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…
The name Mänttä is also an old place name, which is nowadays a town in Finland. The place name Mänttä comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618) founded in Keuruskoski in the wilderness of Sääksmäki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4ntt%C3%A4
I found two different theories about the name's meaning. One theory is that the word is derived from old Swedish word "mäntare", which means person who process leather or does tanning. So it is possible that the first person with that name was a professional tanner. Other theory is that it might derive from German name Menze.
Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (Mänttä)'s family has their own society, which might interest you also:
https://mantsa.yhdistysavain.fi/
References…
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.
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.
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
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If the book is borrowed from Helmet library, you can renew it 5 times.
Renewal is not possible if the book is reserved or you have received another reminder about being late.
You can contact one of the pearl libraries, and we will look into the matter. https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
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…
You can ask if Forms assistant services can help you.
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Sello_Library/Events/Forms_assistant_services_for_immigrants(174876)
Or you can leave The Loan to the Librarian -service for a help request.
https://my.surveypal.com/app/form?_d=0&_sid=288894515&_k=eOCeisnQSPTKB14C2v04ABxithTiE9BIcvTif9OyeZNM298oOSj14GpSjUxmhrPn&_hid=lainaakirjastolainen
Choose library and "Tiedonhaku: vaativa aineistohaku, tietokannat, kirjallisuus, musiikki, internet-tiedonlähteet"
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!
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
It has been quite hard to define what kind of material You actually need. Reading research is a vast area and the links provided here may or may not be useful.
First, the links to the Internet where You should have a free access from any Internet account:
"The finnish success in PISA and some reasons behind it
PISA 2000"
Authors and Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä
http://www.jyu.fi/ktl/pisa/publication1.pdf
"Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow: Further Results from PISA 2000 - Publications 2000"
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/document/21/0,2340,en_32252351_32236159_336886…
"Summary of “Finland Reads” studies from 1989, 1995, and 2003"
Drafted by Yrjö Repo from the reports of Taloustutkimus Oy
http://www.skyry.…
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_…
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
There are several services that offer penpals in Finland. You could try for instance http://www.penpals.com/
http://www.euro26.org/
http://www.iys.fi/ind2.htm
You can find more useful links by Google http://www.google.com/ by entering search term "penpals".
If you want to reach specially people who are interested in Finnish genealogy you could try the mailing lists of the Genealogical Society of Finland http://www.genealogia.fi/postlist/indexe.htm
