Official name of chambers:

in original language (Latin transcript):
Senado Federal do Brasil
in English translation:
Federal Senate

Library - General Information

Does any other library provide services to parliament instead?

No

Name of the parliamentary library

in original language (Latin transcript):
Biblioteca Acadêmico Luiz Viana Filho
in English translation:
Acadêmico Luiz Viana Filho Library

Address:

Telephone:

+55613303-1196 (Director) - 3303-1269 (Reference Desk)

Fax:

+55613303-1765

E-Mail:

biblioteca@senado.gov.br

Internet / WWW / Website:

http://www.senado.gov.br/biblioteca

 

Library - Detailed Information

Year of foundation:

1826

Person in charge of the parliamentary library:

Mrs. Simone Bastos  Vieira

Who may use the library?

Number of library staff:

95 (33 librarians, 48 assistants, 14 interns in librarianship)

Annual acquisition budget:

1 000 000   Real
(=626 000 US $)

Size of collection:

188 000 volumes of books; 173 000 volumes of journals; 73 000 volumes of newspapers

Legal deposit?

No

Depository library for which institutions?

Other special collections of the library:

Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):

510

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

Other special services:

IFLA membership:

Yes