1. Tallinn University of Technology LIBRARY Overview of library services
Katri Mägi TTÜ Library Information Services Division
TTÜ Orientation Days August 30, 2018

2. General Introduction
TTÜ Library building has 5 floors, there are 400 study places, a computer lab, and group and individual study rooms. Study rooms can be reserved online free of charge.
Next to the main entrance there is a self-service book return machine. Thanks to it you have the possibility to return books even when library is closed.
On 2nd and 3rd Floor there are self-service borrowing machines.
Library has no separate silent reading rooms. Therefore 4th Floor in the library is a quiet study area – when you need to study in silence, go there. To make phone calls, use a soundproof phone booth.
Library’s collection includes over items. We provide a campus-wide access to approximately e-journals and e-books.
Visiting the library, you always need to register your visit with your library card. Coats and large bags should be left to the Wardrobe. Coffee cups are not allowed.

3. TTÜ library building is one of the coolest modern buildings in Tallinn.
Photo is taken during Orientation Days Photo Hunt in September 2016.

4. Library is the heart of the university, a place where students come together.
Photo is taken during Orientation Days Photo Hunt in August 2017.

5. The best place to charm girls is in front of the library :D
Photo is taken during Orientation Days Photo Hunt in August 2017.

6. Opening hours Mo - Fri 8.30–20.00 Sat 11.00–18.00
24/7 study room/night library (LIB-120)
Last Friday of a month is a clean-up day!

7. User registration With Estonian ID-card or Residence card Library card
free of charge
register at the Information Desk
also online registration (PIN1 and PIN2 are required)
Library card
2 € in cash
NB! Know your Student Code
To use the library, you need to register as library reader at the library’s Information Desk. Estonian ID-cards and residence cards can be used as library cards and the registration is then free of charge. There is also online self-registration available.
If you can’t wait until you get your ID-card or residence card, you can apply for a regular library card, which costs 2 euros.
By user registration, you should know your Student Code. Student Code contains from 6 numbers and letters, which show your study programme. Look it up in Studies Information System ÕIS and remember it!

8. Borrowing At any service desk Self Check-out on 2nd and 3rd floor
Open stack – pick a book
Storage – fill out a call slip
Up to 25 items at a time!
For borrowing you can pick books from open stack and borrow them at any service desk with the help of librarian or you can use self-service book borrowing machine (self check-out).
To order books or journals from the storage you need to fill out the call slip and bring it to the service centre on the 2nd floor. Requests are fulfilled in 5-15 minutes.
Students can borrow up to 25 items at a time.
You can return books to any service desk or you can use the self-service book return machine (self check-in) on the 1st floor.

9. Loan Periods Generally 30 days Books with yellow spot – 14 days
Books with blue spot – 7 days
Books with red spot and all journals – for in-library use only
Textbooks on 3rd floor – 90 days
General loan period in our library is 30 days. Books with shorter loan period are marked with different colours: books with a yellow spot on the cover are for two weeks, books with a blue spot are for one week and books with a red spot are for in-library use only. Textbooks can be borrowed for 90 days.
Journals are for in-library use only. In the open access area there are held journals of two last years, older journals are kept in storage – ask them from service centre on 2nd Floor.
You can extend loans as many times as you need, it is not limited.
When a book is already borrowed by somebody else, you can make a reservation for this book at any service desk. You can have up to 10 reservations at the same time.

10. Printing and copying
Self-services with ID-card or Tallinn Public Transport Card
Register your printing account at
Add credits to your account with PayPal or credit card
Upload PDF files
Choose a print point
Print In City is a public print and copy service. Register your printing account at:
Sign up with Google or Facebook account or with address.
Add money to your account with PayPal or a credit card.
To identify yourself at the printer you need ID-card or Tallinn Public Transport Card – add the number of a suitable card to your account.
For printing, upload your files in PDF format and choose the printing point. When you have set your address on the account settings page, you can upload documents also from your smartphone. In the library, printing devices are located in the in 24/7 study room (LIB-120), in the computer lab on 2nd floor and on 3rd floor. Only on 2nd floor there is a possibility for colored print and copies.
Also there are two devices in the hallway of Study Building number 4 and one in the IT building.

11. Scanning Self-service: Instant service: free of charge
on every floor
up to A4 size documents
On-Screen Manual
Instant service:
placing orders on the 5th floor
up to A2 size documents
OCR
Scanning as self-service is free of charge. In the library there are scanners on every floor. If you need help on scanning use On-Screen Manual or ask a librarian in Help Desk.
To use scanning as an instant service please contact the librarian on the 5th floor. By instant service the document size can be up to A2 and there is a possibility for optical text recognition.
It’s also possible to borrow a scanner from the 4th floor service desk to connect it with your own laptop. You can borrow other computer accessories too – mice, headphones, ID-card readers, portable power banks, etc.

12. Library webpage: www.ttu.ee/library
On the top you can find an important section for you – For Students.
Beneath it you can search for books, journals, articles, and more.
On the left side you can find library’s main information resources: Estonian online catalogue ESTER, e-resources portal PRIMO, databases and digital collection.
All our users have a campus-wide access to scientific databases. Students can use databases also outside the campus network thanks to the university’s remote access service. You can find remote access manual in the middle of the webpage. Also you can find here information about printing and copying and possibilities for renewing due dates.
On the right side there is information about user registration and study room reservation. Also you can ask questions via the online form and you will receive a reply via within 24 hours.

13. Estonian online catalogue ESTER www.ester.ee
Estonian online catalogue ESTER is a shared catalogue of Estonian biggest libraries. You can choose, do you want to search all libraries in Tallinn or choose a particular library. To find books from our library, choose TTÜ Library (Akadeemia tee 1) from the drop-down menu in the left.
You can search books by keyword, author, title, etc.

14. How to find a book from Open Stack
When you have found a book you need from the online catalogue, then observe the location (on which floor this book lies).
Write down or remember the book’s call number.
Check also the status of the book – is it available, only for in-library use or already borrowed.
By clicking on the little blue icon next to the status information, the floor plan and shelf number will be displayed to help you to find the book in the open shelves area.
Click here

15. Shelves are numbered for better orientation
Shelves are numbered for better orientation. On the floor plan the shelf you need to find is in red colour. Remember also the shelf number!

16. Subject names and numbers
Shelf number
Find the right shelf!
Books are organized by subjects and to every subject accords a certain number combination. You can see big labels on shelves with subject names and numbers.
Within one subject books are sorted by languages. There are 3 language groups – first there are books in Estonian, then in other languages in Latin alphabet and then in Russian.
Within one language group books are in alphabetical order.
Subject names and numbers

17. My ESTER In My ESTER you can: see your checkouts renew their due dates
view your overdue fines
see your book reservations
Very useful are the self service opportunities of My ESTER. My ESTER is your personal area in the catalogue, where you can see your checkouts and renew due dates by yourself. Instructions to log in to My ESTER you will get by user registration or from the librarian in the Helpdesk. Remember, that you do not need to log in to My ESTER when just searching books!
In addition, you need your My ESTER password to book study rooms at

18. How to find e-books and scientific articles
E-resources portal PRIMO
Campus-wide access
Also by remote access
login with Uni-ID
Check the remote access manual on library’s webpage
To find e-books or scientific articles, go to e-resources portal PRIMO – The portal enables to make a combined search among numerous databases provided by the library. With a simple search you will usually find too many results and you need to refine your search or use advanced search.
To find only scientific articles, limit your search to peer-reviewed journals. When you have found an interesting book or article, just click on the title and it takes you to the database where it is available.
You as TTÜ student can use e-resources also outside the campus thanks to the university’s remote access service. Check the remote access manual on library’s webpage!
To use remote access service you need to log in with your Uni-ID.

19. Uni-ID – your TTÜ username and password
Get it in:
IT HelpDesk, SOC-129, phone ,
Uni-ID is your TTÜ username and password to log in to classroom computers, to read TTÜ , to use library databases outside the campus and for many other services.
Ask your Uni-ID from university’s IT HelpDesk, room SOC-129 (contacts on the slide).
Estonian ID-card owners can also log in to to get their passwords.
A user guide how to create the Uni-ID you can find here:

20. See you in Library!
If you have questions or you need help, ask the librarians! I hope to see you soon in our Library!
Photo is taken during Orientation Days Photo Hunt in January 2017.