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Etsin tietoa seuraavista aiheista:e-business, e-commerce ja business-to-business commerce. Löytyisikö näitä koskien mitään materiaalia? 635 Suomen kielen asiasana aiheillesi lienee verkkokauppa. Pääkaupunkiseudun aineistotietokanta http://www.libplussa.fi/ antaa asiasanalla verkkokauppa rajattuna suomen kieleen kolmisenkymmentä viitettä. Libplussasta näet myös teosten saatavuustiedot. Helsingin yliopiston kirjastojen tietokanta HELKAsta löytyy verkkokauppa asiasanalla kymmeniä viitteitä. Haukuja voit itse tehdä osoitteesta: http://helkaw.lib.helsinki.fi/index.cgi Yliopistokirjastojen yhteistietokanta LINDA antaa samaisella verkkokauppa asiasanalla yli 60 suomen kielistä viitettä, joista osa on tutkimuksia: esim. Elektronisesta kaupasta eLiiketoimintaan, toimittaneet Pirjo Järvelä ja Markku Tinnilä, Tekes, 2000 tai Verkkomainonta Suomessa / Pirjo Järvelä, Mika Raulas LTT-…
Where can i find Fazer liquer fills candy? 634 You can find Fazer Liqueur Fills and other Fazer candies in Fazer Web Store https://webshop.cloettafazer.fi/fazu/base.cfm?kieli=eng where you can also order the products. The service is available also in English. The products can also be ordered abroad, the pagage will then come in priority mail.
Population of Canada in year 2000 634 It was 30 689 000: http://www.stat.fi/tup/maanum/03_pinta-ala_vakiluku_ja_paakaupunki_mait…
I am getting the message that you can not renew any item as your registration has expired. Please suggest the needful. 634 You should visit the library in person and take ID card with you. We'll then continue your registration and the renewals will function again. Sorry for your trouble! Find your library: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
I want to know the meaning and history of the Finnish name Helinä. 633 Helinä is a popular variation of Helena. It has the same origin as English Helen = Greek Helene, feminine of Helenos "the bright one, shining one". Finnish writer Santeri Ivalo used Helinä in his historical novel "Juho Vesainen" 1894. Helinä also means tinkle.
Information about hybrid library or any future library? 631 Although several books have been written on your disseration subject, the hybrid library, we do not seem to have many books readily available. At this moment there's one book, Glen E. Holts "Customer self service in the hybrid library" available on the shelf in the Helsinki City Library. You can read about the finnish vision of the hybrid library in the Ministry of Education's Library strategy 2010. The publication can be found under the address http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/publications/2003/kseng.pdf There are also several articles about hybrid libraries in EBSCO, a full text database that you can find in most libraries in the Helsinki region. You should also check what there is to be found in LISA, the Library and Information Science…
Which libraries subscribe to The Times Periodicals 631 You will find The Times in the following branches of the Helsinki City Library: Itäkeskus library, the main library and Rikhardinkatu library. Of these libraries, Itäkeskus keeps the periodical one month and both the main library and Rikhardinkatu library three months. You can request yourself more than 3 months older copies at Rikhardinkatu library. You can search any periodical or newspaper in the Helsinki City Library from the Lib-Press periodicals database at http://libpress.lib.hel.fi/new/search/ also in English.
Which government office in Finland determines design standards for bicycle paths (width, traffic separation, signage, snow clearing, etc.)? 630 Please visit the site of Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities: http://www.sll.fi/verkosto/engl.htm . There are some useful addresses at the end of the page. Email address of the co-ordinator Tapio Linna is tapio.linna@sll.fi . In Helsinki the municipal organ is Traffic Planning Division in City Planning Department. The pages are unfortunately only in Finnish and Swedish: http://www.hel.fi/ksv . One of the contact people is Antero Naskila antero.naskila@hel.fi
Who made forks? 628 According to the site The history of eating utensils, the forks were introduced by the Greeks, atleast to the western history of eating utensils. See, http://research.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/forks.htm These following books could give you more information: Petroski, Henry. The Evolution of Useful Things. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Giblin, James Cross. From Hand to Mouth: Or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and Chopsticks & the Table Manners To Go With Them. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1987.
I'm a french guy writing you from Paris. I'm wondering where may I find other "Ask a librarian" websites on the web. Such websites from Europe, USA, Canada and… 627 Finnish Ask a librarian- service has an open archive. You can find it on the page www.libraries.fi, on the top on the right there is a link to Ask a librarian-service and right under that Archive. There are links to several online services from the page www.libraries.fi (Finnish version www.kirjastot.fi > Kirjastoala (on the top on the right) > Verkkotietopalvelu (on the bottom on the left) > Kirjastojen verkkotietopalveluita (or direct address http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/kirjastoala/verkkotietopalvelu/ )You can also find several European libraries from this address http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org. You can search for online-services from each library’s own page. It is possible to find several Ask a librarian-services around…
I want to know the definition of "Model Helsinki" for public libraries. 626 Purpose of Helsinki City Library The Helsinki City Library provides a fundamental civic service available to everyone. As a part of the worldwide network of libraries, we offer customers unrestricted access to sources of culture and information. On an interactive basis, we develop the library services Helsinki residents need so that they can be active members of society and enjoy life more fully. On an interactive basis, we develop the library services Helsinki residents need so that they can be active members of society and enjoy life more fully. The Helsinki City Library acts as the Central Library for public libraries. We also serve as a multilingual library. Library network consists of the main library, 30 branch libraries, a number of…
Can I scan my document in the city library 626 Hi Sulaymon, Yes, there is a scanner on the 3th floor in the main library (Vapaudenkatu 39-41). If you want to reserve it, the number is 014 266 4123. Welcome to scan!
Please, give me some information about scandinavian library services called biblioboat or bookboat. 625 Hello! You can find information about bookboats via Internet. In Finland there is only one bookboat (in Parainen commune). Here are some links about bookboatservices in Norway (N.B. e-mail address in last one): http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/141-175e.htm http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/publib/mobile/newnorwa.htm http://www.hordaland-f.kommune.no/fylkesbibl/Epos/information_in_englis… Bookboats can be found also in some other countries around the world: http://www.bookboat.com/unusual_lib/bookboat_lib.htm
Could you help me to find overtone singing in digital libraries? 625 I searched from Helsinki City Libary's database and found only one book on overtone singing. The book is called "Overtone singing: physics and metaphysics of harmonics in east and west" and it is written by Marc C. van Tongeren: http://www.helmet.fi/record=b1630992~S3*fin Wikipedia has a very fine article about overtone singing. The article has an excellent list of external references. Many of these refenrences have audio clips. Overtone singing links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing http://www.overtone.cc/songs http://www.overtonesinging.com/ http://www.harmonicovertones.com/
I would Like to start taking Finnish language classes that are directed at foreigners and would like to start taking such classes immediately. Are there any… 625 Jyväskylä City Library does not arrange language courses. Please, take contact  Jyväskylän kansalaisopisto, Adult Education Centre https://www.jkl.fi/kansalaisopisto or Monikulttuurikeskus Gloria, Multicultural Center Gloria https://www.gloriajkl.fi/en/info-gloria/
What are the major cities of Finland? 624 Mikäli kysymyksesi tarkoittaa, että haluat tietää, mitkä ovat Suomen suurimmat kaupungit, on vastaus: 5 suurinta kaupunkia väkiluvun perusteella ovat: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku. Voit lähemmin tarkastella asiaa nettiosoitteesta http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskus_vaesto.html#suurimmat . Suomen tilastollinen vuosikirja on hyvä lähdeteos. Siinä on myös mm. kaupunkien ja kuntien pinta-alat. Suomen eri läänien tärkeimmät kaupungit ovat lääninhallituksen sivuilla osoitteessa http://www.intermin.fi/suom/laanit/ .
I reside in Russia.Do I have a possibility to use the funds of a Finnish research library using the Internet? 620 http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/tilke
I am an American citizen who is a graduate student at Kent State University School of Library and Information Science. I'm curious about what the process would… 620 You can provide information about working on Finland from the website of Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö): http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/02_working/05_foreigners/index.jsp
How many editions of Henryk Sienkiewicz "Quo Vadis?" were published in Finland? 618 The latest finnish edition of Quo Vadis (1990) is 12th.(Source: The National Bibliography of Finland)
I am looking for a video on the French Revolution to show to my high school students in Parola. Do you have any to loan? Please let me know if there may be… 618 If you search the PIKI-database with the keyword Ranskan vallankumous, you will find all kinds of material on the subject, http://kirjasto.tampere.fi:8000/ . Unfortunately, it seams that there are no videos in English about the topic. I found one video about the French revolution in Finnish in Tampere city library, an animation of the series Olipa kerran ihminen...: aikojemme seikkailut = Il etait une fois... l'homme, osa 8: Ranskan vallankumous 1997. There is also anohter videocassette in finnish, Vapauden bulevardit / toimittaja Erkki Toivanen, YLE Tallennepalvelu, 1995. Since the video does'nt include the Tampere city library collection, you should contact the library e.g. by email and ask if it is possible to borrow it from another…