Transcript 2 in 1: Combining the Seemingly Uncombinable Vaiko Sepper Inspire and Transform: Regenerating Services Peebles, 3-5 June 2008

2 in 1: Combining the Seemingly
Uncombinable
Vaiko Sepper
Inspire and Transform: Regenerating
Services
Peebles, 3-5 June 2008
The Republic of Estonia
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Area: 45,000 km²
Islands: 1500
Lakes: 1200
Rivers: 7000
Population: 1.3 million
 Estonians – 900 000
 Other nationalities – 400 000
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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
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Registered users –
750 000
Visits – 11 million
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Loans - 16 million
Loans per user-21
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The Repository Library of Estonia
Background
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Receive, store and make available low-use
but valuable material
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Redistribute documents
Branch: The Estonian Library for the Blind
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Provide access to information for the
visually impaired readers
Staff/Budget
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Administered by the Ministry of Culture
Library Board – 6 members
Staff
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Repository Library - 22
Library for the Blind -11
Annual budget – total £500 000
Selection Criteria
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Material selected for storage by owner
library
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Ownership delegated to the Repository
Library
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Only foreign language material stored
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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
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Total collection - 485 000 items
Additions in 2007 -10 000 items
Books – 90%
Periodicals – 10%
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Usage
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Reading-room
Inter-library loan
Electronic document delivery
Redistribution of Documents
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Total collection: 820 000
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In 2007 received 210 000 items
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Donated to other libraries 42 000 items
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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
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Audiobooks – 2000 titles
Braille books – 600 titles
Tactile books – 50 titles
Yearly production
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75 titles of audiobooks
60 titles of Braille books
8 titles of talking periodicals
Thank you!
[email protected]
www.hoiuraamatukogu.ee