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Do you have special activities and services for people living with an intellectual disability? 362   Many Finnish libraries have easy-to-read pages in internet for example Helmet https://www.helsinginseutu.fi/hs/selkosivut-fi/vapaa-aika/kirjastot.   There are other service sites for those who need clear language for example Verneri https://verneri.net/selko/vapaa-aika/lukeminen/kay-kirjastossa/ and Papunet https://papunet.net/saavutettavuus/selkokieli-verkkosivuilla and Kehitysvammaliitto https://www.kehitysvammaliitto.fi/in-english/   The Espoo Library has people with intellectual disabilities who work part-time. They work two days a week with their supervisor.  Tasks include: shelving, unloading and rearranging. Espoo also makes remembrance trips. The librarian…
Dear Sir /Madam I am Masoumeh Omid , master student of library and information science University of Tehran ,IranI am writing to guide you for my thesis. That… 348 In Sello Library - as well as in other Espoo City Library Libraries as well - Customers can register themselves for a user of Celia -services. Celia offers plenty of services for visual impaired people. See https://www.celia.fi/eng/ In the past the audiobooks were outloaned from a physical Library building as Compact discs, but nowadays the audiobooks are served via net directly to the customer.
Help! I am from South Korea and I am studying about Finland's mobile library. I want to know something. Q. How many Finnish people use the mobile library for a… 269 1. Loans from mobile libraries 6 229 346 year 2019, https://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/?lang=en&orgs=1&years=2019&stats=100. We can't individualize persons who use mobile libraries, because the library card is use in all the service points of the library in the city or municipality, for example if you have a library card to Helmet (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen city libraries), you can use it in every service point of the city libraries in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen including mobile libraries. 2. In Finland we have had a mobile library system for so long, that people see it as a normal part of the library. We have also long distancies in almost every other part of the country than the south, in many…
I am new to Finland and got the information that the library has common closed spaces to practice dance. I was interested to know which room… 315 Unfortunately, libraries do not have closed spaces suitable for dancing. (We will be happy to take performances on our stages when Covid is over.) The facilities in Varaamo are for musicians and singers. Schools have bookable spaces to suit the wider movement. https://www.espoo.fi/fi-fi/kulttuuri_ja_liikunta/liikunta/liikunta_ja_ulkoilupaikat/koulujen_liikuntatilat (This page is only available in Finnish.) You can ask more at liikuntapaikkavaraukset@espoo.fi
How can i borrow a drill 471 It is possible to borrow a drill from some Helmet-libraries. Drills can not be booked but availablity can be checked via Helmet. Loan periods vary from one day to two weeks.  ttps://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2153764__Sporat__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aq%3Aq%3AObject%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X3?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
In Turku public libraries, do teachers have to take 1st grade school children to the libraries to make children their library cards? In Helsinki, I think so… 217 A first grader can get a library card with a library card application form that one of the parents/guardians has filled in and signed. A teacher can not sign the form on behalf of the parent/guardian. The form can also be found online on our website vaski.finna.fi. A child can get a library card when visiting a library with a teacher if they have the signed form with them. The card has to be retrieved from a library, we do not deliver them to schools.
What steps should I take if a book I loaned out is now damaged and cannot be returned? 153 Hi! Contact a Helmet library directly to discuss how to proceed. If the book is damaged and no longer viable for returning, it must be compensated with the purchase price. Usually it's also possible to arrange compensation with a new copy of the book.  You can find instructions in the Helmet Troubleshooting FAQ.
My family has few books that would like to donate, give them further. Does the main library from Jyväskylä accepts book donations? 125 I'm sorry, but Jyväskylä City Library no longer accepts book donations. The main library has a special shelf for customers, where you can bring unnecessary books and take the ones you want from the shelf. You can only bring a few books to the shelf because there is limited space. The book exchange shelf is on the 1st floor of the main library next to the elevator.
I am conducting academic research and would like to request recent documents or statistical reports that evaluate the level and quality of education in Finland… 129 You find Statistics Finland’s education and research statistics here: https://stat.fi/en/topic/education-and-research.Vipunen is the Finnish Education Statistics Portal maintained by the Ministry and the Finnish National Agency for Education. It offers statistics on students, degrees, finances, etc: https://okm.fi/en/statistics. Here you have an overview of the key characteristics of the education system in Finland: Education at a Glance 2025: Finland (https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance-2025_1a3543e2-en/finland_d8f44a5b-en.html).Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC / Karvi) conducts national evaluations across all education levels: https://www.karvi.fi/en/publications.If you're interested in policy…
I am looking for an index of Sami (Lapp) names - if possibile on the internet, but if not in print. 235 Sorry, it is not possible to find Sami names in the internet. They are in the book Yliopiston nimipäiväalmanakka 1999 (email: almanakka@helsinki.fi), the Almanac Office at University of Helsinki. It is a little book (20 FMK).
Do you know of a children's version of the Kalevala written by Mauri Kunnas? How would I purchase it in the US? 865 The Book is called the Canine Kalevala. The following information was found in the Library of Congress Online Catalog (adress=http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/) : The canine Kalevala / Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas ; [translated and adapted... LC Control Number: 93855806 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Brief Description: Kunnas, Mauri. The canine Kalevala / Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas ; [translated and adapted from the Finnish by Tim Steffa]. Koirien Kalevala. English Helsinki : Otava, 1992. [30] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Looking for finlans current events in english 1069 You can use this www-link: http://www.publiclibraries.fi/showhierarchy.asp?hid=230 There you may use especially Helsingin Sanomat(main finnish newspaper)Internationally edition.
What was the cost and source of funding for the Seinäjoki city library? 578 In Finland the libraries are funded by tax revenues. So the source of funding for the library was partly state aid and partly it was paid by the city of Seinäjoki. The library building was finished in 1965 and the cost was then 1 041 145,86 Finnish marks. It would be about 9 001 222,20 Finnish marks in the value of mark in 2001. If we change it in to euros it would be about 1 514 000 euros. As you can see the cost of the building was very low. Nowadays the cost of building a library would be twice as much.
I am a bachelor of librarianship and information programme in Vilnius University Communication faculty (Lithuania, Europe). At the moment I am writing the… 323 While Helsinki City Library provides a fundamental civic service available to everyone Helsinki School of Economics http://helecon.hkkk.fi/kirjasto/?lang=eng is the National Resource Library of Economics and Business in Finland. Maybe you could contact there: E-mail: library@hkkk.fi Helsinki City Library’s collections includes of course business material. Our collections can be found on page http://www.helmet.fi/screens/opacmenu.html . Use Keyword Search “business” for english material. You can see Helsinki City Library’s digital material and databases on page http://www.lib.hel.fi/english/library_info/library_materials_and_dbas/d… . Mainly for business information there is database called Helecon MIX, which is procuded by Helsinki…
Do you know a book - humour category, written by an englishman called neil ??? i think. he lives in finland now and the book is in both languages and made up… 675 Perhaps you mean Neil Hardwick´s book of causeries HARDWICK´S SAUCE ELI NEILIN PAKINOITA
I am looking for some sources regarding the british, german and french visitors to Albania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. 1113 Unfortunately we do not have the information you are looking for. However, below are a couple of potentially useful e-mail addresses in Albania. Parliamentary Library of Albania E-mail: zana_bib@parliament.tirana.al Committee for Development and Tourism: E-mail: arskenderi@albaniaonline.com
I have found some money from Findland in the USA. The units are called Hell Bank Notes, what do you know about this money and can it be redeamed there from… 385 This site has excellent information on hell bank notes in general: http://www.luckymojo.com/hellmoney.html : “The word Hell was introduced to China … by Christian missionaries who claimed that non-converted Chinese folks were all "going to Hell" when they died -- and the Chinese, thinking "Hell" was the proper English term for the afterlife, adopted the word. Thus, Hell Bank Notes are simply Afterlife Monetary Offerings or Spirit Money. …when people die, their spirits or ghosts go to an afterlife where they continue to live on, doing the same sort of things why did while alive, eating, drinking, wearing clothes, playing with their children, and so forth. In order to ensure that they have lots of good things in the afterlife, their…
What is the answer to this hink pink? an intelligent award 309 An intelligent award = wise price ?
We have a patron who would like to borrow a book that appears to only be available from a library in Finland. Is it possible to borrow from a library, what… 234 You can send an interlibray loan request to Helsinki City Library. Our email-adress is ill@hel.fi . You can pay the loan with IFLA-vouchers or International Coupon Réponse. Helsinki City Library / Interlibrary loans Box 4100 00099 THE CITY OF HELSINKI Phone +358 9 310 85433 Fax +358 9 310 85434 Email ill@hel.fi
Is it possible for me to find ancestor link for my mother, whose father's name is Kurt Nyland. My mother told me he was from Friesland, but I think the… 565 Hi! Your grandfather's family name "Nyland" refers in Finland to the most southern parish of Finland (in finnish Uusimaa, in swedish Nyland, in english New Land). As a family name it does not appear in the telephone catalog of Helsinki metropolitan area, wheras names Nylander ("one who lives in Nyland") and Nylund ("new grove") do. Thus it seems, the name Nyland is not the original form or it refers to the parish, where immigrants came from. If you would like to check the pages of "The Genealogical Society of Finland" you'll find them in web in address http://www.genealogia.org/ where you can choose the english pages. Anyhow, if you would like to use finnish sources you'll end up to the fact that most documents are written in finnish or…