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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 km ² Islands: 1500 Lakes: 1200 Rivers: 7000 Population: 1.3 million Estonians – 900 000 Other nationalities – 400 000.
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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
Use of Library Services • Registered users – 750 000 • Visits – 11 million • Loans - 16 million • Loans per user-21
2 in 1 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 informationfor 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
Thank you! vaiko@hoiuraamatukogu.ee www.hoiuraamatukogu.ee