Helsinki City Library has not kept statistics on different user-groups. The only division is between adults and children. The 2003 statistics tell very little about programs for public.
User instruction and instruction in information searches: 6489 events, 30235 participants,( consists of any interested, school classes, some groups of old people).
Events for children 486, participants 6414
- storytimes in Finnish, Swedish and some immigrant languages as Somali, plays, puppet shows
Exhibitions: 370.
Events for adults: 176.
-lectures, author's visits
Other events: 122.
Booktalk for children:386 events, 9425 participants
-sometimes even for parents and old people in old people's homes and hospitals.
Kittilä is a minor place, it very likely that there are no historians who are specialized in Kittilä history. Since you gave information about your family, i guess you are interested in your family history. I would recommend you to contact the Kittila parish for more information. A helpful source of information to a genealogist in Finland is Sukututkimusseura (The Genealogical Society of Finland) and their database Hiski:
http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?lang=en
http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1…
It is also worth looking of the parish register of Kittilä:
http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat/Kirkonkirjat/kittila/kittila.htm
email address to Kittilä parish is kittila.seurakunta@evl.fi…
In Helsinki City Library, we use Sierra by Innovative Interfaces (https://www.iii.com/products/sierra). It’s a commercial software. You can find more about the library systems used in Finland at http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi/kirjastoala/kirjastojarjestelmat#.V1Wlz015I5t. Especially Koha (http://www.koha.org) is interesting as it is an open source software.
Our E-book systems have been integrated to Sierra, but they use different commercial sites. They are OverDrive (https://www.overdrive.com/) and Ellibs (http://www.ellibs.com).
You'll find the finnisch alphabet for english speakers at the Wikipedia site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_alphabet .
Online introductions to Finnish language are given for example in the following addresses:
http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/FinnishForForeigners/
http://venla.org/
Free language software downloads are found in the address http://www.byki.com/fls/FLS.html
English to Finnish/Finnish to English online dictionaries are available in the following addresses:
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fin.html
http://www3.fincd.com/
Jyväskylä Main Library and all branch libraries have customer PCs with access to a word processor. The PCs can be booked in advance, at the Main Library on tel. (014) 266 4123, and at branch libraries by telephoning the library in question.
Red more..
http://www.jkl.fi/kirjasto/eng/using#booking
In the following address in the internet they promise to rent laptops. Look in English.
http://it-apurit.fi/tietokone-vuokraus/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIseHNidWN1wIVj…
Indeed it does. You can check here in which Helmet libraries you are allowed to take your dog with you: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US
(Click the link "Libraries" in the upper banner and then choose the library from the dropdown menu.)
Sounds like you have to replace the book. Each book has its own price and ranges from around 9 € to 450 €.
Usually the price is around 25€. You can also replace the book with another similar one.
Hello,
You can get a new library card at any Helmet library by showing your ID card (with a photo) to the library personnel. At the library they can also check out, if your lost library card is maybe found, and can be fetched from a library somewhere. The cost for a new card is 3 euros for adults, and 2 euros for children.
Note, however, that you can also borrow books with an ID card, from the desk if there's personnel present, and if you are a registered customer.
It is also possible to get a virtual library card to your smart phone by installing an app called Taskukirjasto, but you need to know your library card number and pin code in order to use it. With Taskukirjasto you can also renew your loans, make reservations etc.
According to Ante Aikio’s article ’Suomen saamelaisperäisistä paikannimistä’ (About Finnish place- names of Sami origin) in publication Virittäjä 1/ 2003 name Ivalo has origin in Sami language, Inari Sami ‘Avveel’. For more detailed information you can contact Research Institute for the Languages of Finland http://www.kotus.fi/ (choose ‘In English’ to get the page in English). They have a special Finnish name guidance by phone + 358 9 701 93 65, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.. By email you can contact Information Officer Sirkka Rautoja, sirkka.rautoja@kotus.fi or Library, kirjasto@kotus.fi. You can also contact directly a specialist in Sami names and place-names, email kaarina.vuolab-lohi@kotus.fi.
The best collection in Finland is The Slavonic Library/The National Library of Finland. About its services
http://www.nationallibrary.fi/services/kokoelmat/slaavilainenkirjasto.h…
I found in Wikipedia that Alice in Wonderland has been translated in Russian in the year 1923. I'm sorry but I couldn't find any earlier translation. In Vaasa city library we have got only the book that has been published in the year 2007.
In short, Finland and Germany were allies from 1941 to 1944. During that time German troops were based in Finland, but the country retained an independent democratic government and was never occupied. The co-operation ended in 1944, and Finland declared war on Germany.
Here are some worthwhile sources of information online.
ThisisFINLAND by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland:
http://finland.fi/life-society/main-outlines-of-finnish-history/
An article by C. Peter Chen in World War II Database:
http://ww2db.com/country/Finland
In Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Finland_during_World_…
Printed sources:
Lunde, Henrik: Finland's War Of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II (a…
You can renew your loans in Helmet web library, if your loans are from Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa or Kauniainen libraries. You need your own PIN code which is attached to your library card number. You can get your pin code from your library.
1) go to www.helmet.fi (choose from the upper right corner language "in English")
2)The upper right corner: Your Record
3)Now write your library card number and pin code and then log in.
4)You can see your loans and choose what to renew. You can renew your loans three times, if there are no reservations. If you have payments of 5 euros or more for library then you can renew your loans only after you have paid so that your fee is under 5 euros.
In public libraries we have few books and articles about cable cars. Our books considers nearly how to build cable cars to playgrounds. Perhaps you can ask from nearest university libary.
Finnish standard, published Suomen standardisoimisliitto
SFS-EN 1709
Henkilökuljetukseen tarkoitetut köysiradat. Turvallisuusvaatimukset. Ennen käyttöönottoa tehtävä tarkastus, kunnossapito ja käyttötarkastukset/ Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. Precommissioning inspection, maintenance, operational inspection and checks
https://sales.sfs.fi/fi/index/tuotteet/SFS/CEN/ID2/1/8909.html.stx . Also available in libraries
Finnish law: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2002/20020253
Eur-Lex: köysiradat: http://eur-lex.…
Väestorekisterikeskus (Population Registry Centre) can possibly help you in locating your friend. The contact information can be found here https://dvv.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/osoitepalvelu-sisalto
Contact information, https://dvv.fi/en/contact
Here are a few webguides to citation in the Finnish legislation.
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Finland1.html
http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/upload_documents/Final_GFILC…
p.54-57
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/finland.php
