First some facts about the Ask a librarian, http://www.libraries.fi/ask_librarian/ . It is the joint online reference inquiry service of the Finnish libraries. This means that the questions are answered in many libraries in the whole country. There is a list containing the participating libraries in our service, http://www.libraries.fi/ask_librarian/libraries/ . We provide service in three languages: finnish, swedish and english. There is also a more simple question form for children in finnish and swedish.
1) The most often asked questions.
I’m afraid there is no fresh study about the contence of the questions. There is one student who is planning to make a study about the reference questions sent to our service, but I’m afraid that she…
The public library is an institution provided usually by a state, city or municipality. Public library services are provided equally for all citizens or inhabitants of a certain area (state, city, commune etc.) regardless of age and economical, social or cultural background. The aim is to give people access to knowledge, information, education, recreation and experience by means of literature, audio- or audiovisual recordings, IT-services and different forms of personal information service. Public library services may also include occasional art exhibitions, educational presentations, musical or literary performances and so on.
In practice, this means that the library users may borrow books and other material from a library or read/listen…
Welcome to Rikhardinkatu library if you want to choose your book from a library with many books in English. According to a annual survey for the public libraries in Helsinki in 2005 the main library, Pasila, had 22.426 books in English. The main library is however closed for renovation.
Rikhardinkatu library came second in the survey with 18.631 books in English. Here is a direct link to our homepage http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2993
There is a book ”Juttuja ja tuttuja: suomea toisena kielenä seitsemäsluokkalaisille, by Paula Konsti, Helsinki, Opetushallitus 2003 (text book for about 13 years old children who are lerning Finnish as a second language). There are also some cdroms like “Eka kieliromppuni: suomea” and “Opi suomea! lapsille”. Maybe you could also try some ABC-book meant for Finnish speaking children, there are several of them, for example Kallioniemi, Tuula: Sukkelat sanat:esiopetuksen aapinen. Also you could try some Finnish picture dictionary, for example Lappalainen, Ulla: Aamu, suomen kielen kuvasanakirja maahanmuuttajille, esiopetukseen, päiväkoteihin, erityisopetukseen, kotikäyttöön . Then there are many books to learn Finnish actually meant for…
You will find lots of information about anarchism on the net by using google, for instance(www.google.fi).
Cheque, please:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/
http://www.iww.org/fi
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/
http://www.chez.com/vap/annuaire/anarchisme.htm
http://www.anarca-bolo.ch/cira/
http://raforum.apinc.org/
The Temppeliaukio church was completed in 1969 and it is one of Helsinki's main turist attractions.The architecs Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen won the preceeding achitectural competition in 1961, and their idea was to to cover a free-form rock excavation with a mathematical dome.
For exact information on the excavation please contact the secretary of the Finnish Tunnelling Association, Jouko Ritola. You may also find the links on the Tunnelling Association's homepace useful, see http://www.mtry.org.
There is a book by Maila Mehtälä called "Temppeliaukio", with what seems to be exact data on the excavating work. According to this source 12.400 solid cubic metres of bedrock was excavated. 4.100 kg dynamite, 3.500 detonating cord and 6.550…
There is a book in Helsinki University Library: Nurmi, Jari:
Karl August Hilden 1853-1924: helsinkiläinen vaikuttajapappi. 1979. This Karl Hilden was a priest and I believe and hope that he was the person you are searching.
Here are a few links where you can find information about history of Finland:
http://www.finland.fi
http://virtual.finland.fi/History/
http://www.makupalat.fi/historis.htm
König Kristian II : Schauspiel in fünf Akten was published
by Lübeck : Lübcke & Hartmann, in 1899. A second edition was published in 1903 by Breitkopf & Härtel. This is said to be a new and complete german edition. A swedish edition, Kung Kristian den andre : skådespel i fem akter was also publised in 1899 by Alb. Bonnier. These books belong to the national collection of the finnish national library, the Helsinki University Library, and can only be read there in the reading rooms.
You night be interested in purchasing this book and then a list of Antiquarian booksellers night be useful.
Please see below, http://www.worldartantiques.com/Association-BookSAY.htm.
You can make copies in all libraies at 0,30€/page. If you want somebody to do it for you, the cost amounts to 1€/page.
We have no binding service. Have you tried the old books shops? You might find your book that way. Below find a link to antiqurian bookshops in Helsinki, http://www.tie.to/kirjat/.
Below, please, find to links to charter companies in Finland
http://www.jetflite.fi/
http://internetsivu.yritysopas.com/ivalonlentopalvelu
At the Helsinki-Malmi airport, contanct information belove,
charter companies do operate. Please, contact the airport, http://www.ilmailulaitos.fi/airport_helsinki-malmi?pg=5850.
The best way to find out keywords in tourism would be to consult different homepages, eg
http://fi.franceguide.com/recherche/resultat1.asp?z1=04pgkKlu
http://www.australia.com/home_us.aust?JSESSIONID=DYcKGQXy%21-1148975708%
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modtd/mastertd.html211134042314093&co…
http://www.touregypt.net/
http://www.tourisme.fr/
http://www.bonjourquebec.com/
Librarians use keywords but they are few and that would not help you.
Your book can obviously not be found in Finland, but you may want to consider making an interlibrary loan. The interlibrary loans are not free of charge, as you can read on the page http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2227
Please contact any of the public libraries in Helsinki for making the interlibrary loan.
Mr Einari Marvia and Mr Matti Vainio have written/edited the book about the history of Helsinki Philharmonic:
"Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri 1882-1982" (WSOY 1993, ISBN 951-0-18312-1).
I browsed briefly through the book but I couldn't find any mentioning of a person by the name of Garagusi there, I'm afraid. My advice for You is to try to contact the administration of the orchestra directly. They propably have some more detailed archives/files of their own and can possibly help You to locate the longed-for Garagusi there, if he should have visited the orchestra as a guest conductor, for example. The homepages of Helsinki Philharmonic are located at:
http://www.hel.fi/filharmonia/english/index.htm
As you have noticed yourself, it's quite hard to find information about neem contraceptive products.
There is a list of links concerning alternative medicine in this address:
http://www.fimnet.fi/linkit/Laaketiede/Vaihtoehtolaaketiede/index.html
Perhaps you can find there some further information about these products, and places where to buy them.
You can also visit the homepage of Finnish Medical Association.
http://www.laakariliitto.fi/e/index.html
You can ask there if they know any doctors, who can tell you more about these contraceptive products.
Have you already visited websites of Helsinki City Library (http://www.lib.hel.fi/?_lang_id=EN )? There is quite a lot of information on the subject of your inquiry.
Information about databases for customers' use you'll find here
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2289 .
The list of databases and book catalogues is on this site http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2515 .
About computers and other equipment:
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2287 . Check especially the link "workstations".
About the library system used in Helsinki metropolitan area libraries:
http://toimintakertomus.lib.hel.fi/toimintakertomus2003/EN/page4464.htm…
Please note public library statistics on the following link
http://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/Default.aspx?&langId=en
Statistics concerning research libraries will be found at the following link.
http://yhteistilasto.lib.helsinki.fi/organization.do?action=list&organi…
Early this year 2005 there was 114 cities and 432 municipalities in Finland.
You can find information about the finnish folk dancing e.g. in the pages Folk dancing of Virtual Finland,
http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27060 .
You might study following books
Old Finnish folk dances / edited by Sari Heikkilä ; [illustration by Timo Hukkanen]. Helsinki : Suomalaisen kansantanssin ystävät, 1988.
Collan, Anni, Dances of Finland / Anni Collan and Yngvar Heikel ; [illustrated by Valerie Prentis]. London : Max Parrish & Company, 1950.
You could also contact The Finnish Dance Information Centre, http://www.danceinfo.fi/english/ and Finnish folklore association, http://www.kansantanssinyst.fi/ fur further information.
Sviatoslav Richter's concerts in Finland have been arranged by Fazer Artists' Management Inc. Please contact them by e-mail, they have the information you need in their archives.
The address is info@fazerartists.fi
