STATEC Library

• Luxembourgish Fund: publications from STATEC and publications published in Luxembourg or abroad related to Luxembourg
• Monograph Fund (books)
• Academic periodicals fund
• Annual reports of Luxembourgish companies (CFL, Post, RTL…)
• Publications from national statistical institutes including statistical yearbooks
• Publications from statistical offices of the Greater Region
• Publications from international institutions (Eurostat, OECD, UN…)
• Scientific publications by country (academic and others)

• The economy in general and more specifically macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, political economy, national accounting, but also environmental economics, production economics…
• Statistics including mathematical statistics and computer statistics (R, STATA, SPSS, SAS software…)
• Social sciences including sociology, survey methods, quantitative data analysis…

• The library ensures the preservation of STATEC’s paper publications (*) for over a hundred years.

(*) STATEC in the sense of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies or the bodies that "preceded" it.

• Here’s the translation:
• The oldest publications of STATEC are available in digital format via "eluxemburgensia.lu":

Publications of the Statistics Office (Publikationen des Statistischen Amts) from 1902 to 1940

Bulletin of the Economic Studies and Documentation Service and the General Statistics Office from 1950 to 1954

Statistical Yearbook from 1955 to 2005

Statistical Bulletin from 1955 to 1963

Economic Bulletin from 1955 to 1963

STATEC Bulletin from 1963 to 2001

• Publications from 1990 to the present are available via the portal "statistiques.public.lu."

• Other older publications are not available via eluxemburgensia, such as population censuses, collections of statistics by municipality, or population movement statistics. These are available for on-site consultation by appointment.

• The library receives paper subscriptions to Luxembourgish newspapers such as Luxemburger Wort, Tageblatt, Le Quotidien, Le Land, d'Lëtzebuerger Land...
• Periodicals are also available: The Economist, Alternatives économiques, all publications of the American Economic Association...
• A significant and old collection of economic and statistical journals is also preserved but not on display.

Registration allows you to:
– borrow books from the library
– reserve STATEC books online
– easily track and renew your loans through a single reader account accessible via Luxembourg’s shared library catalogue: www.a-z.lu

Registration is open to anyone:
– aged 18 or over,
– residing in the Greater Region.

You can register in person at the library reception desk during opening hours, upon request. Please bring a valid photo ID.

• Staff (STATEC employees)

STATEC staff may freely access the library spaces during the opening hours of the Twist building (however, borrowing documents is not permitted in the absence of librarians).

• External visitors

External visitors may access the library during staffed opening hours or by appointment (bibli@statec.etat.lu ).

Only visitors aged 18 or over are admitted.

• Reservations

You can reserve STATEC books in your name by logging in to www.a-z.lu and accessing the record of the desired book.
Books are reserved for a period of 7 days.

• Loans

You may borrow up to 10 items for a period of 28 days, renewable once for an additional 28 days via your reader account on the a-z.lu catalogue.

• Returns

Borrowed items must be returned to the library:
– either handed directly to the librarians
– or deposited in the mailbox behind the reception desk.
They will then be checked in and updated on your account by the librarians.

For any information regarding how to use the www.a-z.lu catalogue,
please consult the user guide available at: https://help.a-z.lu/fr/

• Seating areas

Alcoves, meeting tables, and armchairs are available for comfortable reading, studying, or consulting documents. These spaces cannot be reserved. Food consumption is not permitted; only drinks are allowed.

• Collections

Ground floor: The collections include books (including textbooks), statistical yearbooks, and academic journals. A “Green Collection” featuring documents on environmental economics, pollution, and natural and energy resources has been created to highlight current issues.

Mezzanine: The mezzanine level houses periodicals and reference works.

Stacks: Archives of previous STATEC publications, as well as a large portion of the collections (not on open display).

The National Library of Luxembourg "BnL" offers an international lending service allowing the retrieval of photocopies of articles or borrowing books from international libraries.

The library’s collections are visible on http://www.a-z.lu, the unified catalog of libraries in the bibnet.lu network. Enter your chosen keywords and select the "STATEC" filter on the right under the "Bibliothèque" section. A help section for using the catalog is available at the top left.

As the entire collection is not yet cataloged, feel free to contact bibli@statec.etat.lu for any specific inquiries.

Any suggestions for document acquisitions can be sent to bibli@statec.etat.lu. They will then be evaluated by the library staff.

Many scientific digital resources (ebooks, databases, journals) are available on a-z.lu. It is necessary to register with the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL) to gain access rights. See here for registration with the BnL.

The librarians are available to assist any STATEC staff member, student, researcher, or other interested person in providing bibliographic and documentary help.