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Institution - Coordinación de Servicios de Información, Bibliotecas y Museo

Identification

Name: Coordinación de Servicios de Información, Bibliotecas y Museo
Institutional Description: Parliament of a sovereign state
Country/Entity: Mexico
Name of Parliament: Cámara de Diputados
Type of Parliament: - Parliament of a sovereign state
Number of the members of the served legislature(s): 500
Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): 6644
Type of organization: Combined library and research service
Types of users:
Year founded: 1822
Number of staff: 100
Website: http://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio.htm
Date update: 05/12/2025

Ifla

IFLA member?: No
Regional member?: Yes
Which Regional Member?:
Member of Other Association(s)?: ICOM

Address

Address (1): 66 Congreso de la Union Ave Mexico City
Address (2): San Lázaro Legislative Palace, “C” Building
Postal code: 15960
Phone: +52 50360000

Contact

Email: cosibm@congreso.gob.mx
Contact person: Óscar Manuel Cruz Estada, Director de Bibliotecas
Email contact person: elena.rosales@congreso.gob.mx
Phone contact person: +52 50360000
Name Library/RC Authorities: Carolina Alonso Peñafiel, Coordinadora
Email Library/RC Authorities: carolina.alonso@diputados.gob.mx

More information for questions and answers

Library information

Main subject areas of the collection: Law
Number of registered documents (volumes):
Annual growth of collections (volumes) / reference year:
Special collections (Indicate special collections):
Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): http://biblioteca.diputados.gob.mx/legis
Does it have a legal depository?: Yes
Does it receive donations?: Yes
Does it offer reference services?:
Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): Yes
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): Yes
Does it have information on parliamentary documents and activities?: Yes

Research service information

Does it offer reference services?: Yes
Does it have news service? (e.g. press-clippings): No
Does it have information packages for parliamentary work? (e.g. draft bills or for committee meeting): Yes
Does it have summaries/concise analyses of proposed legislation?: Yes
Does it have assistance in drafting legislation?: No
Does it have fact sheets or briefings? (e.g. an introduction to issues using brief fact): Yes
Does it have statistical profiles?: Yes
Does it have background studies, analyses?: Yes
Does it have impact assessment?: No
Does it have other services?: REDIPAL Parliamentary Researchers Network
Does it have online publications? (Indicate url address / internet link): http://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/sia.htm
Types of users:
Date update: 05/12/2025