Biblioteca do Senado Federal, Brazil

The Senate Library was created on May 18, 1826, by a committee established to prepare the first catalogue of books and journals own by the “Senate Bookstore”, on the initiative of Senator Viscount of Cairú. Nowadays, the Senate Library is responsible for a cooperative network of 12 specialized libraries, a Digital Library with 280 thousand documents, maintain a Controlled Vocabulary and Authority Name Headings, offers access to several international renowned Databases and provides various products and services to Senators and Senate staff. Our team is formed by libraries specialized in Law, Knowledge Management, Legislative Communication and other related areas.