Official name of the country:
Latvijas Republika
(Republic of Latvia)
Official language: Latvian
Official name of Parliament:
Latvijas Republikas Saeima
(Saeima of the Republic of Latvia)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
2. Address
Saeimas Biblioteka
11 Jekaba Street
Riga LV-1811
Latvia
Tel.: *(371)708 7172
Fax: *(371)708 7174
E-mail:
jkapenie@saeima.lv
Homepage:
http://www.saeima.lv
3. Details
on the Library
(1)
Year of foundation: 1991
Person in charge: Ms Sarma
SMITE
Position or official title: Saeimas
Bibliotekas Vaditaja
Number of library staff: 8
Number of professional librarians:
4
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 4
Size of collection: 5.200
Number of annual accessions:
500
Annual acquisitions budget: 22.000
Lats (~ US$ 35.000)
Number of current periodicals:
195
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 50
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 4.300
Number of current newspapers:
87
Press cuttings: Yes, by the
Library
Number of newspapers and press services used
for clipping: 40
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:.
Yes, by the Chancellery of the Saeima
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff; Members of Cabinet; journalists; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 2 (30)
Number of loans per year: 1.900
Reference services: 1.500
Current bibliographies: Yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or
series: 1
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: No
IFLA membership: No
(2)
Year of foundation: 1991
Person in charge: Ms Dace
GASINA
Position or official title: Head of
Parliamentary Department
Number of library staff: 12
Number of professional librarians:
11
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 1
Size of collection: 56.000
Number of annual accessions:
2.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 371.000
Ls (~ US$ 725.000)
Number of current periodicals:
830
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 1.600
Number of current newspapers:
30
Press cuttings: Yes, by the
Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
No
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Public library
Reference services: 500
Current bibliographies: 2
External database searches: 10
Analysis and research: No
Right to deposit: All publications
published in Latvia
Depository library: UN, World Bank,
ILO, European Union
Any other information: 3.4 - 3.6, 3.8
and 3.9 relate to National Library as a whole
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
(2)
Latvijas Nacionalaja
biblioteka jaunienakusas gramatas sabiedriskajas zinatnes :
izlases literaturas saraksts
Monthly. - Select list of accessions to the National Library on
social sciences
Latvijas Nacionalaja
biblioteka ienakuso zurnalu rakstu raditajs sabiedriskajas
zinatnes
Bimonthy. - Select list of journal articles on social
sciences
Jaunako zurnalu un gramatu
apskats - monthly review of current books and periodicals in
the Library
6. Parliamentary documents
* Latvijas Republikas
Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta zinotajs
Bulletin of Saeima and Cabinet. - In Latvian
* Latvijas
vestnesis
Herald of Latvia. - Official newspaper of the Republic of Latvia. -
In Latvian
* Latvijas Republikas
Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Zinotajs - Bulletin of Saeima
and Cabinet (full texts of laws, decisions and regulations - in
Latvian)
* Latvijas Vestnesis
- Herald of Latvia (official newspaper of the Republic of Latvia -
in Latvian)
(updated in August 2000)
