1. Mobile Library Katarina Jee Tallinn Central Library
Annika Redi
Librarian
Joensuu
2013

2. Tallinn Central Library
3 departments:
Department of Estonian Literature
Department of Literature in Foreign Languages
Music Department
17 Branch Libraries
1 Mobile Library
inhabitants

3. Where do we go? Service available since 2008 Only in Tallinn
26 stops in total
Monday - Lasnamäe
Friday - schools,
Tuesday - Haabersti
kindergartens,
Wednesday - Nõmme
festivals
Thursday - Pirita

5. What do we have? Fiction and children's literature - 69,7%
Non-fiction – 28,6 %
Magazines – 1,5 %
Audio books – 0,2 %
In Estonian - 68,8 %
In Russian - 31,17 %
In English - 0,03 %

6. What can you borrow? Books (Estonian, Russian; for all ages)
Magazines (Estonian, Russian, English; for all ages)
Audio books (Estonian; children, adults)
4000 books in the bus
4500 books in reserved stock (by request)
E-catalogue ESTER

7. How to borrow?
Library card or Estonian ID-card (€0.05/€0.35/€1.00/free)
Books 21 days, renewed twice
Magazines 14 days, can’t be renewed
Audio books 7 days, can’t be renewed
No newspapers
30 items per person

8. Events/Library Classes
Free in Tallinn
Fridays, weekends
Schools, kindergartens - library classes
(25 kids, ~30 minutes)
Festivals (children, adult)
Another events

9. Interesting events International Children’s Day; Tallinn Zoo
Tallinn Zoo’s 73rd Birthday Celebrations (2012)
Tallinn’s Day
Europe’s Day
Mustamäe District’s 50th Birthday Celebration (2012)
IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki (2012)

10. Interesting events Cycling with Libraries (2012)
Party on Wheels (2010)
Puude taga on inimene (2013)
Mobile Library Festival
Nõmme district’s summer camp (2013)
Paul Pajos’s book presentation (2013)
Literary Bingo in Social Centres

11. Team work Branch libraries - Family Day - Youth Week
- Library Day of Lasnamäe
Librarians from other branch libraries

12. Gift for kids Competitions to encourage creativity
For 1st graders in Tallinn
2008 “Omad jutud” by kids
2009 “Väike puu ja rändur kuu” by Ülle Kütsen
2010 “Onu Heino Väike pere” by
Jaanus Vaiksoo
2011 “Suvevaheaeg koolis” by Kätlin Vainola
2012 “Armando” by Mika Keränen
books

13. “Summer with a book” 20 books in Russian 20 books in Estonian 2 months
A book pass
10 books
2 questions + drawing
10 stickers
Grande Finale

14. “Summer with a book”

15. “Summer with a book”

16. Last year in numbers 13 hours a week 127 days on the route
1107 patrons
1091 borrowers
9133 visits
books borrowed
13 events, 2035 participants
42 library classes, 754 participants

26. “Librarians are the secret masters of the world
“Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.”  ― Spider Robinson writer, Canada
Thank you!