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	2006
		Issued 6 numbers a year

2006 nr. 3

EDITORIAL

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Dear colleague; “What on earth are they taught in the university,” I lately heard a cataloguer, who had held the job during life, sigh. She is dissatisfied with her young colleague’s faulty records, submitted to ESTER, that she constantly has to amend. Probably others have noticed too that several newly graduated librarians are hopelessly in a jam with their everyday work. Or unaware of the basic principles of librarianship, which (of our opinion) are elementary and should be provided by proper education. We have all less or more thought about the education and further training of librarians, about knowledge and skills, necessary for a librarian today. Everyone of us has also its own vision and understanding of the priorities in library education. In the current journal issue, Sirje Virkus and Mati Muru express their thoughts of the skills, needed by librarians today and in the future, and of relevant training. Which demands, based on which principles, should our professional standard include? What should form the basis of our professional education and further training? It is impossible to acquire everything during the university studies, even if desired. Knowledge, necessary for library work, grows with every moment. Thus, there is a choice to make: either to provide profound working skills or to inspire interest in what is happening around us, develop the abilities of thinking, generalisation and absorption and the wish to advance without going into the details of library work. The abundance and variety of information sources and means increasingly reshapes the traditional relationship between the teacher and the trainee, between the experienced worker and the novice. In the situation, where nobody can know everything, collectivity gains importance. Perhaps cooperation will be born from information exchange between generations, listening and learning from each other? Ene Riet Editor

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FIRST COLUMN Cannot We, or Do We not Want? - Elle Tarik The employee of Tartu Public Library’s Department of Estonian Émigré and Earlier Books ponders upon the problems related to the acquisition of public lib­raries’ collections and reading Estonian literature. BECOMING RICHER BY READING The Opposition - Irma Raatma An opinion of the acquisition of Estonian literature and reading, expressed in the light of the opposition between authors and librarians. Namely, the authors accuse librarians of too scanty acquisition and recommendation of Estonian belles letters. (A speech of the Chairperson of the Rural Libraries’ Section of the Estonian Librarians’ Associations at the ELA speech meeting.) RESEARCH LIBRARIES The Cultural Axis of Tallinn is Being Formed - Andres Kollist The Academic Library of Tallinn University cele­brated its 60th anniversary on 5th of April. The artic­le provides an overview of libraries’ role in cultu­ral and human environment and of the plan to develop the Academic Library on the Rävala Ave­nue, being the cultural axis of Tallinn, into a new centre, Academicum. The Chronology of Changes in the Existence of the Academic Library of Tallinn University - Dimitri Kaljo Important events in and facts about the history of the Library. From the project ERIK@ Towards the Archives of Web Resources - Kairi Felt In 2000, the National Library of Estonia initiated an online publications project, ERIK@ (Eesti Ressursid Internetis: Kataloogimine ja Arhiveerimine; Estonian Resour­ces on the Internet: Cataloguing and Archi­ving), with an aim to develop the environment for collecting, recording and archiving online publications, important to the Estonian national culture. Seve­ral years later, bibliographic description of online publications, and entering into the INNOPAC system, which data is reflected in the electronic catalogue ESTER, began. In the autumn of 2005, the ERIK@ project was terminated. Work with online publi­cations has become a part of the National Libra­­ry’s everyday activities. Online publications are described and saved in a separate host computer. An integrated archives of Estonian Web resources that will be also called ERIK@ is being created. On 1 June 2006, an amendment to the Estonian Legal Deposit Copy Act will take effect, pursuant to which all legal and natural persons and state and local authorities are obliged to submit legal deposit copies of the material, important to the national culture, that they have made available on the Internet. The reUSE project. DIGAR, a Digital Archiving System DIGAR - Krista Kiisa, Rita Enna In June 2006 an international cooperation project, reUSE, funded by the European Commission, will come to an end. The aim of the joint project of eight libraries was to create a reliable digital archiving system that meets the long-term requirements of materials in Austria, Estonia and Germany for storing and making publicly accessible preprint files. The digital archives of the National Library of Estonia is available at the Web address: http://digar.nlib.ee Olga Einasto: Lending Robots Cannot Smile - Ellen Arnover A conversation about the qualities of a good librarian with Olga Einasto, the Head of Tartu University Library’s Service Department, who was announced the third best at the Contest of the Estonian Best Client Service Staff 2006. LIBRARY EDUCATION Information Studies Department in the Context of Changes - Sirje Virkus Sirje Virkus, who will hold the post of the Head of the Information Studies Department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tallinn University since this year’s September, provides an overview of the changes in the library and information science education. Proceeding from changes in the information environment, the discussion is going on and solutions sought in library and information science training institutions in the following realms: (1) orientation of curriculum, (2) spheres of competence, necessary for library and information specialists, (3) content and structure of curriculum, (4) teaching and evaluation methods, (5) alternative training methods, (6) quality assurance, and (7) internationalisation. The present article provides an overview of the activities of the Information Studies Department of Tallinn University. BOBCATSSS as an Experience at the International Level - Lilian Viirma, Gisela Sau, Shvea Sogenbits, Eva Lehtla, Sirje Virkus The library and information science students from Tallinn University and Denmark organised the Symposium, held in 2006 in Tallinn. In the article, the members of the steering committee analyse the organisation of and issues treated at the Symposium. Once Again About Professional Qualification - Mati Muru Thoughts about librarians’ professional standard, attestation of professional qualifications, professional examination, vocational and further training. Of the author’s opinion, both the professional standard should be amended as well as vocational training organised on other principles than today. NOTA BENE! The Development Plan of the Ministry of Culture - Siim Sukles An overview of the Ministry of Culture’s Strategic Development Plan for the Years 2007–2010, approved on 29 March 2006. The document analyses the current situation in the Ministry’s areas of responsibility, sets the goals and activities for reaching them. The article treats more in-depth issues related to the development of libraries. Archiving of Legal Deposit Copies - Ülle Talihärm About the amendment to the Estonian Legal Deposit Copy Act. The National Library of Estonia Act Was Amended - Tiiu Valm The Director General of the National Library of Estonia comments on the National Library of Estonia Act and Riigikogu Rules of Procedure Act Amendment Act, passed by the Riigikogu on 16 February 2006. TERMINOLOGY New and Amended Information Science Terms. Vol. 2 - Siiri Lauk The third piece published in an annual column that will focus on library terminology throughout the year 2006 introduces certain library terms that have been approved by the Estonian Librarians’ Association’s Committee on Terminology. It examines different approaches to the term public library in the Estonian language. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND WE Information and Consulting Services for Citizens - Aigi Kasvand The present piece in the series of articles, “Whence to Get Information about the European Union?”, introduces sources that provide information about the entrepreneurship and internal market of the EU. ESTONIAN LIBRARIANS’ ASSOCIATION The First Joint Information Day - Irma Raatma On the first joint information day of school, rural and children’s libraries, held on 13 March 2006, Estonian belles lettres and children’s literature were talked about. The ISI Databases and Using them for Evaluating Scientific Output - Katrin Gottlob An overview of the seminar on the same theme, organised by the Special Libraries’ Section of the Estonian Librarians’ Association. CONFERENCES & SEMINARS The Ways for Progress in Virtual Reference Service - Triinu Seppam, Reelika Punab An overview of the 5th Nordic Conference on Virtual Reference, “Machine or Mate?”, held on 23–24 March 2006 in Helsinki, where Reelika Punab from Tallinn Central Library also presented a paper, “Virtual Reference Services in Estonia”. The ODINECET Project Supports Further Education and Cooperation - Maria Kalentshits, Pille Tool The Libraries of the Estonian Marine Institute of the University of Tartu and the Estonian Maritime Academy cooperate with other aquatic libraries in Central and Eastern Europe within the framework of a joint project. An overview of the meeting of the project partners, held on 25 March 2006 in Belgium, and a two-week further training courses for information specialists. Winter Seminar at Kääriku - Malle Ermel Winter seminar for research libraries, held on 8–9 March at Kääriku, focused on drawing up the development plan for the ELNET Consortium. Juvenile Literature in Tartu - Ädu Neemre At the Day of Original Children’s Literature, held on 12 April in Tartu Public Library, the reception of juvenile literature and juvenile books in printed media and in the Internet, and the attitude towards traditions, travelling and fathers in juvenile literature were talked about. NEWS Lea Arme Has Written the Most Popular Child­ren’s Book - Ivika Türkson Tallinn Central Library awarded the prize for the most popular children’s book among the readers of the Library, published in 2005. The prize went to Lea Arme for Duubeltüdruk (Retaken Girl). Estonian Children’s Literature Goes to the Wide World - Anu Kehman The 7th Children’s Literature Road Table, organised by the Estonian Children’s Literature Information Centre on 6 April 2006, focused on translating Estonian children’s literature into other languages. The Bronze Chap Nukits Chose the Book of Limpa - Leida Olszak On 1 April, the Estonian Children’s Literature Information Centre announced the winners of the 8th Nukits-contest. Andrus Kivirähk, a writer, and Anni Mäger, an artist, won the prize for their book, Limpa ja mereröövlid (Limpa and the Pirates; Varrak, 2004). Cheers from the City of Fresh Breezes from the Sea! - Irina Zamarina Irina Zamarina, Acting Director of Sillamäe Town Central Library, introduces herself to the readers of Raamatukogu. Congratulations : Virve Ennosaar – 80 – a long-standing head of the Bibliography Department of the National Library of Estonia Linda Kask – 70 – member of the Estonia Librarians’ Association’s office In Memoriam : Linda Masing (1909–2006) – a long-standing employee of the State Library (the National Library of Estonia) and the State Book Chamber of the Estonian SSR, honorary member of Estonia Librarians’ Association Anne Skrõpnik (1940–2006) – a long-standing employee of Tallinn Central Library, later on becoming the Library’s Deputy Director and Director Voldemar Miller(1911–2006) – historian, a long-standing Head of the Baltic Literature Department of the Academic Library of Tallinn University, researcher of book and publishing culture, honorary member of Estonia Librarians’ Association

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2006 - 2, 1 2005 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 2004 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 2003 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

2002 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 2001 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 2000 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 1999 - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2