1. 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia Estonian ILL: historical experience and today’s reality Maria Lushchik, Tartu University Library Margit Mikson, National Library of Estonia Maiu Sikk, Academic Library of Tallinn University

2. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia Statistics 2004 Population of Estonia 1 378 000 Number of libraries 574 Users of libraries 600 012 Loans 13 128 097

3. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia History I First example of ILL since 1830 at Tartu University Library All sorts of literature were ordered and sent: maps, letters, manuscripts etc. Main partners were German, Russian and Latvian libraries Estlandia

4. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia History II 1919 - ILL basic legislative acts approved in Tartu University Library 1924 - Parliament adopted ‘’Public Library Law’’ 1929 - library net was presented by 20 libraries in Europe 1930 - the first Baltic Congress of librarians took place in Riga,where ILL rules were agreed

5. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia History III 1940 - the annexation of Estonia by the USSR 1955 - ’’General regulations on the All-Union State System of ILL’’ was issued 1956 - the Estonian version of this act was published Middle 80-ies - about 60 000 requests processed annually

6. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia ILL today 1991 - Estonia regained its independence 1996 - the foundation of Library Consortium of Estonia the purchase of integrated library system INNOPAC 1996-1998 - transfer to Estonian Electronic Union Catalogue http://ester.nlib.ee/search/

7. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia Centers of the local and international ILL services National Library of Estonia; Tartu University Library; Academic Library of Tallinn University; Tallinn Technical University Library 402 libraries participate in ILL on local level - 8282 requests circulate inside republic 4 libraries conduct in international ILL - sending 8248 requests abroad 1999 - was adopted the last ILL legislative act

8. www.nlib.ee 9th ILDS Conference, Sept. 20-23, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia http://www.utlib.ee/en/ill/