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The Finno-Ugric Libraries of Russia project (http://fulr.karelia.ru/) was
launched in cyberspace in 2004. This bilingual (Russian and Finnish) enterprise
portal is a single point of access to the sites of participants, the story of their
resources and services, e-books collection in the Finno-Ugric languages.
Eight major libraries of the Finno-Ugric territories are engaged in the project.
Participants are provided with opportunities for remote posting of local news.
Over the past few years the design and structure of the portal have undergone
some changes, new partners have joined the project, namely the Estonian
organization “Fenno-Ugria” and the Finno-Ugric Cultural Centre of the
Russian Federation in Syktyvkar. Materials from Finnish and Norwegian
libraries, the Estonian Academy of Arts, the National Museum of Mari El and
Karelian museums are being published. Electronic collection includes copies
of publications in Finnish, Karelian, Vepsian, Mansi, Komi, Cheremiss (Mari),
Mordvin and Hungarian. New sections have been added to the portal, namely
“Catalogues of publications in Finno-Ugric languages”, “Creators of national
literature and folklore”, “Kaleidoscope”, “Finno-Ugric world”. Seven photo
galleries represent the world of the Finno-Ugric peoples (http://fulr.karelia.
ru/cgi-bin/flib/fin/view_kaleidoskop.cgiid=119&material=142). Today we
can boast of visitors from about 90 countries of the world.
The Indigenous Peoples of Karelia project (http://knk.karelia.ru/), has been
implemented since late 2009. It is a sort of a blog site aimed at providing
information on our homeland, amazing and magical Karelia, on its past, present
and future, on the people living here. We use Movable Type software as an open
source platform, permitting the application of blogosphere technologies. We
work on the creation of interesting content in cooperation with researchers,
journalists and publishers, with Karelian republican and regional museums and
the National Archive, with municipal libraries and cultural centres of different
districts of the republic, with national public associations and NGOs. Users
leave their comments, address our authors and each other, moderators are eager
to answer any questions and often initiate personal messages sharing, and as a
result the project somehow performs functions of a social media. Questions and
commentaries help us adjust and update our plans for project development. We
are expanding the range of web tools for publishing materials on the website.
Users can watch videos, listen to recordings and work with flash diagrams.
Various photo galleries are used for viewing images.
Audio-visual materials in indigenous languages of Karelia are published in
the “Media Library” section. Our key goal is the preservation and promotion
of audiovisual cultural heritage and creation of our own audio and video
resources. We also aim at providing support for national languages and ensuring
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