According to the newsletter of the School Library Association in Finland (Suomen koulukirjastoyhdistys ry, Jäsentiedote 1/2005) two school libraries in Espoo have some experience in using the Emilda system. The schools are Finno skola http://www.finno.esboskolorna.fi/
and Mattlidens gymnasium http://www.mattliden.fi/gym/
I found two publications about the subject in a database called "WorldCat":
Timonen, Virpi: Restructuring the welfare state :
globalisation and social policy reform in Finland and Sweden.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub.,2003.
Nestingen, Andrew K: Why nation? :
globalization and national culture in Finland, 1980-2001.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001.
There are also some articles about globalization of Finland, that I found in a database called "Ebsco":
Sipilä, Jorma: Opening Remarks, 1 July 2001, Tampere.
Social Work in Health Care; 2004, Vol. 39 Issue 1/2, p7, 4p.
Subjects:
business enterprises
congresses & conventions
international trade
globalization
Measuring Economic Reversals, Forward…
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.
If the book you're asking for isn't found in the stores, ask the staff if it can be ordered for you. I checked websites of the two big bookstore chains, Suomalainen kirjakauppa and Akateeminen kirjakauppa, and according to their internet stores there are available prints of "Der kleine Prinz". Akateeminen promises to have it in 1-2 days, via Suomalainen kirjakauppa it takes 2 weeks. Contact the stores for more info.
Hola!
Algunos direcciónes Internet:
Gratis dating (en español)
Firstdate
http://www.firstdate.com/default.aspx?lang=es
Treffit-Suomi
http://treffit.suomi24.fi/ (en finlandes)
Internacionales servicios (para corresponder) en ingles
(Penpals)
Penpalparty
http://www.penpalparty.com/
Penpalnet
http://www.penpalnet.com/
International Youth Service
http://www.iys.fi/ind2.htm
Euro<26 European youth card association
http://www.euro26.org/opencms/opencms/euro26_org/data/public/header/pen…
¡Buena suerte!
Link to the Family Search database: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
You can contact The Genealogical Society of Finland and ask them for help in your search. They can give you professional help: http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm
Population Register Center has also interesting database, where you can search for the Finnish names from different periods of time: https://192.49.222.187/nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=3
For an English speaking person there are two informative web sources of Finnish genealogy:
The Swedish-Finn Historical Society, based in Seattle, has all-English web pages. There you can for example discuss your case in The Finlander Forum, which has specific threads for genealogy, relatives search etc. Please be sure to check also the links provided in the pages.
http://sfhs.eget.net/portal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
One of the links leads to the English pages of The Genealogical Society of Finland. Among other things the society maintains HisKi, a complementing database of old church records. HisKi contains lists of christenings, marriages, burials and moves. It is also possible to register to a mailing list where people…
We are a public library and we do not have expetise concerning welding. However, below are a couple web-pages which deal with the issue. You should contact some technical school, which teaches welding techniques.
http://www.newagepublishers.com/samplechapter/001469.pdf
http://www.key-to-steel.com/default.aspx?ID=CheckArticle&LN=RU&NM=75
http://www.engineershandbook.com/Tables/welding%20processes.htm
The encyclopedia britannica says that most bears sleep in the winter time a long period. I found a finnish Intersite about bears which describes winter sleep as follows: The winter sleep durates about a half a year, bears enter their winter locations between september-november and awaken between march and may. These are the conditions in Finland and much depends off course in how could/warm the wheather is.
Unfortunately we don’t have specific information about Winter war’s volunteer troops, for example name lists of soldiers. But we recommend to contact Finnish National Archives (www.narc.fi). The straight e-mail address is kansallisarkisto.sornainen [at] narc.fi (Former Military Archives). In these archives they have quite a detailed lists and statistics about Finnish war history and troops. We believe that they can help and give more advice in this matter.
You will find lots of good web pages about the origin of the English language simply by using the search terms "english language history" in any internet search engine. E.g. here is one thorough article on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_English_language
If you would like to get more personalized answers to your question, I would suggest for you to turn to some "Ask a librarian" service in any English-speaking country. We Finns might not be the best possible specialists of the English language.
In Helsinki there are several libraries that have a special children’s department, for example Pasila, Kallio, Töölö, Rikhardinkatu, Itäkeskus and Vuosaari libraries. Children’s departments have a large collection of fairytales and picture books in several languages as well as some toys and puzzles. Also smaller libraries without children’s department have books for children. More information you can find on Helsinki City Library’s web page www.lib.hel.fi (choose In English to get the English page).
You can borrow books and different items. You can read, do your homework or listen to music or audio books. You can use the computers to surf the net or to play games. There are also board games and toys in some libraries. The library is a very good place to meet your friends, too.
Helsinki City Library Bookster
http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/children/spending_time/
In summer time there is mobile library called "Kesädösä", where you can borrow among others outdoor sports equipment. http://nk.hel.fi/kesastadi/?sivu=kesatp-kesadosa
Book review services:
For excample Tampere City Library
Send your Poem to Library
Send a Book Review to Library
http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/kissa/english.htm
Exhibition space or gallery for your poems, drawings…
I'll send your question to mister Vakkari, hope you can reach him even thougt it's summer. If you are interested in any questions and answers in Ask a Librarian, you can read them in our public archive, http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/archive/ (newest answers http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/newest/ ). I presume that Prof. Vakkari has studied the finnish archive, and that he can send you the material, but the texts will be in Finnish language. The Finnish archive is here http://www2.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/kysy/arkisto/ , the link to swedish material here, http://www2.biblioteken.fi/sv-FI/fraga_bibliotekarien/arkivet/ .
Here are some links that might help you:
Finland. Health Care Systems in Transition:
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/80693/E74071.pdf
Terveydenhuolto Suomessa: http://www.stm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=28707&name=DLFE-…
Finland and WHO:
http://www.stm.fi/en/ministry/international_cooperation/who
http://www.stm.fi/stm/kansainvaliset_asiat/who
http://demo.seco.tkk.fi/tervesuomi/item/ktl:15672
http://www.helsinki.fi/kirjasto/terkko/who/
Books about health care system in Helmet Web Library:
Alkio, Mikko: Terveyden kustannuksella : miksi terveydenhuoltojärjestelmä on uudistettava? (WSOY 2011)
Quite a new book about finnish health care system
http://www.helmet.fi/record=b1993260~S9*fin
Hi Fiona,
I'm afraid there is no written history of Jyväskylä City Library available in English. In our website there is a brief history written in Finnish: http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/kirjasto/erikoissivustot/historia
Maybe you can translate it and find the facts you need? There is also a comprehensive study about Jyväskylä City Library available: http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/jyvaskyla/e…
Please contact us for further information if needed.
If you are willing to volunteer as a reader to the kids, you have to contact directly the head of the library you are thinking of. You can find the contact information of all HelMet area libraries from here: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US
Even if you plan not to organize this WITH a library but just IN a library, you have to contact the head of the library.
Heikki Poroila
I recommend these web sites for you:
In English:
History of Finland
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/hist.html
This site is part of Virtual Finland, which is produced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.
A Web History of Finland
by Pasi Kuoppamäki
http://ky.hkkk.fi/~k21206/finhist.html
In Finnish:
Suomi 80 : Itsenäistymisen vuodet 1917-1918
http://www.uta.fi/suomi80/
This site is maintained by Department of History at University of Tampere
Suomen historian kronologia
http://www.utu.fi/agricola/hist/kronologia/index.html
Vuoden 1918 sota
http://www.utu.fi/agricola/hist/aihe/sota/1918.html
These two sites above are part of the Project Agricola, which is
produced by Finnish universities, archives, societies, museums and…
