Official name of the country: Umbuso weSwatini / Kingdom of Swaziland
Official languages: SiSwati, English

Official name of Parliament: Indlu te Phalamende / Houses of Parliament
-Bicameral -
Official names of Chambers: Indlu ye Timphunga / House of Senate (1)
Indlu ya Bayesikhulu / House of Assembly (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

2. Address
Swaziland Houses of Parliament
Library
P.O. Box 37
Lobamba
Tel.: *(268)61286/9
Fax: *(268)61603
Telex: 2036 WD

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1968
Person in charge: Ms Esther NXUMALO
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 2
Number of professional librarians: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Size of collection: 4.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 10.000 E (~ US$ 2.750)
Number of current periodicals: 45
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 4
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
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; senior Government officials
Number of reading rooms: 20 seats
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes
Right to deposit: Official publications
IFLA membership: No

4. Publications published by the Library
Accessions list
Country briefs
Prepared by the Library for parliamentary delegations visiting foreign countries

5. Publications concerning the Library
Library brochure
Outlining services offered by the Library

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliament
* Hansard
Bound volumes of proceedings of Parliament
* Report of the Public Accounts Committee
Annual
Senate
* Standing orders
Originally adopted on 12 July 1967
Assembly
Standing orders
Adopted on 21 June 1968

(updated in October 1995)