Printed matter
Statistical activity code: 40415
Books and pamphlets by classification Periodicals: titles, annual circulation; newspapers: titles, daily newspapers Publications by type and by county | |
Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) | |
Books, pamphlets, periodicals and newspapers | |
Annual circulation – sum of the number of copies of all periodicals printed in a year. Book – independent publication printed or handwritten and bound together, with at least 49 pages (in statistical questionnaires, books include pamphlets, bound maps, sheets of music, graphic documents, normative documents, serials, books for the blind). Daily newspaper – newspaper published 4–6 days a week. E-book – licenced or open access digital resource that is not part of a series, in which searchable text dominates and which is a version of a printed book (monograph). The data for e-books cover only web resources. E-magazine, e-journal – serial publication which is published under the same title for an indefinite period either at regular or irregular intervals and the individual issues of which are sequentially numbered or dated. It could be an independent publication or a parallel version of a printed publication. E-newsletter – e-publication of a municipality, organisation, association, society, etc., which has newspaper characteristics, but the annual volume of which is less than 50 issues. Its design, specific theme and lack of public debate do not allow a newspaper designation. It could be an independent publication or a parallel version of a printed publication. E-newspaper – serial publication which contains news of special or general interest. Its individual issues are sequentially numbered or dated and it is usually issued at least once a week. It could be an independent publication or a parallel version of a printed publication. E-periodical – serial publication which is published under the same title for an indefinite period either at regular or irregular intervals and the individual issues of which are sequentially numbered or dated. It could be an independent publication or a parallel version of a printed publication. First edition – first time that a work or its translation is published in print as an independent publication. Magazine, journal – serial publication which is published under the same title for an indefinite period either at regular or irregular intervals and the individual issues of which are sequentially numbered or dated. Newsletter – publication of a municipality, organisation, association, society, etc., which has newspaper characteristics, but the annual volume of which is less than 50 issues. Its design, specific theme and lack of public debate do not allow a newspaper designation. Newspaper – serial publication which contains news of special or general interest. Its individual issues are sequentially numbered or dated and it is usually issued at least once a week. Newsletters are excluded. Pamphlet – non-periodical printed publication of 5–48 pages. Periodical – serial publication which is published under the same title for an indefinite period either at regular or irregular intervals and the individual issues of which are sequentially numbered or dated. Magazines, newsletters, series of presentations and reports, transactions of institutions, series of regular conference proceedings and annuals are included, while newspapers and monographic series are excluded. Title – words at the beginning of a document which identify the document and generally distinguish it from others. In statistics, it refers to a document which forms a separate whole with an identifying title, issued either in one or several volumes. The number of copies of a document stored in a library is excluded. | |
Printed and online publications (books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers) | |
Books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals FRAME Legal deposit copies of publications (incl. online publications) submitted to the National Library of Estonia (see the Legal Deposit Copy Act, https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/514092016001/consolide). | |
Estonia as a whole Counties | |
1990–… | |
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The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. | |
The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia (in Estonian). See more details on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Õigusaktid. |
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). | |
All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
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More information on press statistics is available on the web page of Estonian National Library https://www.nlib.ee/en/trukitoodangu-statistika. | |
Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Social life / Culture / Printed matter” in the following tables: KU12: Books and pamphlets KU121: Books and pamphlets by classification class KU122: Periodicals KU124: Newspapers KU126: Publications by county | |
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes. | |
Data serve as input for statistical activity 50101 “Regional development”. | |
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To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. | |
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. |
Ministry of Culture | |
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys. | |
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The data for Estonia are comparable by counties and within Tallinn. Geographical comparability at international level cannot be assessed. | |
In Estonia, the main data on books and pamphlets, periodicals and newspapers have been published since 1990. More detailed data (the distribution of books and pamphlets by classification and the distribution of publications by county) have been published since 1995. The data in the time series are comparable. The data on e-books have been published since 2017. The data on e-periodicals and e-magazines are available since 2019. | |
The statistical activities 40415 “Printed matter” and 40410 “Public library” are coherent, as the concepts used in both activities (e.g. book, magazine, newspaper, title) are essentially identical. | |
The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. Due to rounding, the sums received by adding numbers in tables are not always equal with the total. |
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia. | |
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SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA The National Library of Estonia provides information on the number, type and content of publications, as well as on e-books, e-newspapers, e-magazines and other e-periodicals. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Not used | |
Annual | |
The National Library of Estonia compiles official statistics on publications (incl. online publications) on the basis of legal deposit copies submitted to the library. | |
The data are compared with the data of previous periods. All columns are checked to make sure that they have been completed as required. | |
The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators. | |
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