Journalistic and media studies are offered in several universities in Finland. A good starting point to get an overview of media studies in Finland is the University network for communication sciences, http://viesverk.uta.fi//index.php?lang=en .
Tampere University also has journalistic and media studies in their Department of Journalism and
Mass Communication, http://www.uta.fi/jour/index1.html . In Tampere University there is also The Journalism Research and Development Centre http://www.uta.fi/jourtutkimus/basics.html .
Research concerning ethnic minorities and media, for example, is also done in the faculty of humanities in Jyväskylä University, Department of language, within the subject of discourse studies, http://www.jyu.fi/hum/…
A good source for finnish designers is http://www.finnishdesign.fi/home
On the left of this page in blue: "About us", you can find more information. For example DESIGN MUSEUM has very good pages under this file.
LINKS is also good to look at. Gallery has some older designers featured.
On the whole these pages have a lot of information about Finnish design and designers.
Here is a defition from Word Spy, http://www.wordspy.com/2003/08/lake-wobegon-ef.html
Lake Wobegon effect
n. The tendency to treat all members of a group as above average, particularly with respect to numerical values such as test scores or executive salaries; in a survey, the tendency for most people to describe themselves or their abilities as above average. Also: Lake Woebegon effect, Lake Woebegone effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect contains refetences to literature
Alicke, M. D., & Govorun, O. (2005). The better-than-average effect. In Alicke, M. D., D. A. Dunning & J. I. Krueger, The Self in Social Judgment New York: Psychology Press. (ISBN 978-1-84169-418-4)
Kruger, J. (1999). Lake Wobegon be gone! The…
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 105 persons between 1901-2008. The countries who have most Nobel Prize in Literature laureates are:
1. France (13)
2. United States (12)
3. United Kingdom (9)
4. Germany (8)
5. Italy (6)
Sweden (6)
7. Poland (5)
Spain (5)
9. Ireland (4)
10.Denmark (3)
10.Norway (3)
12.Japan (2)
Greece (2)
Chile (2)
South Africa (2)
Switzerland (2)
21 countries have one Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
More detailed information:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lan_nob_pri_in_lit_mos_awa_cou_lau-li…
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
Internet is full of information about library toolbars. Library Success' website has a long list of links to different kind of library toolbars:
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Web_Browser_Extensions#Toolba…
Ask a Librarian provides answers in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English. Ques-tions in other languages can only be answered if there happens to be a person available who is capable of giving professional service in that language. About Ask a Librarian see also,
http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/about/ .
You might find help in the National Library of Estonia, information about services here
http://www.nlib.ee/32825
We could not check Your customer record because You didn't give Your name. You wrote in English so we could suggest that the obvious reason is that You are not staying permanenntly in Finland? The usual politics is that the library card can be used six months by those not living permanently in Finland. However, You can came to any Helmet library with Your library card and ID and then we can re-activate Your card for another six months. (If this is not the case, please call any Helmet library so that we can check Your customer record.)
You can search our catalogue here http://www.helmet.fi where you find the availability of the books in question.
Suomen kielen jatko-oppikirja http://www.helmet.fi/record=b1513049~S9
Harjoituskirja suomen kielen jatko-opetusta varten http://www.helmet.fi/record=b1512641~S9
At the moment there are several copies available in different libraries in Espoo. Opening hours http://www.helmet.fi/search/1
Welcome to the library!
Via A guide to the Scientific Libraries in Finland (http://www-db.helsinki.fi/kirjastot/en/) you can find 23 libraries focused on medicine, 6 libraries focused on nursing and 2 libraries focused on health sciences. Of course there could be same libraries in several lists. And some of the libraries are also focused on some other fields too. You can find the names of the libraries here:
http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?${MAXPAGE}=21&${APPL}=kirjastoten&${BASE}=kirjastoten&${HTML}=list&${THWIDS}=0.16/1346847016_10517&${HILITE}=0&${MAXHITS}=1000&${SAVEHTML}=/kirjastot/en/
http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?%24%7BBASE%7D=kirjastoten&%24%7B…
http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?%24%7BBASE%7D=…
You can contact Jyväskylä Adult Education Center. It is situated in the same building with the library.
Information point Tel. 014 26 64071, 014 26 64073
http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/kansalaisopisto/inenglish
We have sent you and email an have been waiting for more information from you. We are not quite sure what kind of clubs you mean. Please, send us more specified information and we can answer your inquiry.
Provided you have given us your email address, you can access the password recovery function:
https://luettelo.helmet.fi/pinreset~S9
In the case we do not have your email address, we shall change your PIN code at the service desk of any Helmet library. Please bring your ID with you.
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Info/FAQ/FAQ__Troubleshooting(987)
We discussed of this situation at gmail and everything is now ok. I took the fee away and returned "The lost plays". You have returned it and it´s missing at library. You have no more responsibility of that loan.
"Moottorisahaopas" by Arvi Makkonen is available in the stacks of Helsinki main library.You can come to the main library or ask in the nearest library. You need a library card or if you don't have one, please take an identity card with you.
Right now the only copy of the CD has been taken aside for some repair operation (I cannot see the reason). Unfortunately you just have to wait and hope that eveything goes well and the CD is soon again in circulation. If that happens, you see the possibility to reserve it as well.
Heikki Poroila
This website isn't built by SeCo-group. The site Kirjasampo.fi, http://www.kirjasampo.fi has a semantic "inside", and has been built together with the group by Libraries.fi, https://www.libraries.fi/node/211157
Ask a Librarian is built entirely by Libraries.fi. It was published for the first time 1999 and has been active in different kinds of technical solutions ever since. The most recent update was in the end of the year 2017, when our site was moved to a Drupal site. Libraries.fi is responsible of the organisation of the answering, the contents of the archive, the site, it's development and techniques. The questions are answered in libraries. We have over 70 libraries answering in the Ask a Librarian -service…
Documentary film Miesten vuoro (2011) by Joonas Berghäll ja Mika Hotakainen is available in Helmet Libraries. The film has subtitles in English. The Dvd is at the moment on shelf in several Helmet Libraries. You can check the availability in the Helmet Web Libary. You can make a request and the dvd will be sent to the library you have selected as quickly as possible.
https://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1988659__Smiesten%20vuoro__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=208EAC1C149C076AFCB35E7100BFB68A?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
Information about Finnish libraries and Finnish library system can be found on the library-pages of the Ministry of Culture and Education, https://minedu.fi/en/libraries. You can read about the library network, financing, policies and legislation there.
You can read about developing libraries and the future of the Finnish libraries in Library for Citizens An essential part of the Finnish know-how, https://www.kirjastot.fi/sites/default/files/content/yleisten-kirjastojen-suunta-2016-2020-web-en.pdf
I'm sure you want to visit Oodi, our new, beautiful library and a living meeting place in the center of Helsinki. You can really see there how all the functions of a modern library live in one building in harmony. You can…
Please contact the library to lock the card https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Info/FAQ/FAQ__Troubleshooting(987). You can get a new card in your nearest library.
