There's a good starting point for your thesis on the site of the Ministry of Education:
http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/culture/library/public_libraries.html
There are also two shorter articles on the Internet that I believe you should check out. One is under the address http://www.uwasa.fi/~sukkula/juhlakirja/english.html
and written by Ilkka Mäkinen. The article
will provide you with a historical perspective. The other one is under
http://www.lib.hel.fi/julkaisut/media.html
and concerns the situation today.
There are also books on the subject, for instance:
Finnish public libraries in the 20th century. You can find more books on our database
http://www.helmet.fi/screens/opacmenu.html
In our library, electronic information sources (databases) give more relevant results. Databases also help us to sort results efficiently. I'm sorry but we don't have ability to answer better to your question. If you want to have more information about this topic, The university of Tampere has faculty of information sciences(www.uta.fi).
The public library is an institution provided usually by a state, city or municipality. Public library services are provided equally for all citizens or inhabitants of a certain area (state, city, commune etc.) regardless of age and economical, social or cultural background. The aim is to give people access to knowledge, information, education, recreation and experience by means of literature, audio- or audiovisual recordings, IT-services and different forms of personal information service. Public library services may also include occasional art exhibitions, educational presentations, musical or literary performances and so on.
In practice, this means that the library users may borrow books and other material from a library or read/listen…
If the book you're asking for isn't found in the stores, ask the staff if it can be ordered for you. I checked websites of the two big bookstore chains, Suomalainen kirjakauppa and Akateeminen kirjakauppa, and according to their internet stores there are available prints of "Der kleine Prinz". Akateeminen promises to have it in 1-2 days, via Suomalainen kirjakauppa it takes 2 weeks. Contact the stores for more info.
Unfortunately no Helmet library has an air quality monitor for loan at the moment. Although you can find such a tool in the Helmet catalogue, there seems to be no working equipment left now. Hopefully in the future again?
In the Helmet search you can browse all objects and tools for loan at the Helmet libraries, from sport equipment to drill machines, by using * (star) as a search term and then restricting your search to objects only: https://haku.helmet.fi/iii/encore/search/C__S%28*%29%20f%3Aq__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
There are a number of Finnish films with English subtitles available in DVD and Blu-ray formats. Many of these are included in the Helmet libraries collection. Below you can find a sample of these films from different genres and eras. You can browse for more here.
Aleksis Kiven elämä
Arvottomat
Asfalttilampaat
Back to the USSR - Takaisin ryssiin
Badding
Ganes
Harjunpää ja pahan pappi
Heinähattu ja vilttitossu
Hevi reissu
Hyvä poika
Ihmisen osa
Juoksuhaudantie
Kaikki rakastavat
Kanelia kainaloon, Tatu ja Patu!
Kesäkaverit
Klassikko
Kuulustelu
Kätilö
Levottomat
Linnaisten vihreä kamari
Lumikuningatar
Luokkakokous
Menolippu Mombasaan
Mieheke
Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Minä ja Morrison
Miss Farkku-Suomi…
I'm sorry to inform You that we don't have fax machine for public use.
Would You like to use Our Internet services instead?
Is it possible that You send Your papers in an attachment file by email.
We have scanners, Internets and personal assistance in
our Netsquares in Sampola and in Hervanta.
More information on page http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/sampola/tietotori/nets.htm
and
http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/hervanta/tietotori/index.html
For replacing a lost or damaged library card Helmet libraries charge three euros. In case of a card of person under 15 years the fee is two euros.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US
The painter H.Daalgard is unfortunately unknown to us. Wenzel Hagelstam, one of our specialists on antique did not recognize the name either. He advised you to direct the question to the Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Denmark.
Your book can obviously not be found in Finland, but you may want to consider making an interlibrary loan. The interlibrary loans are not free of charge, as you can read on the page http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2227
Please contact any of the public libraries in Helsinki for making the interlibrary loan.
I cannot answer for Jane Casey case especially, but in general there are at least three reasons, why a library collection does not necessary have all the books from a series.
1. The series has been complete, but during the years copies have been lost or stolen and new copies have not been purchased.
2. If the missing ones are the newest in the series, they are probably not yet in the collection but will be there later. The customer may always ask for the situation.
3. In some cases the staff does not know, if a book is part of a series or some parts of the series are already out of print, when the library would like to buy them.
The customers of HelMet libraries can always make an acquisition request. The library is just happy if the…
König Kristian II : Schauspiel in fünf Akten was published
by Lübeck : Lübcke & Hartmann, in 1899. A second edition was published in 1903 by Breitkopf & Härtel. This is said to be a new and complete german edition. A swedish edition, Kung Kristian den andre : skådespel i fem akter was also publised in 1899 by Alb. Bonnier. These books belong to the national collection of the finnish national library, the Helsinki University Library, and can only be read there in the reading rooms.
You night be interested in purchasing this book and then a list of Antiquarian booksellers night be useful.
Please see below, http://www.worldartantiques.com/Association-BookSAY.htm.
Welcome to Rikhardinkatu library if you want to choose your book from a library with many books in English. According to a annual survey for the public libraries in Helsinki in 2005 the main library, Pasila, had 22.426 books in English. The main library is however closed for renovation.
Rikhardinkatu library came second in the survey with 18.631 books in English. Here is a direct link to our homepage http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2993
Ask the Librarian is not a library, it's a national reference service. You have to contact one of the HelMet libraries to proceed with your wish. Contact information can be found here.
Heikki Poroila
Unfortunately I couldn't find The Diplomat magazine in any of the biggest libraries in Finland.
The Diplomat isn't available in helmet-, vaski-, porsse, nor helka-libraries. I also checked Frank-multisearch, and I didn't get any hits.
You can make a acquisition request here: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Info/Acquisition_request
Hi! Basically yes, but it depends so much on the exact titles you have to offer. If the library (system) already has enough of that title, the answer is always "thanks but no thank you!". Especially when we are dealing with books in other languages than Finnish most of the smaller libraries are probably not willing to be active at all. If possible, visit the main library in Pasila and ask for the staff of the Multilingual Library or send them e-mail at monikielinen.kirjasto@hel.fi or make a phone call (09) 3108 5402 And please remember that this is the moment of the year, when most professional librarians are on vacation! 1-2 months later everything is easier...
Heikki Poroila
Could you please contact the Espoo City Library by phone. Or come visit.
Let's solve your problem straight away.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
Find out about a name by looking it up in books or atlases on surnames. The name Juola points either to Ostrobothnia or to the far east, to Ruokolahti. Juolan talo, the Juola house, was known in the 16th century in Kalajoki. The name seems to have been Juvala or Juvola at first, which means that the patron of the house was called Johannes(=Juva).
To find out more about a name you should go to the Genealogical Society of Finland's website. The adress is www.genealogia.fi. Find the articles under the heading Personal Names. Then give the HisKi -church records database a try. Here's a way to go:
1)click on search program
2)choose All
3)choose Christened
4)write the name where the Father's last name is asked for
5)click on Submit
You can also…
