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)