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A travelling exhibition “Holy Father Pope Francis” will be opened in the UT Library, providing a survey of the life of Pope Francis until the moment he was elected Pope, also about his main messages. In addition, the exhibition reminds us of the visit of Pope St John Paul II in Tallinn 25 years ago. The exhibition consists of twelve stands with the texts and photos of the most important events in Pope Francis’s life. The texts are in Estonian and in English.

Starting from 1 October, all users need to identify themselves when accessing the Wi-Fi network in UT buildings, including the library. This requirement proceeds from the contractual obligations with the EENet and its aim is to maintain the security of our computer networks. Internet use in the buildings of the University of Tartu has been free of charge already for more than 10 years. So far, the visitors were able to use the UT-public network without any personal identification.

On Tuesday, 2 October, the exhibition titled “Roots and seedlings. An Album” of the works of the artist Enno Ootsing will be opened at the University of Tartu Library. The exhibition is dedicated to the 100th Jubilee of the Republic of Estonia and it shows 43 pieces of visual arts about the life in Estonia, particularly in Võrumaa.

On Monday 27 August, the University of Tartu Library again opened its doors to all readers. This summer the library was closed for two months to allow the renovation to progress as quickly as possible. From now on, the library is on workdays open already from 9 o’clock in the morning.

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Dear readers! Due to the pavement works in Akadeemia street, there is no the access to the returns locker today, 10 August. Books can be returned again on Monday. Sorry for the inconveniences!

On Thursday, 21 June the University of Tartu Library celebrates its 216th anniversary. A festive event will be held for the staff and guests in the conference hall of the library. On Thursday the library is open until 17. On Friday, 22 June the library is open 10-12.

UT Library will close for summer on 23 June. The doors will again be opened on 27 August. Books can be returned to the returns locker at the Akadeemia street entrance from Monday till Friday 9-17. Urgent questions will be answered on workdays 12–16 on the phone 737 5715.

The exhibition to celebrate the 70th jubilee of Tõnu Kollo, the mathematician and statistician, will be opened on the second floor of the UT Library on 1 June at 15.00.

University of Tartu Library, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Estonian Social Sciences Data Archive (ESTA) will hold the OpenAIRE national seminar “How to Get the Maximum from Research Data – Prerequisites and Outcomes” at the University of Tartu Library (W. Struve 1) on 29 and 30 May 2018. On 29 May, the seminar will start at 13.00.

Dear readers! On Sunday, 20 May, UT Library is closed due to a public holiday.

On 21 May, the UT Library will open its traditional Night Library. In addition to regular opening hours, during the next three weeks, from Monday to Thursday, the students can study in the library for three more hours; the library is open from 10.00 until 24.00.

On Thursday, 10 May at 5pm, the photo exhibition “SEQUENCES” will be opened at the University of Tartu Library. The exhibition grew out from the students’ works at the lecture series “Wild Aesthetics or How to Describe the Forest to Digital Hares” led by Peeter Laurits, the photo artist and University of Tartu Professor of Liberal Arts.

Dear readers! On Monday and Tuesday, 30 April and 1 May, the UT Library is closed.

The pop-up reading rooms on Veski Street, where the students could study and prepare for their exams since last summer, will be closed today. The library will open on this Wednesday and reading rooms at a separate location have fulfilled their purpose.

Visible Body 3D anatomy atlas has access untill 15.May to mobile devices including cell phones and tablets. Access to Visible Body on mobile devices is available off line without necessity of using wifi of University. Download app while logged in wifi eduroam or VPN. Registration is required when logging in first time. The following devices will support Visible Body mobile apps: o iPad 2 o iPad 3rd Generation

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!