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Tartu University Library is an
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Libraries established in 1802 Academic libraries in Estonia University of Tartu Buildings and structures in Tartu 1802 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Library-struct-stub
Tartu University Library is an academic library
An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...
in Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
, Estonia, belonging to the University of Tartu. It is the largest academic library in the country.
The library was founded in 1802 (with its forerunner from 1632). Holdings include approximately 3.7 million volumes. The collection is particularly rich in the field of semiotics.
The main building of the library is situated in the center of Tartu, on Struve Street 1.
Its holdings include memorial collections of Karl Ernst von Baer, Thomas Sebeok and many others.
From 1985 to 1988 Marju Lepajõe was Senior Librarian, Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books there.
See also
*EEVA
EEVA, ''Eesti vanema kirjanduse digitaalne tekstikogu'' ( Estonian for 'Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature'), is a project of the University of Tartu Library, Department of Literature and Folklore of the University of Tartu an ...
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