Author:
Gabriela Urm

Open Access Week 2010

The University of Tartu Library took part in the international Open Access Week.

A two-day conference was held in the University of Tartu Library on the 19th of October – 20th of October 2010 to celebrate Open Access Week and introduce the concept and aim of open access publishing. Although the annual Open Access Week was globally held already for the fourth time, it was not until 2010 that Estonia became represented in the event.

The aim of the conference in Tartu was to introduce the opportunities that digital library offers to libraries, universities and other institutions, focusing especially on the principles and aims of open access movement. The purpose of introducing the concept of open access was for the open access literature to form a strong basis for education and research. The conference succeeded in explaining the advantages of open access publishing by describing the local, as well as international experiences in the field.

The programme ended with a round-table discussion, during which a number of important questions about the future of open access in Estonia were raised and discussed.

In addition to the conference there were also different information desks in the University of Tartu Library to introduce the following:

  • The University of Tartu Library's open access gate
  • E-readers
  • The first scanner-robot in Estonia
  • Self-service scanning
  • eBook on Demand service

 

PROGRAM

19th of October
Open Access and digital library

  • Opening words. Martin Hallik, director of the Tartu University Library
  • Open Access to scientific information. Merit Burenkov, Tartu University Library
  • Open Access databases. Vilve Seiler, Tartu University Library
  • E-textbooks in Estonian in the Ebrary database. Signe Bachmann, Tartu University Library
  • University of Tartu digital collections. Anneli Sepp, Tartu University Library
  • EOD service – millions of books just a click away. Elena Sipria-Mironov, Tartu University Library
  • Looking for a needle in the haystack: Estonian Literary Museum information environments. Mare Kõiva and dr. Marin Laak, Estonian Literary Museum
  • Transformation from table-based video collection into video portal. Toomas Petersell, University of Tartu

20th of October 
Open Access – Estonian research opportunity

The programme will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the following participators: Kristjan Haller, Andres Koppel, Volli Kalm, Jaak Järv, Irja Lutsar, Kärt Nemvalts, Marika Meltsas, Focko Robbert van Berckelaer, Rainer Kuhlen. The discussion will be administered by Martin Hallik, director of the Tartu University Library.

 

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