Official name of the country:
República de Venezuela
(Republic of Venezuela)
Official language:
Español
Official name of Parliament:*
Congreso de la República
(Congress of the Republic)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
-Bicameral -
*) for »the parliaments of the component States of the
federal Republic of Venezuela
see World directory of parliamentary
libraries of federated states and autonomous territories
Official names of Chambers:
Senado (1)
(Senate)
Member of the ASGP
Cámara de Diputados (2)
ASGP
(Chamber of Deputies)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Congreso de la República
Servicio Autónomo de Información Legislativa
(SAIL)
3er piso, oficina 37
Edif. José Maria Vargas, Esq. Pajaritos
Caracas 1010
Tel.: *(58)(2)5645327
Fax: *(58)(2)5636696
Telex: 21252 CCASSVC
3. Details
on the Library
Person in charge: Sra. Dª Bertha
PIÑA MONTES
Position or official title: Directora
General
Number of library staff: 16
Number of professional librarians:
1
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Sí, por el SAIL
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Tesauro
Automation of cataloguing:
Sí
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Sí
Clientele: Miembros, personal
administrativo del parlamento; todas las instituciones afiladas a
la red juridico-legal
Number of reading rooms: 1
Reference services: Sí
Current bibliographies: No
IFLA membership: No
5. Publications concerning the Library
Scott, Henry Bencid:
[La Biblioteca del Congreso de la
República de] Venezuela // In: Memoria del Primer Encuentro
Iberoamericano de Bibliotecas Parlamentarias, México, 20 -
23 de octubre de 1993. - México, 1994. - p. 259 - 267
6. Parliamentary documents
Congreso de la República
Gazeta del Congreso
Senado
Diario de debates del Senado de la
República
Cámara de Diputados
Diario de debates de la
Cámara de Diputados
(updated in November 1995)