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Tallinn Mobile Library: Bringing Books to Your Doorstep

Discover the Tallinn Central Library Mobile service, with 26 stops in Tallinn, providing books, magazines, and audio books in multiple languages. Join library events and classes for all ages!

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Tallinn Mobile Library: Bringing Books to Your Doorstep

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  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 ForeignLanguages • Music Department 17 Branch Libraries 1 Mobile Library 427 267inhabitants

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

  4. 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 %

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

  6. Howto 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

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

  8. 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)

  9. 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

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

  11. 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 • 19 553 books

  12. “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

  13. “Summer with a book”

  14. “Summer with a book”

  15. Last year in numbers • 13 hours a week • 127 days on the route • 1107 patrons • 1091 borrowers • 9133 visits • 16 264 books borrowed • 13 events, 2035 participants • 42 library classes, 754 participants

  16. www.facebook.com/KatarinaJee

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

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