Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments

CIRCULAR NEWSLETTER
Vol 19 - No. 2
June 2000

1. Introductory Remarks


2. Evaluation of the Bangkok Workshop


3. Annual report 1998-1999 of the Section


4. The 2000 IFLA pre-conference Athens


5. The 2000 IFLA Conference Jerusalem

6. Publications and persons


7. Standing Committee Members


8. Section e-mail and fax addresses


Appendix: Registration Forms for Athens and Jerusalem and general information from the invitation booklet

1. Introductory Remarks

In Jerusalem we will have the regular program with SC-meetings, open meeting, the special meeting on research and two Workshops which will both be held in the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset. The first workshop will be held on Sunday, and is the one that is traditionally held in the Parliament of the host country and will cover the Information Services of the Knesset. The second workshop will be held in the Knesset on Wednesday and will cover library management items. You will find more details about the Pre-Conference and the Conference in section 4 and 5 of this Newsletter.
A version of each of the Open Meeting Papers is already available on the main IFLA web site http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/66cp.htm and there will shortly be links to the Section home page: http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s3/sparll.htm

A copy of the registration forms for the activities of the Section are included in the appendix to this Newsletter for those who have not yet sent their registration by e-mail. A copy of the Registration forms for the General Conference and some general information will be found as an appendix to the paper version of the Newsletter only. Electronic versions of the registration forms for the main Conference can be found under "Registration Fees" on the introduction page of the 66th IFLA General Conference: http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/66intro.htm and then click on "Registration Form".

As promised in the December '99 Newsletter, this issue includes an evaluation of a new kind of workshop which was initiated and organised by Jennifer Tanfield in Bangkok for the first time. It was a workshop separate from the traditional one, which is hosted by the Parliament of the host country of the Conference. You can read about this evaluation in section 2.

The regular issues on Publications, Announcements, and the full addresses of members of the Standing Committee and e-mail addresses and fax numbers of other members are included in this Newsletter.

In section 6 you will find a small report on the "World Directories" of our Section, which are maintained on the website of the German Bundestag. Marga Coing, Head of the Bundestag Library, managed to shorten the questionnaire so that all "political" entries have been eliminated. That means that the directory will only relate to information concerning the Library, Documentation and Research Services and will no longer be so quickly out of date. All Section Members are kindly but urgently requested to fill in the questionnaire, either for the first time or to fill in their modifications.

Richard Paré and I are hoping to see as many of you as possible in Athens and/or Jerusalem. We look forward to renewing our acquaintance with those who have taken part in our Section activities in recent years, and also to greeting new colleagues attending their first IFLA Conference meetings in the old classical city of Athens and the eternal city of Jerusalem.

Jan Keukens
Editor, June 2000

2. Evaluation of the Bangkok Workshop

The minutes of the workshop, by Nick Bannenberg, were published in the December 1999 Newsletter of the Section. At the end of the workshop participants were asked to complete an evaluation form. You will find below the results of the evaluation of this successful workshop, which will be continued in Jerusalem this year.

47 out of the 69 participants of the workshop completed the evaluation form; that is a response of 68%

1. How did you rate the workshop day:

   Very successful (17)
   Successful (26)
   Satisfactory (4)
   Unsatisfactory (1)
   Poor (-)

   One person indicated the workshop both successful and unsatisfactory concerning the Anglo-Saxon dominance of the Section both in policy and in language. There was one more remark about the language problem for non-native English speakers.

2. Should a similar workshop day be held at futures conferences?

   Yes (46)
   No (--)
   Blank (1)

3. Do you have any suggestions to improve the workshop day?
   • only 3 groups and two sessions (2x)
   • limit the topics and session to 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon (2x)
   • longer sessions for more than 20 people shorter sessions for less than 10 people
   • a two-day workshop with more time for intensive follow-up discussion
   • to set some detailed topics before the workshop is held
   • availability of papers before the workshop (3 x)
   • to publish a list of items in June so that participants can prepare themselves
   • only one meeting by theme
   • smaller groups (7x)
   • shorter presentations/ more time for discussion (12x)
   • a separate chair of each session separate from the presenter and rapporteur to ensure that everyone will be involved. (2x)
   • more opportunity for everyone to speak
   • introductions should be on more general and basic concepts and not just a report on a particular country experience
   • call experts to talk on particular topics (2x)

   Conclusion
   The main conclusion is that most participants want more time for discussion so that everyone has the opportunity to take part in the discussion. Duration of sessions should be longer and introduction of workshop leaders should be shorter. Groups should be smaller, themes should be known and papers should be available before the conference so that participants can prepare themselves.

4. 4) Do you have any suggestions for topics for future workshops?
   • more discussions on topics relating to research with an emphasis on analysis
   • the influence of copyright law on our work; copyright and electronic material (4x)
   • how to make MP's aware of our services and to support us (financially) (3x)
   • various ways of marketing library/ research services in Parliaments (4x)
   • Assessing client information seeking behaviours and needs for strategic planning and marketing methodologies
   • strategies to identify/keep in touch with the changing needs of contemporary MP's
   • Business plans as a strategic management tool
   • core criteria for groups of library staff and researchers
   • creative dimensions of central tasks being performed by parliamentary librarians and researchers rather than a factual presentation of organisational structures
   • outsourcing
   • selection of databases
   • internet and reliability, quality control (2x)
   • practical appliance of new information resources in establishing and using of parliamentary libraries
   • sharing reference works and collections
   • World Directory of Parliamentary Research Services
   • video conferences - new methods of the work
   • ethics code for librarians and researchers
   • organisational design, library buildings and use of space, collections development and other issues which are covered by other sections; which sessions we cannot attend due to lack of time
   • retro conversion of books and newspapers to the automated systems Parliamentary libraries activities outside the parliament
   • successful/not successful twinning projects
   • information management and parliamentary libraries
   • what electronic products do parliamentary libraries present on the net
   • union index for all databases
   • experiences on building a digital library
   • benchmarking, media monitoring application of news technology, on provision of electronic media services, electronic press coverage/digital clippings
   • organisational models for resource sharing (staff acquire and share information, staff home pages, training plans for positions, leader ship styles to support collaboration between library and research staff)
   • training, selection of information materials in stead of books, in order to include printed and non printed electronic materials into the collection
   • collection development policy for parliamentary libraries
   • some basic management topics like problem solving techniques, how to deal with a difficult client time management and so on.
   • Benchmarking: comparative techniques; clippings; other media. Reference resources and tools; survey and use of relevant URL's
   • Staff training and qualifications
   • Budgeting/ the preparation of the budget of a parliamentary library
   • How to make project proposals
   • IT and the parliamentary library and research service

   Conclusion
   A wide variety of themes that can be used for further workshops

As a result of this evaluation some changes in the workshop organisation and schedule for Jerusalem were made. In Jerusalem we will have 4 sessions in stead of 5, each session will last 75 minutes. The workshop leaders will be asked to have short presentations and to lead the discussions in a way that everyone can participate.
As you may see in the program for the workshop in Jerusalem on page 13, there will be an emphasis on marketing and client expectations in workshops 1 and 2 as a result of this list.

We would like to thank Jennifer Tanfield, former Chair of the Section, who initiated and organised this extra workshop in Bangkok which was so successful. We also like to thank the workshop leaders, the rapporteurs and the participants for their great contribution.

3. Annual report 1998-1999 of the Section

Scope Statement

In addition to the library skills of acquisition, indexing, reference work and the use of information technology, there is often a need for subject and disciplinary expertise, significant presentational skills and an understanding of legislative procedures and official publications. The concept of service to members of the legislature, the primary clientele, is fundamental to parliamentary libraries and research services.

Membership

Chair:
Jennifer Tanfield
House of Commons Library,
Westminster, UK
tanfieldjb@parliament.uk
fax: 44 171 219 4285

Secretary:
Jan Keukens
Library of Second Chamber
The Hague, Netherlands
jc.keukens@tk.parlement.nl
fax: 31-70-3182307

Information Co-ordinator:
Nick Bannenberg
Queensland Parliamentary Library,
Australia
Nick.Bannenberg@parliament.qld.gov.au
fax: 61-7-3210-0172

Meetings

The Section highlights of the Conference included the pre-conference hosted by the Thai Parliament with a very interesting program and a dinner boat trip on the river, and the very participative management workshops in the Royal Princess Shrinakarin hotel with parallel sessions on several items.

Pre-conference: 15th Annual Conference of Parliamentary Librarians hosted by the National Assembly Library of Thailand, 19 August 1999.

Presentations included:

1. The National Assembly of Thailand and its library by Mrs. Boonruska Chomchuen;
2. Cambodia by Ms Seng Sowatha;
3. Cook Islands by Ms. Felicity Caird
4. Hong Kong by Mrs. Roslynn Membrey and Mr. Rob Brian
5. Indonesia by Mrs Damayanti Harris
6. Singapore - Report on the newly established library by Roslynn Membrey
7. India by Mr. Rajagopalan Nair
8. Republic of Taiwan by Ms. Irene Ching-Yueh Hsu

Conference: 65th Meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

1. World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries
   Further to discussions in Bangkok about this publication, it was suggested and Marga Coing agreed, that some of the information in the World Directory is the same as on the web site of the IPU (Inter Parliamentary Union - http://www.ipu.org/) and could be dropped from the World Directory. All members present were to ask all the colleagues on their continent to update their entries. This work is on going.

2. Parliamentary Libraries and Information Services in Western European Countries
   Project Leader: Jennifer Tanfield
   The editing work for this publication is being carried out and a book is expected to be published in three languages in conjunction with the ECPRD by the Italian Camera dei Deputati. The European Parliament has provided funds for translation.

3. Translation of Guidelines for Legislative Libraries
   Project Leader: Jennifer Tanfield
   A Russian translation of these Guidelines has been completed successfully by the Russian Duma under the responsibility of Irina Andreeva of the Library of the Russian Federation in May 2000. This Russian version brings the number of publication languages of this document to six, added to the English, French, Spanish, German and Arabic versions.

Publications:

The Guidelines for Legislative Libraries, translated in Russian and published by the Duma are available by contacting IFLA HQ's publications committee or Irina Andreeva, Head of the Library of the Russian Parliament, the Duma.

The Section continues to publish a Circular Newsletter twice yearly in June and in December, edited by the Secretary of the Section. Newsletters are available on the Section's web site at: http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s3/sparll.htm

Conference Programs:

Open Meeting

Three distinguished parliamentary library and research representatives presented papers; a question and answer period followed each presentation. The papers have been published by IFLA and are available on the IFLANET and the website of the Section at: http://www.ifla.org./VII/s3/sparll.htm

1. Waafa Ali Abdel Elah presented her paper, "Developing a Parliamentary Research Service. The Egyptian experience"

   Abstract:
   There is almost a general consensus that to perform its role effectively, the legislature requires a research service that provides the information and analysis necessary to make informed decisions. However, creating a parliamentary research capacity raises crucial questions concerning its pattern of organization, style of operation, and its services and products. Although research units in different parliaments offer a variety of successful models to choose from, reading one's own environment and responding to its needs and characteristics will always remain the key element in finding the right answers to the previous questions. In this context, the Egyptian experience in developing a parliamentary research unit might be of interest and value to parliaments which are also considering creating a research service.

2. Patricio Aranda Torres (Peru) delivered a paper entitled "Parliamentary library and information services as instruments for democratic development"

   Abstract:
   Democracy in many countries is currently undergoing a crisis due to the influence of powerful media interests, which disseminate views and comment which can, in turn, determine political outcomes. The explosion of media networks has given rise to a new form of interactive citizens' participation within the political system. This 'network society' which incorporates the most dynamical social segments of the constituency, tends to exclude sectors which do not have the financial resources and technological skills necessary to access this new communication medium.
   This paper formulates the means for an improved role for all citizens through a dynamic and interactive parliamentary library and information system. It illustrates the success of such a proposal to strengthen the legitimacy of parliaments by referring to the experience oft he Congress of the Republic of Peru and explains what is being done to help Peruvian citizens who do not yet have personal access to electronic networks.

3. The third paper, by Marga Coing (Germany) was entitled "Effective Communication: An essential tool to cope with the challenge of technological change"

   Abstract
   For a library to function effectively it is essential that it fosters an open management style, which encourages communication of ideas and objectives both within the library itself, and hopefully by example, in other elements in the overall administration of which the library is a part. This paper describes the improvement in morale, efficiency and flexibility in the Bundestag library from such an approach, with specific reference to the author's experiences in commissioning and installing an automated library system within a very short period.

Library Management Workshop

The number of attendees recorded was 69 people from 45 countries. Topics covered included:

1. USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MANAGEMENT (Richard Paré)
   Session 1 Rapporteur: June Verrier (30 attendees.) Session 2 Rapporteur: Donna Scheeder (25 attendees)

2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES (Nick Bannenberg)
   Session 1 Rapporteur: Karel Sosna (15 attendees). Session 2 Rapporteur: Tuula Laaksovirta (32 attendees)

3. PLANNING NEW DEVELOPMENTS (Margareta Brundin)
   Session 1 Rapporteur: Marga Coing (22 attendees). Session 2 Rapporteur: Marialyse Delano Serrano (26 attendees)

4. STAFF APPRAISAL (Jennifer Tanfield)
   Session 1 Rapporteur: Gaston Bernier (36 attendees). Session 2 Rapporteur: Anita Dudina (10 attendees)

5. BOOK SELECTION (Jan Keukens)
   Rapporteur: Eleni Mitrakou (15 attendees).

Special meeting on Research (65 people, 44 countries)
The meeting was opened by Brit Floistad, the newly appointed head of Norway's Research Service, which was to start operating on 1 September 1999. She reminded the meeting that the IFLA Parliamentary Section had decided to change its name from Parliamentary Libraries to Parliamentary Library and Research Services at its Istanbul meeting in 1995. This was the third special meeting on research which had taken place since then, following Copenhagen in 1997 and Amsterdam in 1998. The topics covered were:

1. Quality Standards in Research Work - How to Secure Quality in Research Services to Members of Parliament. by Margareta Brundin;

2. Quality Standards in Research Work - The Use of a Research Papers Manual by Jennifer Tanfield;

3. Relations Between Library and Research - Forming a New Information Services Section by Albert Ntunja and Leon Gabriel;

4. Success factors for a Small Research Service by Bruce Davidson

Prepared by: Richard Paré
Chair, IFLA Section, June 2000.

4. The 2000 IFLA pre-conference Athens

There are already 56 subscriptions at the moment for this conference, which will be hosted by the Hellenic Parliament. Our colleague Eleni Mitrakou has been working very hard to make arrangements for the conference program and hotel reservations. Subscriptions for the conference and hotel reservations are still possible. In appendices 1 and 2 to this Newsletter you will find the necessary forms.

The program reads as follows:

9.00 - 9.30 p.m	Registration
9.30 - 9.50 p.m	Opening of the Conference by the Speaker of the House
9.50 - 10.00 p.m	Thanks and announcements given by Chairman of the Section, Mr. Richard Pare
10.00 - 10.30 p.m	Co-operation between the European Library and Research Departments by Dick Toornstra
10.30- 11.00 p.m	Tea/Coffee break
11.00- 11.30 p.m	Basic factual information about the Chamber of Deputies' Library of Romania by Ioana Borocan
11.30 -12.00 a.m	The Library of the National Assembly; a main information broker within the Bulgarian Parliament by Margarita Angelova
12.00 - 12.30 p.m	Services offered to Members of Parliament by the Parliamentary Library of Albania by Zana Bufi
12.30 - 12.45 p.m	Discussion
12.45 - 14.00 p.m	Lunch (Hosted by the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament)
14.00 - 15.00 p.m	Presentation of the Library of the Hellenic Parliament, Research Services and Use of Technology
15.00 - 15. 15 p.m	Discussion
15.00 - 15.30 p.m	Tea/Coffee Break
15.30- 17.00 p.m	Tour of the Parliament building and the Library
Conference suspended
20.15 -....	Entertainment and dinner at the invitation of the Hellenic Parliament (Hosted by the Speaker of the House)

5. 66th International General IFLA Conference in Jerusalem

Subscriptions to both workshops in the Knesset are still possible. You will find subscription forms in appendices 3 and 4 to this Newsletter. Neomi Kimhi made special arrangements with the Park Plaza hotel for the members of our Section. Hotel Reservations through Neomi Kimhi are still possible till July 20. (See the special reservation form in appendix 5).

The program reads as follows:

Saturday, 12 August 2000
09:00 - 10:50 Standing Committee I

Sunday, 13 August 2000
08:30 - 17:00(all day)

Meetings off-site at the Knesset under the responsibility of Neomi Kimhi

Library and Research Services in the Knesset: A One-Day Seminar (on invitation only)
Topics to be covered include: Library and information services of the Knesset; electronic collections; production and performance indicators; Internet as a tool for Democracy and a guided tour of the Knesset.

Monday, 14 August: Special half day meeting on Research Services
09:00 0 12:00

Seminar co-ordinator: Hugh Finsten - Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Canada, Director General, Parliamentary Research Branch.

Panel (1) Establishing a Research Service
Alim Garca - Cameroon -- Head, Research Centre, National Assembly
Dulce Maria Liahut - Mexico- Director General, Information and Documentation Chamber of Deputies.
June Verrier - Australia- Head, Information and Research Service, Parliamentary Library

Panel (2) Issues for Smaller Legislative Research Services
Marialyse Delano, Chile - Head, Information Resources, Library of Congress
Mr. Aare Kasemets, Estonia - Head, Economic and Social Information Department, Parliament of Estonia

Panel (3) Quality Control
Bob Gardner, Ontario -- Director, Information and Research, Ontario Legislative Library
Donna Scheeder, USA - Deputy Assistant Director, Information Research Division, CRS, Library of Congress

Tuesday, 15 August Open meeting of the Section
8.30-11.00

Presentations
1. John Joseph presents a paper on the Workings of the Library of New Delhi in India.
2. Irina Andreeva and Frank Kirkwood co-author present a paper on the Role of parliamentary libraries in Russia and Eastern Europe in bringing government information to the people -- building a new millennium of democracy and peace.
3. Wojciech Kulisiewicz of Poland presents a paper on the relationship between Legislative Libraries in the European Community.

Wednesday, 16 August Library Management Workshop, off-site at the Knesset
(All day)

1. Client expectations and evolving needs: current trends
   1. Control and timeliness of information
   2. Dissemination of current information
   3. Knowledge of clientele by region and/ or by constituency
   
   Workshop Leader: Margareta Brundin

2. Marketing and evaluation of Services and Products
   1. New products and services
   2. Publications
   3. Training
   4. Performance indicators
   Workshop Leader: Keith Cuningham

3. Core collections and electronic information resources
   1. Encyclopaedias, dictionaries and directories and similar documents
   2. CD Roms, Websites and other communications vehicles
   3. Parliamentary and Legislative documents
   Workshop Leader: Anita Dudina

4. Co-operation, networking and sharing information in Parliamentary and Legislative libraries.
   1. Regional Associations and International Programs
   2. Electronic products and networks
   Workshop Leader: Rob Brian

Friday, 18 August 2000
10:30-12:20 Standing Committee II

6. Publications and Persons

Publications:

As she had promised in Bangkok the questionnaire has been shortened and all political questions due to various changes have been eliminated, so that the directory will not be so quickly out of date anymore. The questionnaire relates as far as possible only to information concerning the library itself. Therefore she hopes that the handling got much easier. All Section members are kindly but urgently requested to fill in the questionnaire, either for the first time or to fill in their modifications.

Guidelines for legislative libraries
Thanks to the endurance and perseverance of our colleague of the Russian Duma, Irina Andreeva, the translation of the "Guidelines for legislative libraries" has been published into Russian in May 2000. That means that the Guidelines are available now in English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian. The Russian translation of the guidelines will be distributed this year to libraries of Section Members where Russian collections are held.

Nick Bannenberg informed us that there is an interesting website for the European Parliament at: http://www.europarl.eu.int/docman/texts/TFDM(2000)0014EN(TOC)0.htm on a "common vocabulary for Parliamentary language" aimed at organising information and knowledge in a way that is understandable and accessible to the general public.

The site is about the development of a mark-up language for Parliamentary texts and information and calls for expressions of interest to assess the level of interest in, and possible support for, the creation of a specific mark-up language for legislative and parliamentary work. On the basis of expressions lodged, a preliminary study could be undertaken by the interested partners to explore the whole range of XML standards (XML schema, DOM, XML and RDF in particular) to develop a formal language definition.

Donna Scheeder of the Library of Congress in Washington informed us that there is an interesting listing of legislative reports on the web coming up. Gary Price of George Washington University has created this website which has links to other sites with legislative research reports. He would be happy to hear from you if you have reports up that he can add.
Gary D. Price, MLIS George Washington University, Virginia Campus Library, Gelman Library. E- mail: gprice@gwu.edu tel: 00-1-703-726-8235 / fax 00-1-703-726-8237

The Parliament of Estonia has started the publishing of a parliamentary journal in February 2000. The name is Riigikogu Toimetised or RiTo in Estonian language, and the Journal of the Estonian Parliament in English. In principle RiTo is open to all potential co-authors from other Parliaments. The editors are interested in comparative parliamentary studies and are ready to translate and/or show the actual studies via www.links to use the common international information resources in a more effective way. For more information you may contact Aare Kasemets at: aare.kasemets@riigikogu.ee Fax: 00-372 6 31 6504

Persons

The new e-mail address of the Library of the Polish Parliament (the Sejm) is now: Parlib@sejm.gov.pl Also Wojciech Kulisiewicz has a new e-mail address: wojciech.kulisiewicz@sejm.gov.pl

Marius Burgers of the Library of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, has a new e-mail address: meoburgers@parliament.gov.za

Margarita Angelova informed us that the INTERNET homepage address for the Parliament of Bulgaria is: http://www.parliament.bg.

Ellen Namhila, our colleague from Namibia and Chair of APLESA, who participated in several IFLA Conferences in the last few years, has moved to the Ministry of Basic Education as the Director of Library and Archives Services. We will miss her contribution to our sessions and warm and strong personality very much. Mr. Gottfried Tsuseb has become the new Parliamentary Librarian of Namibia. His e-mail address is: g.tsuseb@parliament.gov.na

7. Standing Committee Members

Ms Anita Dudina* Director of the Information Department Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Jekaba 11 RIGA Latvia 1811 Tel. 371-7087-157 Fax 371-7087-174 Email: adudina@saeima.lv	Ms Rosa Maria Grau Guadix Librarian, Congress of Deputies Direccion de Estudios y Documentation Floridablanca s/n Madrid 28014, Spain Tel. 34-91-3906388 Fax 34-91-3906765 Email: rosa.grau@sgral.congreso.es
John Joseph Lok Sabha, India Parliament House NEW DELHI 110001 India Tel. 91-11-303-4738 Fax 91-11-301-6495 Email: josephj@parlis.nic.in	Wojciech Kulisiewicz Director Sejm Library Str. Wiejska 4 PL 00-902 WARSAW Poland Tel. 48-2-694-2429 Fax 48-2-694-1778 Email: Wojciech.kulisiewicz@sejm.gov.pl
Ms Tuula H. Laaksovirta Chief Librarian Library of Parliament FIN-00102 HELSINKI Finland Tel. 358-9-4321 Fax 358-9-432-3495 Email: kirjasto@eduskunta.fl	Bernard Nzo Nguty Assistant Secretary-General Assemblée Nationale Yaonde Cameroon Tel: 237-22-1131 Fax: 237-22-0979
Richard Paré (Chair) Parliamentary Librarian Library of Parliament Wellington Street OTTAWA, K1A 0A9 Canada Tel. 1-613-992-3122 Fax 1-613-996-7092 Email: parer@parl.gc.ca	Young-Hee Park Director of Reference Service Bureau National Assembly Library 1 Yoido-Dong, Yeongdeungpo Gu. SEOUL 150-703 Korea Tel. 82-2-788-4103 Fax 82-2-788-4402 Email: yhp@nanet.go.kr
Ms Sara Parker* State Librarian Missouri State Library 600 W. Main, P.O.Box 387 JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65102 USA Tel. 1-573-751-3615 Fax 1-573-751-3612 Email: sparker@mail.sos.state.mo.us	Ms Donna Scheeder * Deputy Assistant Director, Information Research Division Congressional Research Service - LM 215, Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave., SE WASHINGTON DC 20540 USA Tel. 1-202-707-8939 Fax 1-202-707-1833 Email: dscheeder@crs.loc.gov
Bernard Vansteelandt* Librarian of the Belgian Parliament Belgian Parliament 13 Rue de la Loi BRUSSELS Belgium Tel. 32-2-549-9280 Fax 32-2-549-9497 Email: bibliotheque.parl@lachambre.be	Dr June Verrier* Head, Information and Research Services Department of the Parliamentary Library Parliament House CANBERRA Australia Tel. 61-2-6277-2470 Fax 61-2-6277-2528 Email: june.verrier@aph.gov.au
Corresponding Members:
Irina Andreeva Director of Parliamentary Library Of the Russian Federation 1 Okhotny Riad str., Moscow 103265 Russia Tel : 7-095-292-9725 Fax: 7-095-2087907 Email: andreeva@duma.gov.ru	Zazuo Matsuhashi Deputy Director, Research & Legislative Reference Service National Diet Library 10-1, Nagatacho, 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku TOKYO 100 Japan Tel. 81-3-3581-2333 Fax 81-3-3595-3802
Isaac K. Songoro Librarian Clerk of the National Assembly of Kenya Parliament Buildings, P.O. Box 41842 NAIROBI Kenya Tel. 254-2-22-1291 Fax 254-2-33-6589	Ali S. Sowaine Deputy Director General King Fahd National Library P.O.Box 7572 RIYAHD 11472 Saudi Arabia Tel: 9661-462-5941 Fax: 9661-464-5341
Tembi Chalabesa Mtine Chief Librarian National Assembly Library PO Box No 31299 Lusaka 10101 Zambia Tel: 260-1-292425/36 Fax: 260-1-292252 Email: tcmtine@zamnet.zm
Honorary Advisor to the Section
Jan Keukens (Secretary) Head of Library of Second Chamber of the States General PO Box 30804 2500 GV The Hague Netherlands Tel: 31-70-3182306 Fax: 31-70-3182307 Email: jc.keukens@tk.parlement.nl

8. SECTION E-MAIL (and FAX) ADDRESSES

The following is an alphabetical list of colleagues who have attended recent Conferences or were in contact with the section recently. The information is included to assist continuing contact. Most will also appear under the country listing on the Section's Home Page. If you are able to correct or update any of these entries, please send an e-mail or fax to Jan Keukens.

Chair: Richard Paré	Library of Parliament Ottawa, Canada	parer@parl.gc.ca fax 1-613-9967092
Secretary: Jan Keukens	Library of Second Chamber The Hague, Netherlands	jc.keukens@tk.parlement.nl fax: 31-70-3182307
Information Co-ordinator: Marialyse Délano Serrano	Biblioteca del Congreso Santiago, Chile	mdelano@biblioteca.congreso.cl fax: 56-2-270-1747

Abdel Elah, Wafaa	Research Service People's Assembly Egypt	Wafaa@hotmail.com Fax: 20-2-243-3295
Abeleda- Robles, Maria Fe S l	Congressional Library Philippines	fax: 632 931 5566
Afonin, Eduard	Rada of the Ukraine	afonin@Alpha.rada.kiev.ua fax: 380 44 2262145
Ahmadi Abhari, S.M.A.	Iranian Consultative Assembly	Abhari@www.majlis.ir fax: 9821 3124339
Andreeva, Irina	Russian Federation Library Moscow	Andreeva@duma.gov.ru fax:7 095 2087907
Angelova, Margarita	National Assembly Library, Bulgaria	Mangelova@nt.14.parliament.bg fax: 3592 981 3131
Aranda Torres, Patricio	Parliamentary Library, Peru	paranda@congreso.gob.pe
Backlund, Sven	Parliamentary Documentation Centre European Parliament	Sbacklund@europarl.eu.int Fax: 32-2-2849063
Bannenberg, Nick	Queensland Parliamentary Library, Australia	Nick.Bannenberg@parliament.qld.gov.au fax: 61 7 3210 0172
Bernier, Gaston	Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Québec, Canada	Gastonbernier@assnat.qc.ca Fax: 418 646 4873
Blagniene, Renata	National Parliamentary Library Inf Analysis Group, Lithuania	Reblag@rc.lrs.lt fax: 370-2-224543
Borocan, Ioana	Parliamentary Library Romania	borocan@dias.vsat.ro fax 40 1 3124406
Brian, Rob	Parliamentary Library, NSW Sydney, Australia	Rob.Brian@parliament.nsw.gov.au Fax: 61 2 9231 1932
Brown, Charles M	Librarian, Parliament House, Accra, Ghana	pis@ncs.com.gh fax: 233-21-665957
Brudenall, John	Australia	john.brudenall@alianet.alia.org.au
Brundin, Margareta	Library of the Riksdag Stockholm, Sweden	Margareta.brundin@riksdagen.se fax: 46-8-7865871
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Bulavas, Vladas	National Parliamentary Library Inf Analysis Group, Lithuania	vladas.bulava@lnb.mcb.lt
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Davidson, Bruce	Victorian Parliamentary Library Melbourne, Australia	Bruced@parliament.vic.gov.au fax: 61 3 9651 8630
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Appendix: Registration Forms for Athens and Jerusalem and general information from the invitation booklet

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