1. www.nlib.ee Information on international organizations in the service of policy-makers Jane Makke Head of the section of International Organizations, National Library of Estonia 19.09.2008

2. www.nlib.ee Total ~60 000 bodies* –international organizations, –dependent bodies, –organizational substitutes (autonomous conference series and multilateral treaties and intergovernmental agreements), –national bodies, and also –dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies. * Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

3. www.nlib.ee Total ~13 000 international organizations* –governmental, –non-governmental, Total ~950 intergovernmental organizations* (IGO) Estonia: –membership in 2987 bodies (2005)* 283 of them IGOs 1992 NGOs * Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

4. www.nlib.ee National Library of Estonia (NLE): –depository for 14 IGO-s –additional 12 represented (NATO, WIPO etc.)

5. www.nlib.ee Depository organizations in the NLE (14) UN (1992-) UNESCO (1986-) UNIDROIT (2002) IMF (2001-) ILO (1992-) ICAO (1993-) IMO (1993-) UNWTO (2007-) WHO (1993-) The World Bank (1992-) WTO (1993-) EBRD (2005-) OSCE (1996-) EU (1992-) OECD (2009-) 15th??

6. www.nlib.ee Law reading-room EU Information Centre –Depository since 1992 –Information center since 1998 CoE Information Office –since 1995 –part of the CoE structure since 2002

7. www.nlib.eeServices ISE – Index Scriptorum Estoniae articles published in Estonian periodicals http://ise.nlib.ee http://ise.nlib.ee BIE – Bibliographia Iuridica Estonica http://bie.nlib.ee http://bie.nlib.ee Abstract publications –Summari Iuridica, (1999-) http://www.nlib.ee/22647 http://www.nlib.ee/22647 –Summaria Socialia, (1999-) http://www.nlib.ee/22648http://www.nlib.ee/22648 –Summaria Europensia, (2004-) http://www.nlib.ee/24384http://www.nlib.ee/24384 Foreign Databases EU Information Phone

8. www.nlib.ee Foreign Databases UN Treaty Collection UN Official Documents Search SourceOECD World Bank E-Library European Sources Online EBSCO ProQuest Hein Online West Law etc.

9. www.nlib.ee EU Infomation Phone –Pilot project in 1999 –Launched in 2000 –Free of charge –Database Q & A (in estonian only) http://elik.nlib.ee/?id=32 http://elik.nlib.ee/?id=32 –Information days

10. www.nlib.ee Enquiries to EU information phone, 1999-

11. www.nlib.ee EU Information Days Specific subject Duration approx. 2 hours Respondents are specialists of the particular subject Subjects: Accession to the EU EU social policy and its influence to Estonia after the accession The future of the EU and Estonian national currency Other subjects: –culture, –Agriculture –Taxes etc.

12. www.nlib.ee Enquiries on EU and other IGO-s, 1999-

13. www.nlib.ee Main interests General interest about IGO-s Background information on different subjects Law, different documents (resolutions, decisions, treaties, recommendations, directives, regulations etc.) Statistics Economics, politics, social policy, international realtions, etc.

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