Country

Official name of the country (Latin transcript):

Zhonghuá Mínguó

Further Information

In conformitiy with international law the People's Republic of China lays claim to the island of Taiwan as a Chinese province. The Library and Information Service of the Legislative Yüan information which is presented on this page is an Institutional Member of IFLA.

 

Parliament

Official name of parliament:

in original language (Latin transcript):
Lì Fa Yüàn
in English translation:
Legislative Yuan
unicameral

 

Library - General Information

Does any other library provide services to parliament instead?

Name of the parliamentary library

in original language (Latin transcript):
Gwo Hwei Tu Shu Gwang
in English translation:
National Parliamentary Library

Adress:

Lì Fa Yüàn

Gwo Hwei Tu Shu Gwang

National Parliamentary Library

No. 1, Chung Shan South Road,

Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C

Telephone:

(011-886) (2) 23585668

Fax:

(011-886) (2) 23585670

E-Mail:

npl@ly.gov.tw

Internet / WWW / Website:

http://npl.ly.gov.tw

 

Library - Detailed Information

Year of foundation:

1949

Person in charge of the parliamentary library:

Mr. Karl Min Ku

Who may use the library?

Members, Parliamentary staff, Government officials, journalists

Number of library staff:

56

Annual acquisition budget:

8.113.333 NT$
(=252.201 US $)

Size of collection:

126.465

Other special collections of the library:

300 kinds of microfilms, 38 kind of CD-ROM products, official gazettes of Central, Provincial, and District governments

Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):

688

Are periodicals currently indexed for articles?

Yes

Press cuttings:

Yes

Are the papers of the parliament indexed?

Yes

Is the library in charge of the archival materials of the parliament?

No

Has the library automated its cataloguing?

Yes

Is the automated catalogue accessible to outside users?

Yes

Does the library use a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing?

Yes

Reference services:

Yes

Research service:

Yes

IFLA membership:

No