{"id":1213,"date":"2025-03-04T14:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testdigar2.rara.ee\/cultural-heritage-digitisation-projects\/eesti-trukise-punane-raamat\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:13:28","slug":"estonian-printed-heritage-red-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.digar.ee\/en\/thematic-pages\/cultural-heritage-digitisation-projects\/estonian-printed-heritage-red-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian Printed Heritage Red List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“There are many publications that are highly endangered, and the red list is a reminder to pick out the hundreds or thousands of millions and deal with these red list nominees,\u201d commented<\/a> Mari Siiner, Chair of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage on 20th<\/sup> February 2004.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The aim of the project, which started in 2001, was to compile a list of priority, endangered and rare books for the preservation of national memory, digitise the selected publications, make them available and mark them in an e-catalogue and the DIGAR portal. As rare books of high value for Estonian history, science and cultural history are located in various Estonian memory institutions – libraries, archives and museums – several institutions across Estonia were involved in the project. It was also taken into account that a significant part of the rare books are in private hands and, due to historical events, also outside Estonia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The project was carried out in two parts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stage I (2001\u20132006) involved work on books from the years 1535\u20131850 (the original list contained 413 books). The working group consisted of Krista Aru, Estonian Literary Museum; Kurmo Konsa, University of Tartu; Tiiu Reimo, Tallinn University \/ Academic Library of Tallinn University; and Mari Siiner, National Library of Estonia (coordinator). The aforementioned institutions, along with the Tallinn City Archives, the Estonian Historical Archives, the L\u00e4\u00e4nemaa Museum, the Conservation Centre Kanut, and Vallo Raun, contributed to the completion of the work. The project was made possible through targeted funding from UNESCO and the Estonian Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage II involved work with books from the years 1851\u20131917 (the original list included 1,526 books). The project to compile the list involved the Archival Library of the Estonian Literary Museum, the National Library of Estonia, the Academic Library of Tallinn University, and the University of Tartu Library. The project was managed by the Consortium of Estonian Libraries Network (ELNET).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ensuring the preservation and accessibility of the Estonian Printed Heritage Red List and manuscript source texts of Estonian culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2010\u20132012, a total of 240,000 pages of publications and archival materials significant to Estonian culture from the archives of the Literary Museum were digitised with the support of the European Regional Development Fund project “Ensuring the preservation and accessibility of the Estonian Printed Heritage Red List and manuscript source texts of Estonian culture.” Funding was provided through the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, with the Information System Authority (RIA) acting as the implementing agency. The digitisation was carried out by the National Library of Estonia, the files were archived and made available in DIGAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most representative part of the manuscripts from the Estonian Folklore Archives and the Estonian Cultural History Archives was digitised during the project. The manuscripts were conserved by O\u00dc Mandragora<\/a> and digitised by the University of Tartu Library. The digitised material is available in the Estonian Literary Museum’s information system KIVIKE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Eesti-Ma Rahwa Kalender, ehk T\u00e4ht-Ramat 1732. Aasta pe\u00e4le<\/strong>.
The oldest surviving Estonian calendar, of great circulation, use and significance for the rural way of life. It is an original copy and the only known Estonian-language edition from 1731.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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