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I am looking for information in English on the topic of using volunteers in libraries in Finland, both in the past and at present. 839 There are some scientific research below partly about your topic. The second one is in Finnish, but there is an abstract in English. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/3711/Makinen553.p… https://publications.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/35828/Saarela_Ri…
I am looking for information about web forms and web usability 836 Here’s some information about webforms and web usability: Links: http://www.q-d.com/wf.htm (including some downloads) http://webreference.com/programming/forms.html http://www.utexas.edu/learn/forms/ http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/husat/eusc/g_design_web_sites.html Books (available in libraries): Heslop, Brent : HTML publishing on the Internet for Windows Nielsen, Jakob : Designing Web usability Tyler, Denise : Macromedia Flash 5
Could you give me any Internet addresses where I can find out more about the IT crime rates(hacking,software piracy etc.)as well as IT Laws and Legislation in… 834 Statistics Finland has StatFin-online service http://statfin.stat.fi/Statweb/index_ENG.stm if you clic the WebSelector the statistics for criminality can be found. Unfortunally IT crimes are on the category other offences whitch consist of several other crimes. IT crime rates that is rates for other offences can be found at the Library of Statistics. Contact information: Visiting address: Työpajakatu 13 B, 1. floor, Helsinki Postal address: POB 2B, FIN-00022 Statistics Finland Contact information: Visiting addressContact information:Telephone: +358 9 1734 2220 Telefax: +358 9 1734 2279 e-mail: library@stat.fi Internet: http://www.stat.fi/tk/kk/index_en.html Finlex http://www.finlex.fi/english/index.html is a Finnish legislation with a list…
I would like to know if there is any book/magazine/written reference with places in Finland where I can advertise a service for a company. The company deals… 834 There are several lists and registers in the internet, unfortunately many of them only in Finnish. You can make a search with words like "Suomen yritykset" and get several registers and search systems. Here is a link for a good regional search, only in Finnish: http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/yritykset/yrityshaku/?gclid=CL-K3bfeybcCF… The home page of the Finnish Business Information System: http://www.ytj.fi/english/ Two links for a National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland. Perhaps they can give you more information there: http://www.prh.fi/en.html and https://virre.prh.fi/portal/dt?userLang=en
What is the main cause for the Indian water crisis? 832 Here you are a few websites about this serious problem and the main causes of it: http://www.globalwaterforum.org/2012/07/30/indias-groundwater-crisis/co… http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=356 http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/global-water-crisis/606#
I would like to come to Finland next year for several months and I hope to find a job. I already had two professional experiences in French libraries … 831 "Unfortunately it`s very difficult to to get a job in a library in Finland if you don`t know finnish, even if you have education as an librarian. If you are e.g native english speaker, there are of course some possibilities to work in certain organizations or communities without knowing finnish." Source: http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/question.aspx?ID=9dc54a99-a… Open vacancies: Employment and Economic Development Office of Finland: http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/index.jsp
I am working on an extended essay for my high school and would like to base it on the Finnish revolution (where it was freed from Russia). I am also… 831 I recommend these web sites for you: In English: History of Finland http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/hist.html This site is part of Virtual Finland, which is produced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. A Web History of Finland by Pasi Kuoppamäki http://ky.hkkk.fi/~k21206/finhist.html In Finnish: Suomi 80 : Itsenäistymisen vuodet 1917-1918 http://www.uta.fi/suomi80/ This site is maintained by Department of History at University of Tampere Suomen historian kronologia http://www.utu.fi/agricola/hist/kronologia/index.html Vuoden 1918 sota http://www.utu.fi/agricola/hist/aihe/sota/1918.html These two sites above are part of the Project Agricola, which is produced by Finnish universities, archives, societies, museums and…
Where can I find a list of publishers of children's books that are located in Texas? 829 Hello, Here are some links that might help you. Children`s Book Council`s webpage has an online member list, but only one of the publishers (the first one) is located in Texas http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/mlist1.html www.chlidrenslit.com has a list of publishers webpages, but you have to check each link separately to find out the location. http://www.childrenslit.com/sites_publish.html Children`s book publishers in United States: http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/reading/bookpubs.cfm Click e.g Gryphon House Books and you can choose a state and find stores located in Texas Book Publishers of Texas has a membership directory http://www.bookpublishersoftexas.com/directory.asp
We currently make inquiries on subscription fees in public libraries. Could you please send us, by mail, the registration and special fees for borrowing… 828 In Finland registering for a public library card and borrowing materials from public libraries is free of charge. This is stated in the Library Act and Library Decree. You can find more information about the Finnish library system here: http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/culture/library/public_libraries.html. Some of the information is also in French.
How do i make a book reservation using the internet 827 You can make book reservations (and other materials too) using our WebLibrary -PIKI-verkkokirjasto in finnish http://kirjasto.tampere.fi:8000/ Just clik the flag icon on the left hand corner and You'll find the english version of our service. http://kirjasto.tampere.fi:8000/Pallas?formid=t_form2&sesid=1095164015&… (There is also a link to the service in our frontpage) In order to make reservations You need a valid library card and and a password. If you do not have a password or if you want to change your password, please contact the library staff. You will get it from any of our libraries visiting them personally (passwords are not given by phone or email). More information about our services in english http://www.tampere.fi/…
I would like to donate books in a library. I know about recycling shelves, but I would like to give books directly to the libraries. 822 You can contact a Helmet Russian library and offer books to them. https://www.helmet.fi/ru-RU/Bibliotechnye_uslugi/Russkoiazychnaia_biblioteka 043 825 7993 sellonkirjasto@espoo.fi
I have my library card. How do I reserve the book? 822 1. You can reserve material through the Helmet portal. Find the book that you want to reserve by entering the search term in Search for Items, then click Request it. You are asked to log in by entering your library number and your PIN code. Once you have done that, you can choose the library where you want to pick up your book. You can make your choice from the drop-down menu presented. If you do not, the book will be sent to your default library. 2. Alternatively, you can phone any of the Helmet libraries and ask the staff to reserve the book for you. You will be asked for your library card number. You can find the library phone numbers under Libraries on the helmet.fi page. 3. If you want to…
I would like to find information about the history of Esplanadi (Helsinki) 821 There seems to be only one book in English about Esplanadi: "The Esplanade during the 19th century--Helsinki" by Henrik Lilius, 1984 (ISBN 87-85176-20-6). This work is primarily a pictorial production. It has color reproductions of original tinted project plans and black & white reproductions of original monocrome project plans. The photographs show what form the Esplanade did in fact take during the 19th century. The following address http://www.hel.fi/tourism/html/english/artikkelit/artikkelit/esplanadi… has an article about Esplanadi as well.
I am a librarian in the USA and would like your assistance. I am looking for a Finnish citizen who used to live at an address in Helsinki. Is there a reference… 820 Hi! I checked the name of the person whom you asked in your query and could not find him on the Helsinki telephone catalogue. In Finland people who move should inform their new address to a local magistrate that keeps a register. The Helsinki magistrate's contact info is: Helsingin maistraatti Albertinkatu 25, P.O. Box 309, 00181 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 695 441 Telefax +358 9 6954 4330 E-mail: helsingin.maistraatti@eslh.intermin.fi You can also contact Directory Assistance at +358 100 13 or +358 118. This service has all the telephone and mobile phone numbers throughout Finland and it is available 24 hours.
When I resarch a book, the result is written that "Location" of the book is "Hki central stack 1" . What does this mean? Where is "Hki central stack 1"? 819 'Hki central stack 1' is the central stock (store) of the Helsinki City Library. It is located in the Main library in Pasila.
I am a Danish author and film director of the best selling Danish book and DVD series ‘The Mind of a Leader’. The English narrative series is based on… 819 Please contact e.g.. the following companies: Elokuvakirjasto, Tibo-Trading Oy, Kirjastomedia pr BTJ Kirjastopalvelu. They distribute DVD discs to the Finnish libraries. Answers to both guestions. Elokuvakirjasto. http://elokuvakirjasto.fi/s/yhteystiedot Oy Kirjastomedia - Biblioteksmedia Ab (på svenska) IBLIOTEKSMEDIA förmedlar och distribuerar DVD-filmer och VHS-filmer till bibliotek, skolor samt läromedelscentraler. http://internetsivu.yritysopas.com/kirjastomediabiblioteksmedia/ BTJ Kirjastopalveluu http://www.btj.fi/english/ Tibo-Trading Oy http://www.tibo.net/?l=en&p=pages%2Fstaff
Please could you write me, if there, in Finland does exist some association (or only a group of people), which could serve as Friends of library(ies) and… 818 One such association was founded in Käpylä, Helsinki in June 5th 2002 to protect the Käpylä branch of Helsinki City Library which then was threathened to be closed down along with several other small branch libraries in Helsinki. Local movements in different parts of Helsinki soon reacted against the threat of their local libraries to be closed. In the end, none of the libraries was closed but were given diminished opening hours. The local library association in Käpylä, Käpylän aluekirjastoyhdistys, is still active and co-operates with the library staff to arrange special events, such as literary evenings, and to develop the services of their local library.
In which Library around Helsinki can I borrow fiction books in French? (apart from Sello and the one in Pasila) 816 Here you have a link to a list of all fiction books in French in HelMet libraries around the capital region: http://luettelo.helmet.fi/search/X?SEARCH=**&searchscope=4&m=1&l=fre&b=… So, as you see there are quite a few libraries that harbour at least some kind of a collection of books in French. If you would like to restrict the search to a given library, go to this page: http://luettelo.helmet.fi/search~S9/X . Type two asterisks (**) in the search field. Instead of Entire collection, choose Fiction. For material type, choose book and for language, French. Then choose the library you want and click Go!
I'm trying to find some peruvian litterature. Could you tell me if you have books of Cesar Vallejo? I would appreciate it very much. 815 There are a few of books by Cesar Vallejo availlable in Helmet-libraries i.e. in Helsinki Metropolitan Area libraries. The titles and availability you'll find here: "Obra poética completa" is availble in Kirjasto Omena in Espoo "Poemas en prosa ; Poemas humanos ; España, aparta de mí este cáliz" is in Töölö Library in Helsinki. "Poemas humanos" is on shelf both in Itäkeskus Library in Helsinki and Sello Library in Espoo. "El tungsteno ; Paco Yunque" is on shelf both in Rikhardinkatu Library in Helsinki and Tikkurila Library in Vantaa. An English translation "Spain, take this chalice from me" and other poems" belongs to the collection of Sello Library, but is checked out at the moment. http://www.helmet.fi
Can you please send me the total height of the Tuomiokirkko? 814 The height of the central tower of Tuomiokirkko is 71 meters. The church is called also Suurkirkko or Nikolain kirkko. You can find the height of the tower in Internet at page http://de.travel.yahoo.com/t/wc/finland/helsinki/churches/suurkirkko.ht…