The Library and Documents

The library is one of the most important organs needed for good performance in the people's Assembly. It provides information for Assembly members and staff using modern technology.

The two parliamentary libraries (the Senate and the House of Representatives) were established in 1924, and contained the great collections of the previous parliaments like the minutes and presents given by some members. Both libraries were combined in 1957 to become the National Assembly Library, and in 1971 it became the People's Assembly Library. Since 1989 an information sector was added to the library, and it became one of the biggest parliamentary libraries in the Arab World. The information sector occupies three floors in the Compound Building, the third, the fourth and the fifth, and it has five halls and six rooms.

Library Possession :

• Minutes of parliamentary life since 1866, including some handwritten minutes until 1879. In 1975 they were all microfilmed and indexed according to topics and members.
• Minutes and reports of the Shoura Council since 1980.
• The 'Al-Waqa'i Al-Messriyah' newspaper since 1883 and the Official Gazette since 1958.
• Collections of verdicts of the Court of Cassation (civil and criminal), the High Constitutional Court, the High Administrative Court and the legal opinions of the State Council.
• About 61000 books in both Arabic and foreign languages on various subjects, particularly constitutions of the world, reference books in law, legislation, constitutional, political, historical and economic researches.
•  University dissertations in the legal and economic laws.
• International documents, like: documents of UN and its affiliate organizations, some documents of the Arab League and its affiliate organizations and documents of the Organization of African Parliaments.
• Some documents of other organizations like the Afro-Asian Solidarity Organization and the Islamic Organization for Education, Culture and Science.
• Egyptian general and specialized newspapers and periodicals

The press archive which comprises excerpts from Egyptian and some Arab newspapers, as well as open files of domestic and international topics.

The library also has a rare collection of books, like a copy of 'La description de l'Egypte' which was prepared by the scientist of the French campaign, as well as some encyclopedias and dictionaries which date back to the 19th. century. Moreover, it has some precious Arabic references, copies of the oldest Egyptian legal periodicals and the Encyclopedia of Egyptian Legislations prepared by the General Secretariat.

The library renders its services to Assembly members and staff, as well as researchers from outside the Assembly. These services include references, researches, internet, periodicals, the recent publications, selective diffusion of information, bibliographies, microfilms and microfiches, photocopying, borrowing and exchanges among libraries.