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Tartu University Library is an academic library in Tartu,
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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 in Tartu, Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
, belonging to the University of Tartu
The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...
. 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
Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes ( semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something ...
.
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
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn ( – ) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was ...
, Thomas Sebeok
Thomas Albert Sebeok ( hu, Sebők Tamás, ; 1920–2001) was a Hungarian-born American polymath,Cobley, Paul; Deely, John; Kull, Kalevi; Petrilli, Susan (eds.) (2011). Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs'. ...
and many others.
From 1985 to 1988 Marju Lepajõe
Marju Lepajõe (28 October 1962 - 4 July 2019) was an Estonian classical philologist, translator and religious historian.
Early life and education
Lepajõe was born on 28 October 1962 to the scientists Jaan Lepajõe ( et) (an expert in cere ...
was Senior Librarian, Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books there.
See also
* EEVAReferences
External links
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