In 2016 there were 137 book mobiles in Finland, 6 675 088 items were borrowed from the book mobiles, and there were 10 414 book mobile stops in the country, http://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/index.php?orgs=1&years=2016&stats=100 . More library statistics can be found in the Finnish Public Libraries Statistics, http://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/index.php?lang=en . There is a mobile library site, but helas, it's only in Finnish, https://www.kirjastot.fi/kirjastoautot. There is a contact person, however, you could write to, Heli Itkonen-Vesa (heli.itkonen-vesa@jns.fi) and ask for more detailed information. There is a nice video about mobile library activity and cooperation in northern Finland,…
You can order a book from the National Repository Library by using the Helmet ILL form:
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Interlibrary_loans/Interlibrary_loan_request(7869)
More information about interlibrary service in Helmet libraries:
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Interlibrary_loans
You can search console games in Helmet catalogue https://www.helmet.fi/en-US. Use Advanced search and as keyword * and select as format console game. In the result list selection At the library shows You games which are at the moment available in some Helmet-library. By logging in with Your library card number and pin code You can make reservations to get games into Your nearest library.
Yes libraries are happy to receive requests for possible acquisitions (for CDs or any other material). You can make these requests in several ways. First there are special acquisition request forms in libraries that you can fill out and return either to a special box recerved for these requests or directly to library personnel. Second you can, of course, go to a library and make a verbal acquisition request. Finally you can contact libraries by e-mail and make your request in that way.
Please note that it is important that you specify your request as well as possible. Also in your case the request is best to direct to a library with a music department. In Helsinki the Itäkeskus library's music department specializes in film music so…
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.
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May be you have this book in mind: Leikola, Anto: Taiteilijaveljekset von Wright - Suomen kauneimmat lintumaalaukset. Otava, Helsinki 1986. ISBN 9511092316. It is available in most Finnish libraries.
The fith edition (year 2000) is on sale in bookstores. Here are some adresses to bookstores which you can contact by Internet:
http://kauppa.akateeminen.com/
http://www.suomalainen.com
http://www.meteori.com/
http://www.bol.fi/
Or may be you mean this book:
Linnut / veljekset von Wright. Tammi, Helsinki, 1993. ISBN 951-31-0157-6. It is much larger book, 534 pages, with drawings of brothers von Wright. It is available in Helsinki City Library, but only as a reference book in Main Library.
The book "Malowany ptak " by Jerzy Kosinski has been published in Finland by the name
"Kirjava lintu" in 1967. This edition has been translated from the English version "The painted
bird" by Asko Salokorpi.
Keijo Virtanen was born 19.3.1945 in Tampere. This information can be found in the newspaper Aamulehti (19.3.1995), the National Audiovisual archive informed us.
Douglas Adams is a well known writer to us here. The Hitch-hiker's Guide is called "Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille" in finnish. The translator's name is Pekka Markkula.
The names of the translations of all Adams' works can be found in the National Bibliography of Finland at
http://finna.fi
Click on the title of a book to find the name of the original work and the name of the translator.
The next addresses may be of help to you in your work:
http://www.locusmag.com/Links/Portal.html
http://dir.lycos.com/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/m_links.html#fsfresearch
http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf_main.html
http://contento.best.vwh.net/0start.html
Good luck with your work!
Unfortunately Helmet Libraries does not have a translation service.
Helmet Libraries offers only Finnish language cafés and discussion groups. Participation is free of charge.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Multilingual_Library…
There are a few choices to prevent a person borrowing books from library, although as a librarian I cannot recommend canceling child's library card and I have no knowledge of a precedent. Also library must act according to library regulations and there is no mention of restrictions for if a person reads too much. As you say, reading is a good habit!
I presume the child is under 15 years old? First comes to mind that without library's interference maybe you could just simply take the card and keep it to yourself for the time being. In case the child has Taskukirjasto (Pocket Library app) which one can use as a library card, it is a bit trickier. You'll have to unload the app from his/her phone.
Technically, library card can…
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…
You can find information about working in Finland for example here:
https://www.te-palvelut.fi/en/jobseekers/finding-job/work-finland
https://finland.fi/facts-stats-and-info/how-about-getting-a-job-in-finl…
https://jobsfinland.fi/
If you are interested particularly in library jobs, here's one earlier answer to question about library education: https://www.libraries.fi/ask/what-diploma-do-you-need?language_content_…
The following web-site contains a wealth of information concerning the Finnish library system:
http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/
The article titled Public libraries in Finland / Ministry of Education is of special importance in terms of the guidelines set for the libraries. You should also check the following web-site: http://www.libraries.fi/info
I hope that the abovementioned web-sites will provide the information you are looking for.
To become a librarian in Finland one has to have a master´s degree which includes at least 35 study units in information and library science. Normally it takes from four to six years to complete the master’s degree.
There are only three universities in Finland, which provide courses in information and library science, namely, Tampere, Oulu, Åbo Akademi in Turku.
As for other actual librarians, there are a number of vocational high school and collages which train other library professionals such as library assistants.
For more detailed information you can check the following web-pages: http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/library_branch
The most northern library in Finland is Ohcejoga/Utsjoki library.
Utsjoki municipality is a Sami municipality and they speak Finnish and
Northern Sami language there, English also. They have a common mobile library with Norwegian municipalities.
See: http://www.utsjoki.fi
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…
