Estonian overview Anneli Sepp Database Manager of ELNET Consortium
The non-profit organisation Estonian Libraries Network Consortium was founded on April 4, 1996 The main areas of activity are: management and development of the integrated library system Millennium and the shared e- catalog ESTER coordination of the acquisition of electronic publications between the member libraries of the Consortium initiation and coordination of various cooperation projects
2 systems - TALIN and TARTU 1997/1998 – implementation 13 member libraries WebPAC Pro in Estonian and English Core Millennium modules: Cataloging, Circulation, Acquisition, Serials, Administration Server - Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Software version - Rel. 2007
TALLINN Academic Library of Tallinn University Estonian Academy of Arts Library Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Library Estonian Art Museum Library National Library of Estonia Repository Library of Estonia Tallinn Central Library Tallinn University of Technology Library
TARTU Estonian Literary Museum Archival Library Estonian National Museum Library Library of Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu Public Library University of Tartu Library
Different library types Public libraries University libraries Museum libraries Repository library National library
Size of Databases User licences unlimited web TALLINN (8) bibliographic records item records patron records authority records 135 course records TARTU (5) bibliographic records item records patron records authority records 28 course records
Additional III products Deposit Collection (summer 2008) Patron Online Registration (winter 2008/2009) Local Reference Database (autumn 2008)
Working groups in ELNET Articles Cataloguing and Authority records Digitalisation Indexing and Subject headings Periodicals Services Database management
Intranet of ELNET
Summer and winter seminars Summer seminar (Estonian IUG) in 2 parts – has been organized already 7 years. First part is overview of news and most interesting papers of IUG meeting in USA by these colleges, who have attended the meeting. First part takes place every year in the different library. Second part takes place out of town, it’s 2 days seminar for discussions and negotiations of details and timetable for implementing new features in our system.
Winter seminars Tradition of winter seminars began in 1997, after Implementation of Innopac system into 2 different servers. There was (and is) need for more close contacts between different libraries for working together more smoothly.
Estonian IUG 2008
What is new More libraries My ESTER to the OPAC first page My lists My ratings Forgot your Pin? Permanent URL for this record EOD links More links to music, full text, video Tallinn Central Library Kids catalog New scope for online resources Each scope has special design Google Analytics Raports
Google Statistics Visitors Overview 2,495 Visits 1,806 Absolute Unique Visitors 26,190 Pageviews Average Pageviews 00:10:23 Time on Site
Next steps... Online Patron Registration Local Reference database OPAC: Book covers EOD service to Tartu ESTER Patron comments More links to online resources
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