Official name of the country: République du Zaïre
(Republic of Zaire)
Official language: Français

Official name of Parliament: Haut Conseil de la République - Parlement de Transition
(High Council of the Republic - Parliament of Transition)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Haut Conseil de la République
Bibliothèque
Palais de la Nation
Av. des 3 Z
B.P. 3955
Kinshasa/Gombe
Tel.: *(243)(12)34314

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1960
Person in charge: Mme Sabine DRABUA TANZI
Position or official title: Directeur, Chef des Services de Documentation, Archives, Bibliothèque et Hémérothèque
Number of professional librarians: 4
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 8 (y compris les archivistes)
Number of secretarial and support staff: 4
Size of collection: 3.200
Number of current periodicals: 30
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Oui, par le Service de Documentation
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 30
Number of current newspapers: 120
Press cuttings: Oui, par le Service de Documentation
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: Système de classification
Automation of cataloguing: Non
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Membres, personnel administratif du parlement; chercheurs
Clientele: 1 (54)
Reference services: Oui
Current bibliographies: Non
Retrospective subject bibliographies: 2
External database searches: 1.500
Analysis and research: Non
Right to deposit: Non
IFLA membership: Non

6. Parliamentary documents
Annales parlementaires
Compte rendu analytique

(updated in December 1995)