Official name of the country: Malo Tuto'atasi o Samoa i Sisifo / Independent State of Western Samoa
Official languages: Samoan, English

Official name of Parliament: Fono Ao Ao Faitulafono / Legislative Assembly

2. Address
Fono Ao Ao Faitulafono
Potu Tusi o Sui Usufono
Maota Fono
P.O. Box 1866
Apia
Tel.: *(685)21811/3
Fax: *(685)21817
Telex: 221 MALO SX

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1972
Person in charge: Ms Leata P. Fesili
Position or official title: Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 1
Number of professional librarians: 1
Size of collection: 6.000
Number of current periodicals: 10
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of current newspapers: 6
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: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; scholars
Other special collections of the Library: Recorded tapes, speeches by Members
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary debates
Order paper
Standing orders
All publications in English and Samoan

(updated in February 1996)