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FIRST COLUMN
Who is Afraid of Loving in Freedom? Katrin Kivimaa
The secret idols of the author are the women who speak to the world
through their independence, deed, words and creation, whose being a woman
differs from what traditional family, education and mass media enable.
Because of the feministic movement and the emancipation of women, the
self-consciousness of women in the Nordic countries is greater than in
the Eastern European countries. In general, society has implanted into
women’s mind a frightening dilemma – to be happy or to be free.
TOPIC OF THE DAY – SCHOOL LIBRARIES
A School Library Today Ingrid Laasi
The librarian at Haapsalu Wiedemann Gymnasium gives in her article
a brief overview of the development of the school’s library which began
on 24 September 1964 when the first entry was made to the school library’s
accession book. An important event for the school took place in the academic
year 1984/85 when the school building in Wiedemann Street was renovated
and the school library got a room in it. From the autumn of 1994 the library
has enjoyed even better conditions and two years later it got the Internet
connection. In addition to standard classes, the school recently opened
experimental individual classes for the children with learning and behaviour
problems and, working with these children, the school library has an unusually
important role.
The school library serves 486 users and its basic collection includes
15,419 documents (15,284 books). 21 titles of periodicals are available.
The library staff includes one librarian. The school administration supports
the library in every way, including the funding of its acquisition. Ingrid
Laasi also writes briefly about the problems concerning pupils and computer
and expresses her opinion that it often is more easy to grab a book from
a shelf. But the most important is whether a school library is capable
of meeting the pupils requests on learning materials.
Library of Nõo School Heili Tali
An overview of the history and the present time of the common library
of Nõo Basic School and Nõo Realgymnasium. In 1990
the library got spacious premises in the extension to the school. The
teachers of special subjects skillfully use the possiblities provided
by the library. A reading room with 24 reading seats is extremely popular
among pupils who also find there something to do after the classes are
over. From 1997 the library has the direct Internet connection. A school
library software ARX Raamat facilitates the library’s operations.
The Library of Tartu Art College Edith Hermann
The head of the library briefly introduces the history of her institution
which foundation date is still disputed over, speaks about the collection
and the implementation of information technology.
RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Organisational Analysis in Libraries II Merike Poljakov
An employee of Tartu University Library observes the components which
should be taken into consideration after carrying out the SWOT analysis
in a library. The author explains why a library needs a strategical, tactical
and operational plan, what should be considered in developing crisis communication
plan, which target groups must be informed of the library’s activities,
and also writes about cooperation partners and creating of the image of
a library. She also introduces the ways to check and analyse how the library’s
goals are fulfilled.
INTERVIEW
For All the Libraries as Usual: an Interview with Tiiu Valm Maire
Liivamets
Maire Liivamets’ interview with the Director General of the National
Library of Estonia focuses on the most important current problem of Estonian
librarianship – drawing up the development plan for it. Tiiu Valm tries
to explain why all the attempts to draw up the plan have so far failed,
how should the plan look like and who should be the persons who draw up
a new plan. In addition to that, she also explains the necessity for the
changes in the structure of the National Library of Estonia in the recent
years which have taken place because of the rapid development of information
technology and the functions of a national library, not always understood
by the public; ponders upon the meaning and value of her long library
career and finds it all to pay the toil. The General Director of our national
library also is of the opinion that there is nothing wrong with the ethics
of Estonian librarians, still saying she understands that social problems
have an impact on everyone’s work, too.
BOOK HISTORY
About Earlier Books in Estonian Heino Räim
An employee of the Archival Library of the Estonian Literary Museum
introduces in his article six faulty publications from the 18th
century found from the reserve collection of the library. He describes
their appearance, gives their hit rate in libraries and also points out
financial troubles which sets limits to the proper preservation and restoration
of earlier publications.
RECENT LITERATURE ON LIBRARINSHIP
Books donated to the National Library of Estonia on the Frankfurt
Book Fair.
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Estonian School Libraries in 1999/2000: Statistics
Viljandi College of Culture Graduates of Librarianship in 2000
MARKET PENETRATION OF LIBRARIES
About Marketing Knowhow in Librarianship Aira
Lepik
A professor at the Chair of Librarianship of Tallinn Pedagogical University
begins her yearly treatment of marketing matters in our journal with an
article where she gives an overview of marketing knowhow, the necessity
to use it for library performance analysis and evaluation, analyses the
possibilities to adapt marketing principles in librarianship and focuses
on the corresponding training for library staff. Meanwhile she also introduces
the marketing subjects she teaches at TPU and which authorities support
her lectures.
ESTONIAN LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
School Library as a Learning Centre Vaike Mändmaa
An overview of the seminar of the ELA’s School Libraries Section,
held on 10 November 2000, where the project for drawing up the principles
of school library work organisation, the survey of the content of school
library collections, the cooperation between a local board of education
and a school library and the development plan for school libraries were
discussed.
Freidrich Puksoo Day Ene Riet, Urve Tõnnov
On 23 January, the birthday of Friedrich Puksoo (1890–1969), a well-known
Estonian figure of librarianship and a bibliographer, a traditional library
conference was held at Tartu University Library. Puksoo had been a head
of the library for a long time. At the conference, held on the theme Libraries
as the Keepers of the Estonian Book this year, the preservation
of the Estonian book was discussed.
In addition to that, the best work published during the previous year
in the fields of book history, book science, librarianship or bibliography
is awarded with Friedrich Puksoo Prize on this day. (The jury is entitled
to award several works within the limits of a certain sum of money or
somebody for his/her long-time work.) This year Tiiu Reimo was
awarded with Friedrich Puksoo Prize for her chronology of the Estonian
book Eesti raamatu kronoloogia as well as for her research papers
published in 2000 (EEK 4000). Endel Annus’s monograph Eesti kalendrikirjandus
1720-1900 also was distinguished as a serious research paper of the
history of the Estonian calendars.
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
ISSN Meeting in Washington Silvi Metsar
In her article, the head of the National Bibliography Centre of the
National Library of Estonia provides an overview of the 25th
meeting of directors of ISSN centres, held on the American continent in
September 2000. These annual meetings sum up all the aspects of the system,
mostly treating the registration of periodicals in international ISSN
databases. This year the registration of online periodicals and providing
them with ISSN were the key issues. The author also draws attention to
the strategic plan for the ISSN network, the updating of the guidelines
for ISSN records and drawing up the international standard ISST.
CRITICAL REVIEW
"They" and "We" or the World View of Estonians Piret
Lotman
About the History of Estonian Libraries Hans
Jürman
Piret Lotman and Hans Jürman review critically Kaljo-Olev Veskimägi’s
book on the history of Estonian libraries, Eesti raamatukogude ajalugu,
published in 2000. In her article, Piret Lotman reviews the book as
an historian and evaluates it from the methodological aspect, still adding
a common knowledge that every era writes its own history. The history
of Estonian libraries written by Veskimägi also shows the attitudes
towards life of several generations of Estonians. The other reviewer of
the book, Hans Jürman, is rather meditating on the meanings of a
book and a library.
Silence and Shadows Maire Liivamets
Maire Liivamets discusses Piret Lotman’s Parlamendiraamatukogust
rahvusraamatukoguks, a book on the history of the present National
Library of Estonia. Lotman describes the years of the Soviet occupation
1954–1988 when both the user services and research work of the library
were fettered by ideology. Numerous books were shut to the restricted
access collection and library acquisition was limited. Only the facts
from the library’s reports on its activities support the author, an historian,
and because of that she speaks a little of the contribution of the then
State Library’s staff to the librarianship of the period. The reviewer
aims to find out why the author and the reader have a different approach
to the publication. That is, the author’s conception is simple – everything
written in black-and-white vouches for the history and does not need any
further explaining; but the reader has an emotional approach to the material
and feels that her working life has not been treated enough.
NEWS
Social Sciences Information Centre of Tallinn Pedagogical University Kersti
Kikkas
On 16 November 2000 a social sciences information centre was opened
in the premises of the former conference hall of Tallinn Pedagogical University
Library. The collections which had been accumulated at the academic departments
and chairs (in total about 10,000 documents) were included to the collection
of the information centre. The university and the Faculty of Social Sciences
of TPU jointly financed the rebuilding of the hall; necessary information
techology was procured within the framework of the TEMPUS open university
project. At present 9 PCs are available for the users of the information
centre.
Congratulations: Voldemar Miller – 90
In February, Voldeman Miller, one of the most respected and distinguished
Estonian researchers of history, book history, libraries, archivies, local
history and culture, celebrated his 90th birthday. He also
has succeeded in belles-lettres and in journalism.
CUMULATIVE LIST OF CONTENT OF "RAAMATUKOGU" IN 2000
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