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Please, give me some information about scandinavian library services called biblioboat or bookboat. 678 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
I want to know the definition of "Model Helsinki" for public libraries. 676 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…
I hear that you have a kind of starter kit( how to use the library, etc?) for the children come to libraries for the first time. Will you please tell me about… 674 In Helsinki city library we have children’s web pages. In these pages Bookster (The official web creature of the Helsinki City Library) will show children for example how to use the library. You find pages in English here: http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/children
Good morning! Please, help me to find a literature for this topic: "Analysis of state's regulation methods of sea transport by the example of ferries in Baltic… 673 It is very difficult to find literature concerning your question, but you can browse for example the Google with the following search terms: state regulations baltic sea area “sea transport”. Here are a couple web-addresses which deal with the subject: http://www.balticsea.net/ http://www.meriliitto.fi/?l=en&p=14
I would be grateful if you could let me know the main business magazines in Finland & if possible their website addresses. 671 It's recommended to go an have a look at the www-sides of Helsinki School of Economics and Business. There You can find their libarary journals database - the address is http://helecon2.hkkk.fi/journals/?lang=eng An other way is to go to magazine pages of Helsinki City Library: http://libpress.lib.hel.fi/search/index.asp?kieli=englanti and search by keywords like business or economics. There You find among others such papers or magazines as http://www.kauppalehti.fi/index2.shtml?http://www.kauppalehti.fi/doc/in… http://www.talouselama.fi/index.jsp and http://www.taloussanomat.fi/etusivu.asp All kinds of Finnish papers and magazines in Internet You can find in address http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/suoma/
I have the plastic library card for the Helsinki library. I saw that some people have their library card on their phone. How does that work? Can I also get… 671 Taskukirjasto (Pocket Library) is a mobile application for customers of the Helmet library. Taskukirjasto does not replace plastic library card but can be used alongside it. Taskukirjasto has your library card's bar code. Taskukirjasto application is free of charge and available for Android and iOS mobile devices. You can download Taskukirjasto from app stores. This year Helmet libraries are renewing their online and mobile services. Taskukirjasto app can be used until a new system replaces it.  https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/eLibrary/Taskukirjasto/Taskukirjasto(5378)
How do public libraries in Finland differ from those in the U.S. 668 You can find information about finnish public libraries in this link: http://www.libraries.fi/ (Information about Finnish Public Libraries). You probably know already the facts about public libraries in the U.S., but here are a couple of links about those too: http://www.publiclibraries.com/ http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Libraries_and_You/Facts_about…
Would like information and a picture of Finlands first president, Karlo Julo Stahlberg? 668 The easiest way to get information about and a picture of Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (note the spelling, Ståhlberg with so called swedish o) is from Internet. I used Google search engine http://www.google.com/ , searched the name as a phrase "Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg", and found some useful pages: http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english.html (National Biography of Finland, large article and a good picture of young Ståhlberg; easiest way to search is to browse "index of biographies"). http://www.kolumbus.fi/antti.arjonen/esseet/presidentit.html (good picture) http://virtual.finland.fi/elections/president2000/english/presidency.ht… (information in English) http://www.hel.fi/artmuseum/svenska/veisto/kj_stahlberg.htm (statue of pr. Ståhlberg in…
I stay in Tapiola and wanted to take some urgent print outs and I use the Tapiola library. I want to know if the printer is working now, as it was not working… 665 The printer is back in shape. Welcome to print.
Which countries have the biggest number of Nobel Prize winners in literature fields? 660 A quick counting in Wikipedia made a result of 12 prizes for USA, 9 to France, Germany and UK, 7 for Sweden and 6 for Spain and Italy. For an more accurate information check pages of Nobelprize.org in http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/ or Wikipedia http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
Are there any books on the histories of the following airlines: Finnair. Any information on these books is greatly appreciated. Please reply when you have any… 659 Here are some books about Finnair in English language: Haapavaara, Heikki: Time flies : Finnair 75. Finnair 1999 ISBN 951-98041-1-0 Heavenly fare from the kitchens and cellars of Finnair/Anna-Maija Tanttu [et al.] ; Otava, [1998] ISBN 951-1-15633-0 Wegg, John: Finnair : the art of flying since 1923. Finnair [1983] ISBN: 951-99450-3-2 Contact your library to get these books as interlibrary loans. Have you visited Finnair's homepage? There is much information about Finnair - for example their annual reports, history, statistics etc. : http://www.finnair.com/finnair/
I was looking for solid evidence that would explain when the President vetos a law (bill, congress can over ride it with a 2/3 vote, but from the day the the… 658 There's a site maintained by the U.S. Government that tells about the Presidential Veto Procedure: http://www.house.gov/rules/95-1195.htm They say on that site that "Most often, however, if a vote or other action is to occur, it will take place within a week or two of the veto being cast." There's much more to it, of course, please read the whole text. You certainly get a better answer to your question if you send it to the Ask Librarian -service of the Library of COngress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
Who is the Minnesota native that created a barbeque sauce? (must be african american) 657 Your question is quite difficult 'cause there are a lot of barbeque sauce creators in Minnesota. One of the most famous is John Michaels who was the National Beef Cook-Off winner in the year 1988.
I'm a Finnish student from Spain and I found the English edition of Fred Karlsson's Finnish grammar. I know that a Spanish version was published but I can't… 657 The Spanish version of Fred Karlsson's Finnish grammar is Gramática básica del finés (Suomen peruskielioppi, traducción y adaptación: Ursula Ojanen et al., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid : Siglo XXI, distr., 1991, ISBN 84-7477-306-7). The book is available in some university libraries (Helsinki, Turku, Oulu and Jyvaskylä) and as well in some public libraries. You can check the availability of the item for example in Finna https://finna.fi/ or in Frank Metasearch http://monihaku.kirjastot.fi/en/. Fennica https://finna.fi  
Ask a librarian team, I have a question about libraries in prisons in Helsinki and in hole Finland. Do you have libraries in prisons and are they in a good… 656 You can find some information about libraries in Finnish prisons on the page of Vankeinhoitolaitos http://www.vankeinhoito.fi/ > Tietopankki > Kirjasto. On that page it says that there are libraries for prisoners in prisons and that the libraries are taken care of by the prisons themselves. On the same page there is a link to Vankeinhoitolaitoksen kirjasto (http://www.vhkk.fi/kirjasto.htm). Under Library (on the bottom on the left) you can find some information in English. On the page you can also find their email-address (vhl.kirjasto@om.fi). It is best to turn directly to this special library with your questions.
Im looking for a book I read when I was younger, it was a collection of short (2 or 3 page) mysteries, and at the end there would be a question involving the… 656 There are a large number of books that play with the short mysteries genre sometimes called mini-mysteries, where the reader is asked to solve a mystery. Consequently, without any more detailed information about the specific book you are looking for it is fairly difficult to offer an exact answer. Here are a few possible candidates: "Two-minute Mysteries" by Donald Sobal; "You're the Detective!: Twenty-Four Solve-Them-Yourself Picture Mysteries" by Lawrence Treat; "You Be The Jury" by Marvin Miller; "Almost Perfect Crimes: Mini-Mysteries For You To Solve" by Hy Conrad. One possible option would be to try online retail book sellers (Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com for example) and search for the availablity of the above titles. These…
Chinese history about money 654 Some interesting links in Internet about the topic you asked. I hope that these will help you. Please, ask more, if you need more information. The history of early chinese money: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/amser/china.html Coins of Ancient China: http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china2.htm Ancient China to Modern Times: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/AncientChina.html#Money
I have returned an item yesterday -"the Lost plays" by Agatha Christie -but it's still on my record today and the fee is still coming. Could you, please, check… 651 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.
In what library system you are working? 648 The Helsinki City Library uses GeacPlus library system. The producer of thi system is Geac Benelux BV and you will find more information about this company at http://www.geac.com
I am writting an Essay on Scandinavian Party Systems, However when searching the database i could not find books/journals on this in English. Could You Maybe… 646 Searching the online catalogue of Tampere university and using the search words ‘Scandinavian party system’ gives you one result: - Berglund, Sten: The Scandinavian party system(s): a comparative study, Lund:Studentlitteratur,1978 Seaching in internet you'll have more relevant search results by using search maschines for scientific information only like the Scirus (http://www.scirus.com/ ) or Google Scolar (http://scholar.google.com/) and using the search words ‘Scandianvian party system’ or 'Finnish party system’ etc. One article dealing with the Finnish political system you’ll find at the address http://www.soc.utu.fi/en/studying/programmes/TheFinnishPoliticalSystem… There are even more results for this search. You can try it. Helpful…