Official name of the country: Republic of Zambia
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: National Assembly of Zambia
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
National Assembly of Zambia
Parliamentary Information and Research Library
Parliament Buildings
P.O. Box 31299
Lusaka, 10101
Tel.: *(260)(1)292425/36 ext 327
Fax: *(260)(1)292252
Telex: PARLY ZA 44390
E-mail: tcmtine@zamnet.zm

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1953
Person in charge: Ms Tembi Chalabesa MTINE
Position or official title: Chief Librarian
Number of library staff: 12
Number of professional librarians: 4
Number of secretarial and support staff: 8
Size of collection: 50.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 20.000.000 K (~ US$ 21.500)
Number of current periodicals: 255
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Number of current newspapers: 7
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Research Dept. (2)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Parliamentary Publications Dept.
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
Number of reading rooms: 64 seats
Number of loans per year: 3.500
Reference services: 400
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Research Dept.
IFLA membership: Yes

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary debates
- Votes and proceedings
- Committee reports
National Assembly standing orders
Members' handbook

(updated in January 1995)