The Reference and Information Center Reading Room
Level M
Collection
Collection:
Reference publications – national encyclopedias of various countries, biographical dictionaries, universal encyclopedias, and the most important publications of general content in all sectors.
Holdings:
- Latest Latvian books – books published in Latvia in the last 5 years in all sectors (~ 5,000 units).
- Winners of the “Golden Apple-tree” (Zelta ābele) Book Art Competition – every year the Latvian Book Publishers Association organises a competition that evaluates the design concept, compliance with the content, and graphic arts design of books. The holding represents competition winners from 1993 to the present day.
- Academician J.Stradiņš's reading room - a unique collection of 3,700 publications. It represents a very wide range of topics – publications published in Latvia with author entries, but foreign language publications are mostly related to science and its history.
Services
- Information services
- Information search lessons
- Interlibrary loan
- Home subscription
- Audiobooks from the Latvian Library for the Visually Impaired
- Excursions
- E-services
- Copying, scanning, printing
- For people with visual impairments
Premises
- Individual workspaces
- Meeting/group work rooms (3-10 people)
- Classroom (only for library-organized classes) (16 places)
- Workplaces for people with visual impairments