1. 2 in 1: Combining the Seemingly Uncombinable Vaiko Sepper Inspire and Transform: Regenerating Services Peebles, 3-5 June 2008

2. The Republic of Estonia Area: 45,000 km² Islands: 1500 Lakes: 1200 Rivers: 7000 Population: 1.3 million  Estonians – 900 000  Other nationalities – 400 000

3. First mentioned in 1154 Population 400,000 UNESCO World Heritage Site since1997 The European Capital of Culture 2011 Skype – Tallinn IT start-up

10. Libraries in Estonia Number of libraries StaffCollections Research and special libraries 60105064 million Public libraries 570168011 million School libraries 4505905 million Total1080332080 million

11. Use of Library Services Registered users – 750 000 Visits – 11 million Loans - 16 million Loans per user-21

12. 2 in 1 The Repository Library of Estonia Background Receive, store and make available low-use but valuable material Redistribute documents Branch: The Estonian Library for the Blind Provide access to information for the visually impaired readers

13. Staff/Budget Administered by the Ministry of Culture Library Board – 6 members Staff  Repository Library - 22  Library for the Blind -11 Annual budget – total £500 000

14. Selection Criteria Material selected for storage by owner library Ownership delegated to the Repository Library Only foreign language material stored No-duplicates policy observed

15. Cataloguing Estonian Libraries Network Consortium established in 1996 (13 members) joins libraries into an integrated electronic library system manages the jointly generated union catalogue ESTER ESTER includes 2,2 million bibliographic records 200 000 new records added in 2007 20 000 records added by the Repository Library of Estonia

16. Collection Total collection - 485 000 items Additions in 2007 -10 000 items Books – 90% Periodicals – 10% Usage  Reading-room  Inter-library loan  Electronic document delivery

18. Redistribution of Documents Total collection: 820 000 In 2007 received 210 000 items Donated to other libraries 42 000 items Discarded 200 000 items

19. The Estonian Library for the Blind Main Functions producing audiobooks on CD-s in mp3 format editing and printing Braille materials making tactile maps and pictures for Braille books providing library services digitation and restoration of old audiobooks

20. The Estonian Library for the Blind Holdings Audiobooks – 2000 titles Braille books – 600 titles Tactile books – 50 titles Yearly production 75 titles of audiobooks 60 titles of Braille books 8 titles of talking periodicals

21. Thank you! vaiko@hoiuraamatukogu.ee www.hoiuraamatukogu.ee