Topic: university

The first stage of the UT Library renovation has been completed and parts of the building will be opened for readers on 25 April at 12.00. Although the renovation of the library will continue, students will soon be able to prepare for their spring exams in the new environment.

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) and TU Library are inviting you to use 30 days Trial to the entire content of www.jove.com at University of Tartu between 04th of April and 03rd of May 2018. In the mentioned period you have unlimited access to the first and the only (from 2006) peer-review video-article database with an Impact Factor (IF) in science, medicine and engineering. Please, feel free to use 8.000+ video-articles from Video Journal and almost 600 visualizations from Science Education.

Biographical reference book Lexikon der Studenten aus Estland, Livland und Kuraland an Europäischen Universitäten 1561-1800, discussing the learning mobility of students coming from the Baltic area, was recently published and a copy of the book has just been added to the collections of the UT Library.

Opening hours of UT Library during Easter Holidays: 29 March - 9-19, pop-up reading rooms (Veski str) 9-21 30 March - closed 31 March - 12-16, pop-up reading room closed 01 April - closed. Happy Easter!

The traditional two-day Winter Seminar of memory institutions that takes place on March 13 and 14, organised by the UT Library, focuses on data protection and relevant legislation. As a tradition, the meeting place is Kääriku.

The unpacking and re-shelving of books in the newly renovated library stacks has already started and the UT Library invites its university staff members and students to volunteer in the cleaning of books.

Starting from 1 March, the UT Library will provide a new service for students who are writing their final theses. The service is in the form of personal consultations, given by the specialists of the Service Department and the Department of Subject Librarians.

Starting from today, the UT Library will daily upload the digitised version of the newspaper Postimees, which was published on that day 100 years ago. This is a gift from the library for the 100th birthday of the Republic of Estonia.

Dear readers! On Friday, 23 February the UT library main building (Struve str) and pop-up reading rooms (Liivi str) are open until 12. On Saturday, 24 February the library is closed. On Sunday, 25 February the library is closed, pop-up reading rooms in Veski str are open 12-18. Happy Independence Day!

Our 9th vlog episode should be particularly interesting for these people who want to know how an old book is restored. Did you know that before restoration all pages must be washed separately? How to treat the paper so that it would be possible to read the book even after a century? Is it possible to restore the parts that are made of leather?