Ecuador - “Juan León Mera” Archive-Library of the Legislative Body

The Archive-Library of the Legislative Body was established to serve the legislature and the public in general keeping available the institutional memory, as well as documents on law, politics, the humanities and the history of the Ecuadorian legislation as well as that of other countries through a system of legislative inter-connection by the acronym of GLIN. In order to offer a high-quality service we have three areas, namely, the archive, the library and the legal analysis area.

The Library has a humanistic character and it specializes in the field of law. It has bibliographic information, collections of newspapers and periodicals, documents from legislators, information from the national press in various electronic supports and materials frequently used by the Assembly, among them: books, magazines, the national press, legislators since 1830, and presidents of the legislative assembly, secretaries, and pro-secretaries.

The Archive has a large documentary collection in an area of approximately one thousand linear meters, classified in the following series: Royal High Court of Quito, Great Colombia, authentic documents of all the constitutions of the Republic with the minutes of the debates and other back-up documents, authentic documents of the legislature (acts, decrees, agreements and resolutions), minutes of the sessions of congress since 1830, files on laws and decrees, bills, records of political trials, records of treaties, covenants and other international instruments, documents of the legislative commissions, both during constitutional periods and de facto periods. Sound tracks in digital versions and tape recordings of the sessions of Congress since 1960, communiqués in general.

The legal analysis area carries out the complete processing of Ecuadorian legislation since 1830 up to the present in a data base called Code and Index of Ecuadorian Legislation (CILE).

Other data of interest

Ecuador

Founding Date

1831

Classification

General Archive: The institution records, processes and disseminates all the documentation of the Legislative Body since 1830. Parliamentary Library: It specializes in social sciences and specifically in the field of law. Legal analysis: It processes the Ecuadorian legal norms, according to international standards of documentary description.

Address

Avenida 6 de Diciembre y Piedrahita - Quito – Ecuador

Telephone Numbers

(593)2399-1000 Extensión 1147 / 1148

Links to social networks

https://www.facebook.com/asambleanacional/

https://twitter.com/search?q=Asamblea%20Nacional&src=tyah&lang=es

E-mail

archivobiblioteca@asambleanacional.gob.ec

Objectives of the institution

It works towards strengthening democracy and citizen’s participation with an adequate use of technology, standards and standardized tools at an international level, with flexibility and simplicity for access and use of our information services, with transparency, integrity and responsibility in response to consultation, enriched by the diversity of its documentary collections, the history of Ecuadorian legislation and bibliographic collections specialized in the area of social sciences and humanistic aspects, for the benefit of the legislative community and the citizenship in general.

Heritage documents under its protection

The archive has a large documentary collection made up by originals in an approximate area of one thousand linear meters, classified in the following series:

Royal High Court of Quito

Gran Colombia

Authentic copies of the constitutions of the Republic with the minutes of the debates and other back-up documents

Authentic copies of the legislation (Laws, decrees, agreements and resolutions)

Minutes of the sessions of Congress since 1830, dossiers on acts and decrees

Bills

Records of political trials

Records of treaties, covenants and other international instruments.

Documents of the legislative commissions, including those generated during the constitutional periods and the de facto periods.

Sound archive in digital and magnetic recordings of the sessions of Congress as of 1960, communications in general, etc.

The state of conservation of these documents is good. 50% of the documents have been digitalized. This documentation is used for research and legal consulting. Reference for internal and external use.