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Starting from 23 May 2016, the UT Library, in cooperation with the UT Student Body Foundation, will for two weeks on Monday to Thursday be open for three additional hours. The children’s playroom Nimmik-Nummik will also be open during these weeks. Library hours: 23-26 May 09.00-01.00 30 May-02 June 09.00-01.00 Up to 1AM, students can use the open collections in all subject area reading rooms, group work rooms, book check-out, computer workstations and the great hall on the first floor.

Starting from today, you can use the chat window on the UT Library web-page to chat with librarians in real time, to ask questions about library services and collections. You will receive a prompt answer on Mon–Fri, 9–20. Questions asked outside the library hours will be answered by e-mail at the earliest possibility. Chat will work both in Estonian and in English.

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The UT Library wants to give thanks to all participants in the international user satisfaction survey. We received valuable information and feedback which will enable us to upgrade the quality of our services and to make our library space more user-friendly. We congratulate the seven lucky prize winners, who will get library souvenirs and comfortable knitted jumpers with the university logo.

To commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the 16th century Swiss universal scholar Conrad Gessner, the Zurich State Museum holds a special exhibition “Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)”. The exhibition is open from 17 March to 19 June 2016. (More information: http://www.gessner500.ch/).

On 21.03-21.04.2016, The University of Tartu Library participates in an international user satisfaction survey. Quality of library services is measured using the LibQUAL+ method developed by the American Association of Research Libraries. A number of libraries from Europe and the USA participate in the survey, the Estonian participants include the University of Tartu Library, the Tallinn University of Technology Library and the National Library.

UT Library has for already 19 times invited specialists from Estonian memory institutions to meet at the winter seminar in Kääriku. This year, the seminar is titled “Memory Institution – an Efficient Supporter of Research”. On 15 and 16 March, the participants analyse the role of libraries and memory institutions in research activities and discuss the ways of opening their collections and bringing research information quickly and easily to their users.

EBSCO e-book collection Academic Collection is open for trial up to 31 May at http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.utlib.ut.ee/. The collection contains e-books on all fields of science, including such well-known publishers as Brill, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Peter Lang, Royal Society of Chemistry, World Scientific Publishing Company, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., National Academies Press and others.

Stacks of the previous textbook collection under the entrance hall staircase are open on 8 – 10 March at 12-18; there are textbooks, monographs on various subjects and books of fiction in several languages. Give a book a new home! More information: Kertu Uri, Department of Collections Development, Head of Department Phone + 372 737 5752, [email protected] Kristhel Haak, Department of Collections Development, Librarian Phone + 372 737 5754, [email protected]

Stacks of the previous textbook collection under the entrance hall staircase are open on 1 – 3 March at 12-18; there are textbooks, monographs on various subjects and books of fiction in several languages. Give a book a new home!