Periodicals Reading Room

Periodicals in 20 languages ​​from the 18th century to the present day – in paper and digital versions.

The most significant part of the collection is publications in the Latvian language, published both in Latvia and in the countries of Latvian residence, as well as newspapers and magazines printed in other languages ​​in Latvia. The periodicals reading room is open to the public and contains:

• a selection of magazines and Latvian newspapers published in the last 3 years ("Sestdiena", "Saldus Zeme", "Latvijas Avīze", etc.);
• reference materials, including dictionaries and encyclopedias;
• bibliographic indexes;
• books on the history of the press and journalism.

E-versions of periodicals are available:

• in the digital collection www.periodika.lv
• LURSOFT Newspaper Library www.news.lv (available at the NLL premises).  

• Issue of publications from:
  • Periodicals are available in the Central Catalog/Primo within 30 minutes of ordering;  
  • Repository orders are delivered once a week – on Thursdays.  
• Information services – reference and consultations
• Copying, scanning, printing 

The reading room has a microfilm reading device and a special magnifier for magnifying text and images. 

E-versions of periodicals are available in the digital collection www.periodika.lv.

Around 1,500 titles of newspapers and magazines published in Latvia and in exile from the mid-18th century to the present day. The content is currently available without copyright restrictions.