Baltic National Bibliographies Without the Book Chambers.

The responsibilities of the Soviet-era book chambers in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have almost all been incorporated into the national libraries of the three Baltic states since they regained independence in 1991. This article will summarize each country's current status as regards legal deposit; current and retrospective national bibliography; indexes; publishing statistics; ISSN, ISBN, and ISMN agencies; and online databases. All three Baltic states have made tremendous progress in making their materials available to researchers worldwide, though full text access is still limited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]