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2 in 1: Combining the Seemingly
Uncombinable
Vaiko Sepper
Inspire and Transform: Regenerating
Services
Peebles, 3-5 June 2008
The Republic of Estonia
Area: 45,000 km²
Islands: 1500
Lakes: 1200
Rivers: 7000
Population: 1.3 million
Estonians – 900 000
Other nationalities – 400 000
First mentioned in 1154
Population 400,000
UNESCO World Heritage Site since1997
The European Capital of Culture 2011
Skype – Tallinn IT start-up
Libraries in Estonia
Research
and special
libraries
Public
libraries
School
libraries
Total
Number of
libraries
60
Staff
Collections
1050
64 million
570
1680
11 million
450
590
5 million
1080
3320
80 million
Use of Library Services
Registered users –
750 000
Visits – 11 million
Loans - 16 million
Loans per user-21
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The Repository Library of Estonia
Background
Receive, store and make available low-use
but valuable material
Redistribute documents
Branch: The Estonian Library for the Blind
Provide access to information for the
visually impaired readers
Staff/Budget
Administered by the Ministry of Culture
Library Board – 6 members
Staff
Repository Library - 22
Library for the Blind -11
Annual budget – total £500 000
Selection Criteria
Material selected for storage by owner
library
Ownership delegated to the Repository
Library
Only foreign language material stored
No-duplicates policy observed
Cataloguing
Estonian Libraries Network Consortium
established in 1996 (13 members)
joins libraries into an integrated electronic library
system
manages the jointly generated union catalogue
ESTER
ESTER
includes 2,2 million bibliographic records
200 000 new records added in 2007
20 000 records added by the Repository Library of
Estonia
Collection
Total collection - 485 000 items
Additions in 2007 -10 000 items
Books – 90%
Periodicals – 10%
Usage
Reading-room
Inter-library loan
Electronic document delivery
Redistribution of Documents
Total collection: 820 000
In 2007 received 210 000 items
Donated to other libraries 42 000 items
Discarded 200 000 items
The Estonian Library for the Blind
Main Functions
producing audiobooks on CD-s in mp3
format
editing and printing Braille materials
making tactile maps and pictures for Braille
books
providing library services
digitation and restoration of old audiobooks
The Estonian Library for the Blind
Holdings
Audiobooks – 2000 titles
Braille books – 600 titles
Tactile books – 50 titles
Yearly production
75 titles of audiobooks
60 titles of Braille books
8 titles of talking periodicals
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