{"id":627,"date":"2022-10-26T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T05:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rahvusraamatukogu.wp-dev.we.ee\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:16:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs uagb-block-b25961b5 uagb-tabs__wrap uagb-tabs__vstyle7-desktop uagb-tabs__vstyle6-tablet uagb-tabs__stack1-mobile\" data-tab-active=\"0\"><ul class=\"uagb-tabs__panel uagb-tabs__align-left\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"uagb-tab uagb-tabs__active\" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab0\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"0\" role=\"tab\"><div>About us<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab1\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\"><div>Team<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab2\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\"><div>Documentation<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab3\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\"><div>Contact us<\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"uagb-tabs__body-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-0\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the National Library of Estonia's Digilab!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the National Library of Estonia's Digilab is to make the data held by libraries more digitally accessible and usable, promote data enrichment, research, and innovation. In Digilab, cultural heritage and information technology converge in the form of data, providing new opportunities for humanities and social scientists, data scientists, as well as students and scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main datasets of Digilab originate from the digital archive DIGAR, the digitized Estonian articles database DEA, the Estonian national bibliography ENB, and the Estonian thesaurus EMS. Digilab also encompasses data related to legal bibliography, the bibliography of Estonian presidents, parliamentarianism, and reproductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Digilab, there are tools available to aid in data processing, enabling queries and visualization of the content within collections. These tools allow for aggregating subsets of datasets or presenting an overview of books published in Estonia through interactive timelines, for example. Both the tools and datasets are continuously evolving and expanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digilab also provides case studies that showcase the possibilities of digital methods in cultural heritage research. Additionally, Digilab helps to keep a finger on the pulse of events and news related to digital humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For collaboration ideas, data requests, or any other inquiries, you can reach out to Digilab at <a href=\"mailto:digilab@rara.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digilab@rara.ee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When using open data, you agree to the <strong>license terms noted at each dataset's page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logosbeneficairescreativeeuroperight_en_0-300x56.png\" alt=\"EU logo\" class=\"wp-image-1533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logosbeneficairescreativeeuroperight_en_0-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logosbeneficairescreativeeuroperight_en_0-1024x190.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logosbeneficairescreativeeuroperight_en_0-768x142.png 768w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logosbeneficairescreativeeuroperight_en_0.png 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3040\" style=\"width:256px;height:192px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Colours-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\" style=\"width:256px;height:192px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ODL_WordLogo_Dia_Colours-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-1\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab1\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/urmas_smaller.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1958 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Urmas Sinisalu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Head of the Library Services Development Center<br><a href=\"mailto:urmas.sinisalu@rara.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urmas.sinisalu@rara.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">With over 30 years of experience in library IT, I began as a programmer and progressed through various engaging roles within the IT domain, ranging from an analyst to an IT architect. Along the way, I've taken on numerous challenging opportunities in project management, public procurement, and EU projects, including leadership positions in the IT department at the National Library.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4585 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laura-Nemvalts-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Laura Nemvalts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Digital Humanities Specialist<br><a href=\"mailto:laura.nemvalts@rara.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laura.nemvalts@rara.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">I hold a master's degree in Digital Humanities from Linnaeus University. In my master's thesis, I studied Estonian exile newspapers using text and spatial analysis and experimented with improving OCR.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kodulehele-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5068 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kodulehele-5.jpeg 416w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kodulehele-5-195x300.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Greete Veesalu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Digital Curator for Cultural Heritage<br><a href=\"mailto:greete.veesalu@rara.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">greete.veesalu@rara.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>The introduction is being prepared.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/digilab_placeholder.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5060 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/digilab_placeholder.png 244w, https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/digilab_placeholder-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Meeri-Ly Muru<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Digital Humanities Specialist<br><a href=\"mailto:meeri-ly.muru@rara.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meeri-ly.muru@rara.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><em>The introduction is being prepared.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-2\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab2\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documentation on legal analysis and service design created during the Open Digital Libraries for Creative Users project.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Opportunities, Limitations, and Risks of Text and Data Mining on National Library's Digital Content: Intellectual Property and Personal Data Protection Perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-eedab860-a18d-459b-9d14-a9c7bbd421ea\" href=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Virtual-LAB_eng_oigusanaluus.pdf\">Summary of legal analysis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Virtual-LAB_eng_oigusanaluus.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-eedab860-a18d-459b-9d14-a9c7bbd421ea\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The task of the virtual lab RaRa is to make RaRa datasets easily accessible to users, provide a centralized hub for tools and guides, assist in data usage, and support the community through calls to action, resources, and networking. 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