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First time in history, the university library invites students to the morning library already from 6 a.m. The Morning Library which takes place from December 4 until December 8 is organized together with the UT Student Union.

The UT Library Calendar for 2024 focuses on Tartu, the European capital of culture next year, and displays the growth and development of the city over three centuries.

On Wednesday, October 25th, artist Kristel Schwede will open the exhibition "Those Horizons" on the third floor of the library.

On Thursday, November 2nd, at 2 p.m., the exhibition "Veterinary Medicine 175" by the Estonian University of Life Sciences will be opened in front of the first reading room of the UT Library.

The UT Library is organizing an Open Access Week from October 23 to 29 to promote and increase the use and publication of open access research information. Throughout the week, various events and initiatives will provide useful information about the opportunities and services related to open science.

The State Information System Authority (RIA) will close the private email addresses ([email protected]) created for email correspondence from November 1st.

On Wednesday, October 25th, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, a webinar titled "Data Protection in Research" will take place. This webinar is intended for researchers, doctoral students, research administrators, librarians, and other interested persons. The event is a part of the Open Access Week, which runs from October 23rd to October 27th.

As part of the Citizen Science project under the LibOCS initiative, the University of Tartu Library, in collaboration with partner libraries, has developed an open-access course for librarians. This course introduces citizen science and the role of libraries in contributing to its development.

On the third floor of the library, you can view the bookbinding exhibition "Artur Alliksaar - the King of Bohemians" by the Estonian Leatherwork Artists' Union until October 21st. The exhibition is inspired by the collection "Koirohukorjaja," compiled from Artur Alliksaar's poetry by Maarja Undusk and Külli Grünbach-Sein. Bookbinders were given these poems to create covers for them. This resulted in an exhibition of 34 leather artists' works, which is a tribute to the Bohemian King Artur Alliksaar on his 100th birthday.

UT library invites both first-year students and other new readers to get acquainted with the library. Over the next two weeks, the service department's employees are organizing tours to introduce the building and various services.

In front of the open stacks and on the exhibition area of the 2nd floor, photographer and video operator Jaak Kadarik will open his sales-exhibition "Viewpoint" on Friday, August 11th, at 2 p.m. The exhibition will showcase a variety of Kadarik's works, including analog photography, digital photo editing, experimental photography (deviations from classical chemical processing of analog photography, photograms, brush development, painting on photos), as well as gouache, oil, and acrylic paintings. Art pieces will be available for purchase.

On the third floor of the library, during the summer months, you can view the traditional Konrad Mägi Atelier artists' spring exhibition. According to Maire Aarsalu, one of the leaders of the Konrad Mägi Atelier and an artist, the main objective is to maintain the continuity with the historical Pallas Art School, where color is the primary means of expression for the painter. "As Heldur Viires used to say, painting is simple - it's about the right color in the right place," she added.

Dear readers! The libary is closed 22-25 June. From 26 June until 27 August the library is open Mon-Fri 12-18. On Saturdays and Sundays the library is closed.

Bentham Science Publishers journals and ebooks are open for trial in the UT network until 19th of August 2023. For journals: https://www.eurekaselect.com/bypublication For eBooks: https://www.eurekaselect.com/bybook

Dear readers! Due to the national holiday the library is closed on Sunday, 28 May.

UT Library invites all researchers and doctoral students to preserve their scientific presentations in the university's digital archive in DSpace. Collecting presentations is the next step following the poster collection campaign.

The Night Library, which is already 20 years old this year, starts on May 15th and lasts for five weeks. Although during this period students focus mainly on studying, the Night Library, together with the UT Student Union, plans to organize several events.

On Wednesday, April 19th at 5:15 pm, Talis Bachmann will present his recently published work "Cognitive Psychology in the Context of Criminal Law" at the University of Tartu Library.

As part of the LibOCS project, citizen science trainings will take place in Tartu on May 3 and Tallinn on May 4, aimed at library employees. The training aims to provide a closer look at citizen science and open science and to guide librarians on how to participate in citizen science projects.

The DataCite Estonia Consortium is organizing a seminar on Friday, May 5th, at Tallinn University of Technology titled "Open Science and Data Management - Mandatory and/or Beneficial?" to provide practical advice for better managing research projects and associated data. The seminar will cover requirements and principles for open science and research data management, including methods for collecting, documenting, and sharing data, archiving, and ethical aspects. In addition, relevant practices and university services for data management will be introduced.