authority, whereas the National Council
composed of representatives of social, economic, professional, and local interests
is an advisory body with no legislative or controlling powers)
Official names of Chambers: Drzavni Svet Republike Slovenije (1)
(National Council of the Republic of Slovenia)
Drzavni Zbor Republike Slovenije (2)
(National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP
The Documentation and Library Dept. of the National Assembly also serves the
National Council

2. Address
Drzavni Zbor RS
Dokumentacija s Knjiznico
Subiceva 4
1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: *(386)(61)1761206; 1761220; 1253060
Fax: *(386)(61)1258160; 1257477
E-mail: majda.filipovska@dz.sigov.mail.si

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1963
Person in charge: Ms Majda FILIPOVSKA
Position or official title: Head of Department
Number of library staff: 9
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 5
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Size of collection: 25.000
Number of annual accessions: 500
Annual acquisitions budget: 20.000.000 SIT (~ US$ 160.000)
Number of current periodicals: 221
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Documentation and Library Dept.
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 105
Number of current newspapers: 119
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Information Dept.
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Documentation and Library Dept.
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
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; Government officials; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 1 (14)
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Documentation and Library Dept.
Other special services: Daily news extracts on PC network
IFLA membership: Yes

4. Publications published by the Library
Pregled tiska
Selected articles from newspapers and periodicals with short extracts. - Available on network every day till noon
Nove publikacije
Weekly. - Lists books and new periodicals acquired by the Library

6. Parliamentary documents
Porocevalec
Weekly. - Includes draft sessional materials
Parliamentary papers
Sessional materials during session
Parliamentary debates
Poslanske pisarne
Monthly. - Covers Members' activities in their individual constituencies
All publications are in Slovene. Some Bills are also available in English

(updated in May 1996)