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	2007
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2007 nr. 3

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Dear colleague, This year we celebrate two anniversaries important for the development of our profession. Eighty years ago the University of Tartu started to educate librarians. This was initiated by the then Director of Tartu University Library, Friedrich Puksoo, who posed an university degree as a precondition for working at a research library. Fifty-five years ago the present Viljandi Culture Academy of the University of Tartu was established. It has predominantly educated public librarians since. Both educational establishments provided the future librarians with a lot of knowledge about literature and history besides bibliographical themes. The first mentioned subjects that carry on continuity have bonded together librarians both socially as well as culturally, the task that information sciences of today fail. That was the opinion of Vallo Kelder, expressed in his speech at the anniversary party of Viljandi Culture Academy. He made a synopsis of the core of library science discussed at the ALA Annual Conference and found that the future is quite intimidating, because machines are trying to make use of us more and more. The power of machinery is ever more topical in America. An internationally recognised technology expert, Stephen E. Arnold, also treated the theme in his paper, presented on the 4th Information Policy Forum at the National Library of Estonia in the early spring this year. He found that information technology companies invest a lot of time and money into generating new technologies and more often these technologies try to do everything for the user, guiding his/her information searches and, by that, depriving the user from the freedom of choice. Hence, the user must be capable to evaluate and give sense to information and be posted up with the possibilities and dangers related to search engines. Information society is considered to be a completely new level in human history. However, Alistair Black – an author already known to our readers – is of the opinion the present information society conceives anything neither innovational nor epochal. Observing in the third part of his article historical information societies, he comes to the conclusion that human kind has constantly gathered and systemised various kind of information – only the means of storing and communicating knowledge have changed. At the same time, he states that predictions on the major efficiency factor of the use of information technology have been overestimated. Enjoy reading in the summer that promises to turn out hot in this year, too! Ene Riet Editor

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FIRST COLUMN Libraries and Our Russians - Asko Tamme April events in Tallinn, triggered by the transportation of the Bronze Soldier from Tõnismägi, has ruined the trust between Estonians and Russians towards each other and towards their state. The author is of the opinion that our Russians still trust libraries. Besides simply informing about Estonian affairs, libraries’ mission is to help people to get along with their lives, to invigorate active citizens, and to offer people means of self-affirmation and continuous self-education. RESEARCH LIBRARIES Information History III - Alistair Black The third part of an article on information history that will be published in several journal issues focuses on monitoring, infrastructure of and communication in the information society and information policies of the past. In time several radical changes have taken place in human communication since people learned to speak and invented the alphabet. Victorian information society, e.g. the system how British colonial authorities consolidated information from dispersed parts of the empire, can be, for instance, an example from the 19 th century. The Centre for Early Printed Book in the Academic Library of Tallinn University - Katrin Kaugver The Centre for Early Printed Book was established in the Academic Library of Tallinn University. The aim of the centre is to coordinate the institutions dealing with early printed books based on the collections of Baltic and rare books and to promote early printed books as sources for research and objects for preservation. EIGHTY YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN ESTONIA The Provision of Professional Library Education Started in the University of Tartu - Malle Ermel The courses of library matters launched during the spring semester of 1927 in the University of Tartu gives a reason to celebrate the 80th anniversary of higher library education in Estonia. The article provides an overview of teaching librarianship in Tartu up to 1965, when educational activities in the field were transferred to Tallinn Pedagogical University. Teaching Librarianship in Viljandi - Ilmar Vaaro Up to joining the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy with its Library, Information Science and Document Management Department had ope­rated as an institution of higher education for fourteen years already and even before that its curricula had certain elements of an institution of higher education. The article aims to outline the latter ones. SCHOOL LIBRARIES Pros and Cons of Integrated School and Public Lib­raries - Ester Sõrmus The article is based on the impressions gained at the Estonian national inspection of upper secon­dary school libraries. A Remark Tiina Matsulevitš, Piia Selge Answers to the editor’s inquiries about the results of the Estonian national inspection of upper secondary school libraries. PUBLIC LIBRARIES The Central Library was Established in the City of Kohtla-Järve Sixty Years Ago - Aime Aarmaa An overview of Kohtla-Järve Central Library’s past and present day. How Kiidjärve Library’s Jubilee was Celebrated - Krista Pikk Kiidjärve Public Library celebrated its a half of the century activities with a jubilee month. The article provides an overview of the past and present undertakings of the library. NOTA BENE! Mandatory Agreements between Employee and Employer - Heli Naeris An overview of mandatory conditions upon which employee and employer have to agree while entering into contract of employment. E-LIBRARY Can We Satisfy with Google? A brief overview of a conference, held in January 2007 in the the University of Tartu, dealing with the role of information and information specialists in modern organisation. Lost in Information Space A brief overview of a conference, held in February 2007 in the National Library of Estonian, dealing with the present day and the future of information search. Development Plan for the Years 2007–2012 An overview of the National Library of Estonia’s e-library development plan for the years 2007–2012. TERMINOLOGY There is no Such a Thing as homepage! - Mait Talts The author is of the opinion that besides sait (site) and veebisait (Web site) there should be certainly a term kodulehekülg (homepage) to mark Web pages on the Internet in the Estonian language. Unfortunately, the Estonian Language Planning Dictionary, ÕS 2006, does not include such a word. A Remark - Siiri Lauk The leading specialist on terminology of the Research and Development Centre of the National Library of Estonia points out that the ÕS does not include all the words in Estonian, as dictionaries of special terminology complement the publication. Terminology standard EVS-ISO 5127 : 2004 marked the term kodulehekülg (homepage) as an inadvisable form to use. BOOK HISTORY How to Portray a Bibliophile - Vallo Raun An overview of bibliophilism and bibliophiles in Estonia. The author focuses mostly on the era from the collapse of the Soviet state up to the present. He divides it into three periods: 1977–1986 – the Russian period with its own rules and regulations, when something interesting or banned might had been by mistake offered on the shelves of secondhand bookstores; 1987–1996 – the development of national conciousness, when first private secondhand bookstores were established and book auctions were initiated; 1997–2006 – the development of normal bibliophilism, where rare books have been auctioned both in Estonia as well as abroad. Books are Body and Soul to a Bibliophile An abstract of a Finnish bibliophile Anna Perälä’s meditation upon the essence of bibliophilism in a publication, Bibliofilia No 5/2006. In her article she also refers to well-known bibliophiles who have worked as librarians. 50 + 1 Years of the Series, Loomingu Raamatukogu - Anu Saluäär 1,344 books have been published in the series in the course of fifty years. The article provides an overview of the content of the series during the period of its publication, of what was published to celebrate its jubilee, and of the publishing plans for the year 2007. ESTONIAN LIBRARIANS’ ASSOCIATION Baltic Librarians in Tallinn - Toomas Schvak An overview of the the 8th Congress of Baltic Librarians, held from May, 17-19, 2007 in Tallinn, that focused on the preservation of cultural heritage in electronic environment. Mostly, There is not Enough Money, and Sometimes Justice Runs Short, too - Vaike Kurel An overview of the Information Day for School Lib­raries, “Money and Justice for School Libraries”, that predominantly focused on the Act to Amend Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act, passed in December 2006. How to Achieve Effective Cooperation? - Sirje Nilbe A brief overview of subject indexing seminar held in April 2007 An Information Day of Old Book Section - Katrin Kaugver An overview of the information day for introducing the databases, services and new developments of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL), held in the Academic Library of Tallinn University in April 2007 NEWS Tartu University Library was Recognised Worldwide The IFLA contest for international marketing prize was won by Tartu University Library’s project “The Night Library and the Library for Student Mothers”. Olga Einasto, the Head of the Library’s Service Department, compiled the project presentation. Vandals also Violated the National Library of Estonia - Ene Riet On 27–28 April 2007 a riot and vandalising took place in Tallinn because of the beginning of exhumation process near by the Bronze Soldier and transportation of the sculpture from the front park of the National Library. The Library also suffered in the course of events. The Estonian Children’s Literature Centre News On the 10 th of April the Prize for the new logotype of the Centre was awarded. The prize went to Joonas Sildre. On the 13th of April the cornerstone of the Centre’s new building on Pikk street 73 was set. On the 8 th of May the regular Muhv Prize was awarded. It went to Leelo Tungal for introducing and promoting children’s literature in an Estonian journal, Hea Laps. Children Read Ruudi - Ivika Türkson On the 2nd of April Tallinn Central Library awarded the Prize for the most readed book for children from the Library’s collection, published in 2006. The prize went for Ruudi by Aarne Mägi and Aare Toikka. A Remark: I Want to Book a Room in a Library Hotel - Juhani Pütsepp The author is of the opinion that libraries should provide a service of storing books from private collections for a certain time. Congratulations: Milvi Tedremaa – 70, a long-standing Director of the Estonian Medical Library Saima Andla – 65, Director of Pärnu Central Library Mihkel Reial – 60, Director of Technology Services of the National Library of Estonia, the Chairman of the Board of Estonian Libraries Network Consortium (ELNET). In memoriam: Elvi Voormaa (4 January 1936 – 12 April 2007) – Director of Tartu County Library, a long-standing educationalist in the National Library of Estonian’s Methodology Department, employee of the Estonian Repository Library

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