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)