| Do you know the mailing address for the Sunny Bus Company? I would like to send a thank you note to one of their drivers following a recent tour. Thank you! |
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18.7.2001 |
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The mailing address is:
Aurinkobussit Oy
Sunny Buses
Vanha Porvoontie 246
FIN-01380 Vantaa
e-mail:
myynti@aurinkobussit.fi
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| I am an undergraduate student from Tallinn, Estonia. I am preparing to write my BA diploma and I am looking for all the possible information I can find on the… |
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6.8.2003 |
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Everyone can visit Finnish public (and university) libraries. Library services are basically free, but for example overdued loans, printing and copying are charged for.
A library card is not necessary when visiting a library, and there is no entrance fee.
In Helsinki City Library printouts and photocopies cost 0,20€ each. You´ll find contact information in our website http://www.lib.hel.fi/english/ . Welcome to Helsinki City Library!
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| Please where I can find online library from where I could buy book Kalevala? I would like to have one in Finnish language. |
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21.5.2012 |
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You don’t need to buy Kalevala: you can find it from Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7000. Kalevala is a very old book so it’s not copyrighted anymore. You can read and copy it as you like. You can download Kalevala in a format suitable for you. There is also the English version at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186.
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| Are the Ask a Librarian answers published (stored in an open database)? |
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7.5.2003 |
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The answers are stored whether in public or non-public archive. Most of the answers are stored in the open archive. The non-public database is open only for librarians, they can visit it in the same web-adress and with same logins-passwords, where they do the answering. Nowadays about 40% of answers are stored in non-public archive. You put the answer to the non-public archive if you think that it is not useful for anybody else or the same question and answer to it is already in the public archive (for example how to get a PIN-code to your library card). Usually we also put answer to the non-public archive if we can’t help the questioner in any way (didn’t find the answer and not even couldn’t give any organisation or specialist to ask for… |
| Do you have any books or journals that have information on aids in Kenya or people leaving with aids in Kenya? |
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16.2.2004 |
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Tampere City Library has limited resources to acquire medical literature in English, so we have only general books on aids in our collection.
Tampere University Library - http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/kirjasto/lib/ -has better book and journal collections in both medical and sociological fields.
Here are some book names You can ask from the Tampere University Library :
Author : Odiwuor, Wycliffe Humphrey
Title: HIV/AIDS and primary education in Kenya : effects and strategies
Stockholm : Stockholm University, 2000
and
Author Odiwuor, Wycliffe Humphrey
Title: The impact of HIV/AIDS on primary education : a case on selected districts of Kenya
Stockholm : Stockholm University, 2000
They also have several different databases You can use at that… |
| Where may I find an "Ask a librarian" website for most of the EU countries in a language I speak ? (french, english, spanish). Thank you for any help you may… |
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2.7.2013 |
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I found a list which is for libraries with some form of synchronous or chat reference services. The list isn't perfect and some links don't even work but it gives way of indication.
Link: http://liswiki.org/wiki/Chat_reference_libraries
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| As an American tourist I will be in the Pulkkila area in June, and need to find sleeping accomodations there or nearby for my wife and myself. Please name… |
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31.3.2008 |
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There are some summer accomodations available in the Siikalatva area to which Pulkkila also belongs. The page in the address http://www.metsainfo.fi/index.php?page=_ravintolat&type=6&lang=fi shows you the area of Siikalatva on the map. The nearest city is Oulu.
The Names and addresses of the summer hotels and cottages in Piippola are as follows:
Piippolan vaarin kesähotelli
Piippolan käsi- ja taideteollisuusoppilaitos
Keskustie 29
92620 Piippola
Puh: (08) 8119 111
Haapavesi
Hotelli Haapakannel
Vanhatie 47
p. 08 - 452 370, fax 08 - 450 520
Rantsila
Taukoranta Ky
Nelostie 1500
p. 08 - 253 790
Lamun Loma
Niemelänkuja 2 A
92920 Ahokylä
Seppo Piippo Gsm. 040-5045 605
Juhani Mahosenaho Gsm. 050-3486 994, 040-5483197
email: seppo.piippo.@… |
| I am looking for some sources regarding the british, german and french visitors to Albania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. |
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11.9.2003 |
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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
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| How to listen to music cd in library? |
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1.12.2008 |
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Many HelMet-libraries have their own music department. You find the list here (sorry, but the information is only in Finnish) http://www.lib.hel.fi/fi-FI/musiikkiosastot
Libraries with music department have cd-players for listening music in library. Greatest and most diverse collection of music offers Library 10 http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/kirjasto10
There are four fixed cd-players and also headphones to loan for music listening. Also other HelMet-libraries have smaller cd-collections and fixed or portable cd-players for library patrons. Some libraries have also cd-towers for music listening. Maybe the best way is to contact your library beforehand and ask about possibilities to listen music there.
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| I am doing a project on Programs offered by Finland Libraries that are geared towards improving reading skills (And sponsored by the government). However I… |
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13.7.2011 |
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First, I would like to refer to a question answered in this service some years ago about Luku-Suomi ("Reading Finland") project (2001-2004): http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/question.aspx?ID=927122d6-6…
A leaflet in English has been published about the school libraries development project, a part of Luku-Suomi program:
A Good School Library. Authors: Hannele Frantsi, Kaarina Kolu , Seija Salminen. Year: 2006. Available as a PDF: http://www.oph.fi/download/47629_good_school_library.pdf
Articles concerning reading promotion among children and youth by public libraries in Finland:
Selesniemi, Jaana: "Creative writing and book recommendations." Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly; 2009, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p18-19
Kull-Poutanen,… |
| I am writing a master's work on the study of corporate virtual reference services of libraries of foreign countries! Help me, please, to find information about… |
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8.1.2010 |
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First, more information about Ask a Librarian can be found in our archive by searching with the keyword Ask a Librarian, http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/keywords/ . In the Library branch channel of Libraries.fi, http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/library_branch/articles/, there is a powerpoint-presentation about Ask a Librarian (2007), some of the numbers are old, but otherwise it still contains valid information.
As for your questions, I try to give you answers below.
We have no other restrictions than those mentioned. The most important fact to remember is that we work in a library, we help find information, but we can not always provide ready answers, in for instance questions concerning health, sicknesses or law. In cases… |
| Madam, sir for our choir in Switzerland I am in search for the full text and full score of the traditional folk song "taivas on sininen ja valkoinen...", I… |
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14.9.2010 |
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I found the finnish folk song "Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen" in two books (Suuri toivelaulukirja 1 and Kultaiset koululaulut vanhoilta ajoilta). In both books there is only two strophes. So It seems that song consits only those two strophes.
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| How are you? I'm pleased to know your city library because your library has a lot of wonderful qualities to be an excellent library. First of all, I'm not a… |
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29.11.2012 |
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I am glad to hear that you are interested in Helsinki City Library.
First of all, I wonder which page you were looking at to find the information you mentioned. Perhaps it was the home page of Helsinki City Library ( http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/ ) .
This may sound a little complicated, but I will try to help you understand the points you mentioned.
Helsinki City Library consists of the Main Library and 38 branch libraries. The Main library is situated in Pasila district about three kilometres from the city centre. It has the largest collections and also houses the administrative departments of whole Helsinki City Library. The branch libraries are situated in different areas all around the city. In addition to these, Helsinki City Library… |
| Which is the most famous phrase referring to Karelia in the epic "Kalevala"? |
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13.9.2004 |
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Kalevala, Finnish national epic, is a collection of Karelian folk poetry. Elias Lönnrot collected the runes from the Karelian people from different areas of Karelia: from White Sea Karelia (Viena), from North Karelia, from Ladoga Karelia.
The name of the epic, Kalevala, can be understood as a fictional land of the people of Kaleva.
Karelia as a place is mentioned in Kalevala in the following:
Rune/row
3/180
20/17
20/37
20/54
20/75
20/452
31/8
31/13
31/360
31/364
48/258
50/477
The translation of Kalevala of John Martin Crawford of the year 1888 is in the internet, the address is: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/
There Karelia is in the form Karyala.
See also page: http://www.finlit.fi/kalevala/teksti/
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| Dear Sir, I am student from NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY--Library and Information Science. In this semester i took one subject about Reading Library, In my final… |
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23.12.2008 |
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Children´s library work in Helsinki is very active and versatile including for example co-operation with schools, Real Reader campaigns and “book tipster” activities promoting reading in libraries, schools and day-care centers. Here are some Internet pages concerning library services for children and book talk in Helsinki City Library:
Reading is a Joy, Raija Poutiainen´s article about book talk or book tipping in schools. http://www.lib.hel.fi/Page/28dbe7a7-ac9d-4775-8b97-f87256ad4d4e.aspx
Annual Reports of the Helsinki City Library containing information of library services and activities for children. http://www.lib.hel.fi/Page/617bc4c1-1451-4c82-b004-a416a77b6d3d.aspx
Children´s web pages of The Helsinki City Library http://www.lib.hel… |
| Who will answer Ask a Librarian guestions - the specialists or librarians? How big is this service? How good (accurate, detailed) are the answers? |
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7.5.2003 |
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People who are giving answers in our service are all librarians. In addition of 51 public libraries there are also special libraries participating this service.
The Ask a Librarian started in 1999. We have sent almost 70 000 answers (-2018). Of these almost 40 000 are in the public archive of the service. In the year 2017 2830 questions were answered, this year 3054 (1.1.2018-22.10.2018). In the year 2017 174 different librarians answered question in the service.
It is a bit difficult to estimate how good (accurate, detailed) the answers are. Our target is to give as good answers as possible. We usually give a couple of good sources (books and web-sites) but quite often also advice, how to search (adresses of the databases, suitable… |
| Is there any possibility to read books online? And if yes, then how? |
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31.3.2009 |
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Yes, there is. First, go to this page http://www.helmet.fi/search~S9/X Then, put two ** into the first box, choose E-books from the menu and choose Go. As a result you can see all of our E-books. You can borrow these E-books with your Helmet Library Card number plus your PIN-code. You can get a PIN-code only by showing your identification card in the library.
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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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3.9.2015 |
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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/
http://www.finnkino.fi/… |
| I want to learn Finnish acrross the distance, how can the Library help me getting studying materials? |
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22.10.2014 |
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There are some Finnish courses online. You can find them via Infopankki. Infopankki is a website published by City of Helsinki:
http://www.infopankki.fi/en/living-in-finland/finnish-and-swedish/finni…
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| Please guide me to the best source on Finnish designers - (dates etc.) available on the Internet - Authority file ? |
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8.4.2008 |
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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.
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