(Republic of Estonia)
Area: 45.227 km²
Population: 1.464.100
Official language: Estonian
Official name of Parliament:
Riigikogu
(The State Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu
The National Library of Estonia
Tònismägi 2
EE0100 Tallinn
Tel.: *(37)(2) 6 307 500/600
Fax: *(37)(2) 6 311 410
Telex: 173811 estrr ee
E-mail:
ene@nlib.ee,
nlib@nlib.ee
Homepage:
http://www.nlib.ee
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1918
Person in charge: Ms Tiiu VALM
Position or official title: Acting
Director General
Number of library staff: 508
Number of professional librarians:
316
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the library: 26
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 122
Number of other staff: 70 (surving
staff)
Size of collection: 3.120.148
Number of annual accessions:
71.708
Annual acquisitions budget: 5.111.200
EEK (~ US$ 352.496,55)
Number of current periodicals:
1.709
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 184
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 47.170
Number of current newspapers:
226
Press cuttings: Yes, by the
Library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
No
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification
system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Clientele: All inhabitants and
visitors of Estonia, universal library
Number of reading rooms: 17
(1040)
Number of loans per year:
557.270
Reference services: 23.477
Current bibliographies: 11
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
3
External database searches:
2000
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
library
Right to deposit: All Estonian
publications
Depository library: UN, UNESCO, ILO,
GATT/WTO, IMO, WHO, FAO, IBRD, EU, ICAO, Council of Europe
Other special collections of the
Library: Rare books, music, map collection, fine arts,
librarianship
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
Acta Bibliothecae
Nationalis Estoniae=Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu
Toimetised=Transactions of the
National Library of Estonia. - Tallinn, 1990 -
Eesti Raamatukoguhoidjate
Ühingu Aastaraamat ...=Estonian Librarians Association yearbook ... .
- Tallinn, 1990 -
Eesti eksliibris :
näituse kataloog=Estonian
exlibris : exhibition catalogue. - Tallinn, 1962 -
Eesti
rahvaraamatukogud ... : statistikat rahvusraamatukogude
kohta=Estonian public libraries in
... : statistics. - Tallinn, 1975 -
Välisraamatute
koondkataloog=Union catalogue of
foreign books : foreign literature in the greatest libraries
of Estonia. - Tallinn, 1975 -
Välisperioodika
koondnimestik=Union list of foreign
periodicals in the greatest libraries of Estonia. - Tallinn,
1969 -
Eesti
rahvusbibliograafia : raamatud=The
Estonian national bibliography : books. - Tallinn, 1994
- Eesti rahvusbibliograafia :
artiklid=The Estonian national
bibliography : articles. - Tallinn,
1994
Raamatukogunduse
bibliograafia = Bibliography of
Libarianship. - Tallinn, 1960 - 1991
Raamatukogunduslik
uudiskirjandus = New literature
on librarianship
Eesti ametlikud
väljaanded : 1993=Official publications of Estonia :
1993. - Tallinn, 1994
Bibliographia iuridica
estonica : 1918 - 1940. - Tallinn, 1994
Uued raamatud :
oigus=New books : law
Monthly
5. Publications concerning the Library
Lotman, P.:
Parlamendiraamatukogust
rahvusraamatukoguks=From the
Library of Parliament to the National Library. - Tallinn,
1988 - 1993
Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu ja
tema raamatud=National Library of
Estonia and its books. - Tallinn, 1992
Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu
seitse aastakümmet=National
Library of Estonia, seven decades. - Tallinn, 1990
Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu uus
hoone Tònismäel=National Library of Estonia, the new building.
- Tallinn, 1990
Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu
1990. aastal : aastategevuse ülevaade=National Library of Estonia in 1990 : annual
report. - Tallinn, 1991
Eesti
Rahvusraamatukogu juht=National Library
of Estonia : guide. - Tallinn, 1993
6. Parliamentary documents
Riigi teataja. -
1990 -
Legal acts. - In Estonian and Russian
Riigikogu Kroonika. -
1992/93 -
Chronicle of the State Assembly
Riigikogu teatmik. -
1993 -
Directory of the State Assembly
... Riigikogu :
stenogrammid ... - 1992 -
Verbatim report
(updated in June 1998)
