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Transforming Library Services in Estonia: The Journey of Inclusivity and Innovation

Explore the innovative library services in Estonia, focusing on the collaboration between the Estonian Library for the Blind and the Repository Library. This initiative enhances access to information for visually impaired individuals through audiobooks, Braille materials, and tactile resources. With a robust annual budget and a dedicated staff, these libraries strive to provide inclusive services while maintaining a vast collection of over 820,000 items. Discover how Estonia's library network integrates technology and fosters a culture of reading for all.

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Transforming Library Services in Estonia: The Journey of Inclusivity and Innovation

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

  2. 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

  3. First mentioned in 1154 • Population 400,000 • UNESCO World Heritage Site since1997 • The European Capital of Culture 2011 • Skype – Tallinn IT start-up

  4. Libraries in Estonia

  5. Use of Library Services • Registered users – 750 000 • Visits – 11 million • Loans - 16 million • Loans per user-21

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Selection Criteria • Material selected for storage by owner library • Ownership delegated to the Repository Library • Only foreign language material stored • No-duplicates policy observed

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Redistribution of Documents • Total collection: 820 000 • In 2007 received 210 000 items • Donated to other libraries 42 000 items • Discarded 200 000 items

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Thank you! vaiko@hoiuraamatukogu.ee www.hoiuraamatukogu.ee

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