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.

• STATEC staff can freely access the library spaces during the opening hours of the Twist building (but borrowing documents is not allowed in the absence of librarians).
• External visitors can access the library during office hours or by appointment with one of the librarians (bibli@statec.etat.lu).

In all cases, they must first report to the reception of the building upon arrival. They will be asked to present an ID to the guard at reception and to leave bags and coats at reception or in the cloakroom area at the entrance to the library.

Only visitors aged 18 or older are accepted.

• Currently, only STATEC staff can borrow documents during office hours or by appointment with the librarians.
• External visitors are invited to consult documents on-site only, no registration required.
• The loan duration is 28 days, renewable once for an additional 28 days.
• Borrowed documents must be returned to the library:
•     either in person to the librarians   
  
•     or by dropping them in the mailbox behind the reception. They will then be updated on your account by the librarians.

• Nooks, meeting tables, and armchairs provide comfortable spaces for working or consulting documents. These spaces are not reservable. The consumption of food is not allowed. Only the consumption of beverages is permitted.
• The collections on the ground floor consist of books (including textbooks), statistical yearbooks, and academic periodicals. A "Green Fund" composed of documents related to environmental economics, pollution, and natural and energy resources has been created to illustrate current issues.
• On the mezzanine level, there are journals as well as reference works.
• The "Precious Reserve" of STATEC, which includes the archives of its previous publications, as well as a large part of the collections (not on display), are only accessible upon request.

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.