Official name of the country: Al-Jumhuriyah al-Tunisiyah
(Republic of Tunisia)
Official language: Arabe

Official name of Parliament: Majlis al-Nuwab
(House of Representatives)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Majlis al-Nuwab
Maslahat Archive al-Kawanin wa al-Maktaba wa al-Wathaik
Le Bardo
2000 Tunis
Tel.: *(216)(1)510200
Fax: *(216)(1)514608
Telex: 13812 CHDEP

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1956
Person in charge: Mme Yasmina HAMMAMI
Position or official title: Ra'iset al-Maslaha
Number of library staff: 7
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 5
Size of collection: 10.000
Number of annual accessions: 150
Annual acquisitions budget: 5.000 TD (~ US$ 5.400)
Number of current periodicals: 55
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Non
Number of current newspapers: 25
Press cuttings: Oui, par le Service de Presse
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Non
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Oui
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thésaurus
Automation of cataloguing: Non
Clientele: : Membres, personnel administratif du parlement; gouvernement; chercheurs, étudiants; le public (accès restraint)
Number of reading rooms: 1 (30)
Reference services: 2.500
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies: Non
External database searches: Non
Right to deposit: Un exemplaire de toute publication soumise au dépôt légal
IFLA membership: Non

6. Parliamentary documents
* Mudawalat al-Majlis
Journal de la Chambre des Députés. - En arabe
* Al-Hayat al-Niyabiah
Fonctionnement du parlement. - En arabe

(updated in February 1995)