| I am Kongju National University freshman. (Kongju National University is in South Korea) And My major is… |
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1. There are 135 library buses in Finland.
2. By law, every municipality in Finland is required to offer library services. So there are 282 main libraries and 436 branch libraries, and 12 hospital libraries.
3. In a survey made in 2017 about how people spend their free time, 83% of women and 70% of men had read at least one book in a last six months. 10% of those who answered the survey had read ten (or more) books in six months.
I'm sorry, but the rest of your questions are too hard. Please contact Finnish Library Association for more information info@fla.fi
Library statistics in Finland can be found in https://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/index.php?lang=en
The survey about free time was made by Statistics Finland, https://www.stat.fi/… |
| I have received a return request on a book, but the library is closed fir pandemic reasons. How do I return the book, and is the request even relevant at this… |
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17.2.2021 |
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Helmet-Libraries are not closed, they have been open all the time this year,
but services are very limited:
- Retrieval of material from the reservation shelf and from the limited selection and theme shelves at the lending machines.
- Necessary, fast transactions with computers.
- Pre-booking and self-service with a lending machine as the primary service.
- If necessary, assistance and advice at the service desk.
- There is an obligation to use a mask in transactions. (Does not apply to people with a medical condition using a face mask.)
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| I need this book: But I cant find it any where in Finland, https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Anatomy-Physiology-Health-Sciences/dp/0176739157 Is it possible to… |
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24.11.2022 |
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Unfortunately, this textbook is not available in any Finnish library. It seems that no library in Europe has this title, so an interlibrary loan is not possible. |
| I would like to ask if its possible to return a book in Vaasa Vaasa library when i borrowed it in Helsinki. |
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30.8.2021 |
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Unfortunately it is not possible to return a book borrowed in Helsinki to Vaasa library. You have to send the book to Helsinki library by yourself. |
| Good day! May I ask what are the requirements borrowing books and also the library card. I am an international student and my identification available is the… |
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29.8.2022 |
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You can apply for a library card with a valid photo ID, for example a passport. You get more information about using our library on our web site https://vaasankirjasto.finna.fi/Content/asioi-kirjastossa
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| How do I book a meeting room for 25 people? |
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4.11.2022 |
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you can call to our Library for renting these rooms monday-thursday clock 12-15.
Kirjasto.taloustoimisto@jkl.fi
014 266 4111
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| I used to have a helmet card, but I can't find it anymore. How can I renew it? |
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7.5.2020 |
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Unfortunately it is not possible to send any customer info via e-mail or phone due to confidentiality and privacy reasons.
You can obtain a temporary customer id for the access to e-library by sending a request to the address ekortti@helmetkirjasto.fi. Temporary customer id is valid until 31 May, 2020. Online courses and e-books for example contain some language learning material.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Events_and_tips/News_flash/Using_the_libraries_during_the_corona_vi(209022)
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/eLibrary
You can get a new permanent card from library customer service when libraries are fully open again in June. There is more information about the current situation on Helmet website.
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| Team, Good Morning. We are new to Finland and am interested to borrow some story books from Library for my kids as they would like to go read stories etc. Can… |
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8.7.2021 |
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Here is what our rules say about the question:
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Info/Using_the_library/Library_card_and_loans(950)
Wellcome! |
| Is there an exclusive repertoire, catalog or repository of illustrated albums for adults? |
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29.5.2023 |
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Hello,
I am afraid Vieremä library does not participate in the Ask a Librarian service. Try to contact the library directly by email or phone. Contact details: https://rutakko.verkkokirjasto.fi/en/-/viereman-kunnankirjasto
You can search for material in the collections of Rutakko libaries, which includes Vieremä, here. |
| Can you please recommend me a dystopia book that's worth reading? Is for the Helmet challenge |
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12.1.2023 |
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Two classics:
Margaret Atwood: Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
Set in near-future, New England is known as a patriarchal, totalitarian state called the Republic of Gilead. Most women, especially poor ones, are forced to produce children for commanders and their wives as “handmaids”.
Don DeLillo: White Noise (1985)
A postmodern classic about a middle-class suburb family, airborne toxic event and suspicion. Lots of dialogue in this one! Noah Baumbach just made a hilarious movie based on this classic.
And a newer one:
Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven (2015)
Civilization has collapsed as a deadly virus conquered the whole world. A traveling symphony orchestra roams the waste lands and tries to find hope in art and humane… |
| I am writing with a great request. I am looking for the author and the title of the book I was reading in the Helsinki library while preparing materials for my… |
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8.6.2023 |
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The pages are from Björn Collinders book The Lapps (Princeton University Press, New York, 1949).
You find the book in digital form in Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/lapps0000coll/page/n3/mode/2up
https://archive.org/
https://finna.fi/Record/jykdok.1197473?sid=2999570253 |
| How can I donate some to the Pasila library? |
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28.6.2023 |
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Libraries, except Central Library Oodi, accept material donations according to their needs. Libraries reserve the right to further channel the donations e.g. to recycling shelves from where customers can take books for themselves. Feel free to contact the Pasila Library on the matter.
You find conctact information online at Helmet.fi:
Pasila Library | Helmet |
| Is it true that Karhuso kirjasto was expanded from a small school library to the public library inside the school in 1998? I would like to know more details… |
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23.10.2023 |
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According to the history of the Espoo City Library, Kun pienestä tuli suuri (Tuovi Määttänen, editor, Espoon kaupunginkirjasto 2006), the library in the area was first a room in the school. In the end of the 1980's school needed the room and 1988 a building for the Karhusuo library was built. Now library is again in the same building as the school when a new school was built in the area in 2020.
This video is from the 1988 building: https://www.kirjastokaista.fi/espoon-kirjastot-karhusuo/
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| A uncle to my dad recently passed away, and I'm trying to find an old article about him that he was very proud of. I wonder if you can point me in a direction… |
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28.3.2023 |
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Unfortunately we could not find the article in question. In the book Laukkonen, Ilmari: Teräs Oy 1910-1982 the strike was not mentioned. Regional newspapers of that time can be read by microfilms in Vaasa city library. Unfortunately it is not possible to search any specific article. |
| Tietääkö kukaan vanha suomalainen tarina "KAUKAINEN SAARI" (Toivo Pekkanen), ja onko teillä Englanninkielinen käännös? Kiitos paljon! 🇫🇮 |
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10.7.2023 |
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"Kaukaisesta saaresta" on ilmestynyt Lola Rogersin englanninnos "The Faraway Island" julkaisun Books from Finland numerossa 1/2007. Käännöksen voi lukea täällä. |
| Do you have any books you would recommend for an adult just learning Finnish? Thanks! |
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2.11.2022 |
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You could try on of these
From start to Finnish : a short course in Finnish, White, Leila. [Helsinki] : Finn lectura, [2012]
Complete Finnish, Leney, Terttu. London : Hodder Education, 2010
Mitä kuuluu? : suomen kielen kuuntelu- ja ääntämisharjoituksia, Latomaa, Sirkku. Helsinki : Finn Lectura, 2003
Finnish courses -books
Webmaterial
Easyfinnish
Yle Finnish
More webmaterial in Makupalat.fi |
| Guidelines for services to teens (12-18) in public libraries in Finland. |
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20.9.2023 |
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Services for teens differs between Public libraries in Finland.
In the Public Libraries Act (1492/2016) it says, that public libraries are tasked with: 1) providing access to materials, information and cultural contents; 2) maintaining versatile and up-to-date collections; 3) promoting reading and literature; 4) providing information services, guidance and support in the acquisition and use of information and in versatile literacy skills; 5) providing premises for learning, recreational activities, working, and civic activities;
6) promoting social and cultural dialogue. These services are of course aimed at teens also and very often libraries co-operate with schools to provide these services for teens. It is very common that a librarian… |
| I want to ask are there any books, journals or circulars that have mentioned about Finnish local brands that produced electronics, home appliances or other… |
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21.2.2023 |
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I tried several searches. With Finnish keywords elektroniikka brändit Suomi i got a result with a few publications about Nokia, but the were in Finnish, only one was in English (not about history of brands).
Elektroniikka Suomi historia gave documents about firms, factorys and brands and their history. The english material in mostly about Nokia.
English keywords are used in documents that can be found in university libraries and higher vocational libraries.
For instance brands electonics Finland and electronics history Finland give some results, but in all, i would recommend you to turn to Aalto University Learning Center. Aalto University has engineering, computer science in their study program. |
| I loved doing the 2022 & 2023 reading challenges and was hoping to see 2024 released soon, do you have a release date? Thanks for providing it in English! |
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29.11.2023 |
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If you are asking about Helmet Reading Challenge, we don't have an exact release date yet, but it is most likely between Christmas and New Year (Dec 27th to Dec 29th). |
| I have a library card. I wanted to know, if the library of Helsinki also offers snowshoes and how I can find them in the catalogue? |
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17.11.2023 |
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You find the snowshoes in Helmet catalogue if You make a search with the Finnish word "lumikengät". Then You refine the search result with "object" and You find that there are snowshoes available in several libraries.
Lumikengät Snow shoes in Helmet Libraries |
