18th Annual EINIRAS Conference
"Libraries Serving the Policy-Makers"
18-19 September 2008, Tallinn
Hosted by the Estonian School of Diplomacy and the National Library of Estonia

September 18

Venue: Small Conference Hall of the National Library of Estonia

09:00 - 10:00

Registration and finalisation of TG reports by task groups *

10:00 - 10:20

Opening addresses
Ms Eva Sodomova, EINIRAS President
Mr Ekke Nõmm, Director of the Estonian School of Diplomacy
Mr Janne Andresoo, Director of the National Library of Estonia.

10:20 - 12:00

EINIRAS Business (Small Conference Hall + Corner Hall)
Chair: Ms Eva Sodomova, EINIRAS President

• Task group reports (presentation by Axel Huckstorf)
• EINIRAS constitution
• Website & EDN
• Enriched Link Database project on behalf of ECMI (presentation by William McKinney)
• Other presentations

Session 1: Estonian foreign policy research

Chair: Mr Ekke Nõmm, Estonian School of Diplomacy

12:00 - 12.30

Estonian foreign policy research community
Dr Vahur Made, Deputy Director, Estonian School of Diplomacy
(36KB)

12:30 - 13:00

Estonian foreign policy decisions and public opinion
Mr Hannes Rumm, MP, Estonian Parliament
(147KB)

13:00 - 13.15

Discussion

13.15 - 14:15

Lunch (Restaurant of the National Library of Estonia)

Session 2. What information can libraries and research community offer?

Chair: Mr Vahur Made, Estonian School of Diplomacy

14:15 - 14:45

Relevant Databases in the field of International Relations and Area Studies
Dr. Petra Galle, SWP German Institute for International and Security Affairs
(407KB)

14:45 - 15.15

Supportive system and information services for Estonian Parliament (presentation 1 | presentation 2)
Ms Siiri Sillajõe, Deputy Head of  the Economic and Social Information Department, Chancellery of the Estonian Parliament
(1.5MB)
Marju Rist, Head of the Centre of Information Services for  MPs, Estonian  National Library
(258KB)

15:15 - 15:45

DIGAR as the Way and Possibility to Re-use the Publications of Public Sector
Ms Kairi Felt, Chief Specialist of e-Collections, National Library of Estonia
(2.4MB)

15:45 - 16:15

Applying for two-ways communication between information specialists and policy-makers
Ms Õnne Mets, Head of the Department of Public Relations,  National Library of Estonia
(787KB)

16:15 - 16:45

Introduction to new ISN website (isn.ethz.ch)
Mr Jonathan Landau, International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich.

Conference dinner (Seafood restaurant 'Mõõkkala')

September 19

Session 3. Information produced through the policy process

Chair: Mr Ekke Nõmm, Estonian School of Diplomacy

10:00 - 10:30

Estonian NGOs as the actors in the policy-making process
Ms Ülle Lepp, Researcher, Centre of Information services for  MPs, National Library of Estonia
(300KB)

10:30 - 11:00

Databases of the National Library in the Service of Governmental Institutions
Ms Külli Solo, Leading specialist, National Library of Estonia
(748KB)

11:00 - 11:30

Information on International Organization in the Service of policy makers
Ms Jane Makke, Head of Section, National Library of Estonia.
(348KB)

11:30 - 12:00

Discussion

12.00 - 13:00

Lunch (Restaurant of the National Library of Estonia)

Session 4. IT in service of international and area studies

Chair: Mr Axel Huckstorf, German Institute for International and Security Studies

13:00 - 13:30

How best to e-archive non-text based materials
Mr Raivo Ruusalepp. Datastorage expert, Estonian Business Archives
(448KB) .

Digimedia: Estonian experience
Mr Peeter Marvet. Digimedia expert, Tehnokratt Project
(slideshare)

14:00 - 14:30

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial information management tools: Estonian experience
Mr Villem Alango, Head of the software development department, Datel Co.
(2.3MB)

14:30 - 15:10

Discussion

15:15 - 15:30

Closing the conference

16.00 - 17.00

Guided tour of the National Library of Estonia.