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Institution - Documentation and Library Section

Identification

Name: Documentation and Library Section
Institutional Description: The library provides MPs, management and employees of the National Assembly and the National Council with the necessary information for the performance of legislative, supervisory and electoral functions.
Country/Entity: Slovenia
Name of Parliament: Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia
Type of Parliament: - Parliament of a sovereign state
Number of the members of the served legislature(s): 90
Number of staff working in the served parliamentary administration(s): 0
Type of organization: Library
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Year founded: 1963
Number of staff: 7
Website: https://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/Home/odz/zgradba/knjiznicaInCitalnica
Date update: 09/11/2025

Ifla

IFLA member?: Yes
Regional member?: Yes
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Address

Address (1): Subiceva ulica 4
Address (2):
Postal code: SI-1000
Phone: +386 1 478 9730

Contact

Email: knjiznica@dz-rs.si
Contact person: Mag. Andrej Eror
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Phone contact person: +386 1 478 9730
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More information for questions and answers

Library information

Special collections (Indicate special collections): Library collection consist of nearly 24.000 volumes of legal publications, legislation, political science, modern history, philosophy, sociology, economics, culture, encyclopaedias and reference books. The library keeps a special collection of verbatim records of the National Assembly and its predecessors from 1945 to date.
Online Catalogue (Indicate url address / internet link): https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/search/advanced?db=dzrs
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Research service information

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Date update: 09/11/2025