| Dear Sir/ Madame, I am writer and art journalist right now at artist in residence project at Nelimarkka museum in Alajarvi. I would like to write an article… |
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Thank you for your request. Unfortunately I did not quite understand if it is Alajärvi Library that you would like to visit or some library in Helsinki.
If you meant Alajärvi Library, it would be best for you to contact them straight. Their e-mail address is kirjasto(at)alajarvi.fi .
If on the other hand it is Helsinki City Library that you are interested in, you could contact tiina.tarvonen(at)hel.fi . Here in Helsinki City Library we would be glad to give you a guided tour in the library and all the information you need. Your book donations would also be very welcome in our collections.
Further information about Helsinki City Library in general:
http://www.hel.fi/www/kirjasto/en
about Pasila Library (Main Library) in particular:
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| Is there any specially published reading materials for the elderly readers? such as books/magazines with larger letters or font so that they can read easily. |
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There are some large print editions of books. You can check their availability in Helmet by using search words such as "large print" or isotekst*.
Here are the search results:
http://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/search/C__S%28isotekst*%29%20f%3A1__Or…
http://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/search/C__S%28%22large%20print%22%29__…
There only seems to be one magazine in large print in Helmet libraries:
http://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/search/C__S%28isotekst*%29%20c%3A1__Or…
If you are also looking for materials the contents of which are aimed at elderly readers, there are books like that too. One typical example this kind of books are the handbooks of using computers and the internet, written especially for senior citizens, e.g. the following:
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| Finnish Libraries are using a software for their E services (like borrowing books online, finding a book in a library....) I want to know which software… |
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In Helsinki City Library, we use Sierra by Innovative Interfaces (https://www.iii.com/products/sierra). It’s a commercial software. You can find more about the library systems used in Finland at http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi/kirjastoala/kirjastojarjestelmat#.V1Wlz015I5t. Especially Koha (http://www.koha.org) is interesting as it is an open source software.
Our E-book systems have been integrated to Sierra, but they use different commercial sites. They are OverDrive (https://www.overdrive.com/) and Ellibs (http://www.ellibs.com).
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| I was in Pasila Library this morning and registered for a library card. I checked out 2 books. Then decided to get 2 movie cd's. I made a mistake of pressing… |
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You only have four loans at the moment and none of them have been booked twice. At times it may happen that an item is printed twice on the receipt but it does not mean that you have made a double loan.
You can check your loans at http://www.helmet.fi/en-US. Log in through the link at the top of the page, then click your own name and then the link Loans.
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| I'm wondering if there's printing possibilities in Helsinki Library 10 or Kallio available? If so, how much does it cost (A4, black & white)? Thanks in… |
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It is possible to print in Library 10 and Kallio Library, as well as in all the HelMet Libraries.
One page costs 40 cents. In the libraries, where there is the self service printing possibility, You can print five sheets in three months free-of-charge.
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Oulunkyla_Library/Sel…
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| I'd like to know whether the Finnish libraries have a central catalogue, open to everyone, to check in which Finnish library a book is to be found. Fot… |
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You can localize materials in Finnish libraries using Frank Multisearch (see the link below). You can find library books and other materials from almost all the Finnish libraries that are open and also from several different databases simultaneously.
http://monihaku.kirjastot.fi/en/
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| My name is Renan, I'm from Brazil, i'll start to study Library degree in 2016, my goal since 13 years is work or study in Finland or Nordic Countries, I… |
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You can find very much information from the website of Finnish National Board of Education (Opetushalitus):
http://www.oph.fi/english/services/recognition
Information about qualification requirements in libraries you can find here, but unfortunately just in Finnish and Swedish:
http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Kirjastot/kirjastoalan_koulutus/?lang=fi
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| I am getting the message that you can not renew any item as your registration has expired. Please suggest the needful. |
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You should visit the library in person and take ID card with you. We'll then continue your registration and the renewals will function again. Sorry for your trouble!
Find your library:
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
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| I have a question about corwypited material that has been changed and then used in a performance. I am a voiceover artist who is also in University. I have… |
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First, we have to tell you that we are not copyright specialists, so this answer has been given by amateurs.
According the Finnish Copyright Law (“Tekijänoikeuslaki”, http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1961/19610404), translations and adaptations are protected by the law, so you need a permission from the author when making adaptations. If it’s the same text in other words, I think it will be considered an adaptation. In the Finnish Copyright Law, there is no fair use as in USA.
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| I'm from Brazil and I have do a academic work and Did can you answer any questions about reference service? Supposed I need a book, a book about the museum in… |
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Here below is the website of The Viking Ship Museum in Norway (Oslo):
http://www.khm.uio.no/english/
There is also a viking ship museum in Danmark (Roskilde):
http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/
You can find books published by this museum here:
http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/about-us/publications/books-publish…
Here is also some books about viking ships:
- The Viking Ship / Gareth Williams
- The Viking Longship / Jørn Olav Løset
- The age of the Vikings / Anders Winroth
Maybe there is something useful for you also in these websites:
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/norse_ships…
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/viking-ships.html
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| Dear Librarian, I founded home "Lost: first and second completed season" at DVD in english, french and spanish in origin. Subtittles are also available. I don… |
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You can bring the DVD to the library, if they have a place for donations and voluntary recycling of materials (many libraries in Helsinki do have). Unfortunately the library itself is not allowed to receive movies as donations, since we have to get a license and pay for it for copyright reasons.
Best wishes
Heikki Poroila
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| You are an appreciable "Ask a librarian" service. Are all the questions you've been asked archived ? Are those archives available to all the public ? Are they… |
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Thank you very much! We have saved all answers since we started in year 1998. You can find them here http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/archive/ (this is the search, the newest answers are listed here http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/newest/ . The most part of the answers are available, only those containing personal information that can't be published is hidden. Our RSS-feeds are at present only in Finnish, but we should of course include all languages (Finnish, Swedish and English) in the feed. This is the addres to our RSS-feed, http://www2.kirjastot.fi/_channels/?ChannelId=7146af19-b294-449a-9ecc-6… . I'll enquire about the change, it might not be to difficult to change it in near future.
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| Good afternoon, I´m an exchange student in Helsinki for some months, and I will like to learn to sew and if possible make my own socks and hat. Is there any… |
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Helsinki Adult Education Center (Helsingin työväenopisto) organises sewing courses (also for English speaking people). http://www.hel.fi/www/sto/fi/opiskelu/vapaita-paikkoja/vapaita-kurssipa… (sorry, but the pages are only in Finnish).
http://www.hel.fi/www/sto/fi/opiskelu/maahanmuuttajat-immigrants/muut-k…
https://ilmonet.fi/#fi/search/txt=sewing
http://www.opistostakasin.fi/kurssikertomukset/through-the-eye-of-a-nee…
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| Friends, I am Ravinder I completed my International Master degree in Digital Library Learning from Norway, Estonia and Italy and have few years of experience… |
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NG hoitaa.
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| Dear Sir / Madam, I'm compiling a short report on prison libraries in Scandinavia. Would you please point me in the direction of some information that would… |
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The best expertise for you is probably The Library and Information Service of Criminal Sanctions Agency (Rikosseuraamuslaitos). The Criminal Sanctions Agency is a government authority, which enforces prison sentences and community sanctions under the direction of the Ministry of Justice.
You can find the contact information of The Library and Information Service here below:
http://www.rikosseuraamus.fi/en/index/units/libraryandinformationservic…
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| I am a Canadian filmmaker who has made a new documentary called Finding Edge Road about the Somalis and Iraqis moving to Lieksa in eastern Finland. I made this… |
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Please contact The distribution companies:
http://ses.fi/en/film-industry/distribution-companies
The list of contact details is as follows
http://www.elokuvakontakti.fi/site/
filmcont@elokuvakontakti.fi
http://www.yle.fi/
arkisto.myynti@yle.fi
http://ses.fi/elokuva-ala/levitysyhtiot/
http://ses.fi/en/film-industry/distribution-companies
http://www.scanbox.com/fi/contact/finland/
http://www.fs-film.fi
juan.pascual@sffilm.fi
http://www.futurefilm.fi
harry.paivalainen (at) futurefilm.fi
http://www.atlanticfilm.fi
valkokangas@atlanticfilm.fi
http://www.biorex.fi
Tel. +358 (0) 50 375 558
http://www.bvifinland.fi
Tel +358 (0) 9-8562 9500
Fax +358 (0) 9-8562 9550
http://www.cinemamondo.fi
http://www.cinemamondo.fi/yhteys/
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| I am a junior assistant librarian in a private university of Bangladesh for last 4 years.You know now a days the concept of library has been changed.I want to… |
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You find information on studying information and library sciences on our Library.fi portal under site Library Branch http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/library_branch/studies/. Information and library sciences can be studied in three universities in Finland, University of Tampere, University of Oulu and Turku Swedish University Åbo Akademi. For example University of Tampere offers Master´s degree programmes in different subjects even in English http://www.uta.fi/sis/en/studies/degrees.html
Polytechnic level studies qualify as well for working as a librarian with Bachelor´s level degree. A polytechnic/UAS Bachelor's degree gives you the general eligibility to apply for Master's level studies in Finland, but it may not automatically fulfill the… |
| Why the Kirjasto 10 called 10? |
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Library 10 is located at Postitalo, which used to be the main post office of Helsinki. The building is not anymore owned by Posti but it still contains a post office on its ground floor. The post office has been commonly known as "Helsinki 10" because the postal code for city center of Helsinki is 00100. Library 10 is located on upper floor of "Helsinki 10". That’s why the name "Library 10" was chosen.
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| Again. The http://ammattinetti.fi/ site is reliable? |
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Since the site ammattinetti.fi is kept up by The ministry of employment and the economy ( https://www.tem.fi/en ), I would consider it to be reliable.
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| I'm doing research and want to know the meaning of the word: erikoiskirjastonhoitaja. And what makes this profession? |
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Basically each library can decide which titles are used for the members of its staff. The title 'erikoiskirjastonhoitaja' is used mostly in public libraries. As far as I know, in Helsinki City Library the title is usually translated into English as 'specialized librarian'.
Just like librarians ('kirjastonhoitaja') and information specialists ('informaatikko'), specialized librarians are required to have a university degree in librarianship. The salary of a specialized librarian is a little higher than that of a librarian and a little lower than that of an information specialist. The middle salary of specialized librarians in Finnish public libraries in October 2013 was 2478 € per month ( http://www.kuntatyonantajat.fi/fi/kunta-tyonantajana… |
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