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/…
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.
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.)
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/
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.
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
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
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.
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…
"Kaukaisesta saaresta" on ilmestynyt Lola Rogersin englanninnos "The Faraway Island" julkaisun Books from Finland numerossa 1/2007. Käännöksen voi lukea täällä.
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
Yes, in some Helmet libraries. You can search blood pressure measurement devices from Helmet with key word "verenpainemittari".
Locations and availabilities you see from the results. It´s not possible to make an online request, but you can contact the library and ask the staff.
More information you find online Helmet.fi
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…
"How to register
Bring your library card and a photo ID with you. On the identity cards webpage, you can check which identity cards are accepted.
The staff asks you to read the self-service library rules. By signing the rules, you accept them. You can take the signed rules home with you.
The library employee enters your name in the library database.
Read the emergency instructions of the library you use. They are available at the library.
You can now start using the self-service library. " https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Selfservice_libraries
If there is no staff at the local library you use, contact the nearest regional library. e.g. Tapiolan or Omena.
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
Niskavuoren…
The Lumo library in Korso has a book recycling point in the Lumo building's lobby.
The instructions are as follows:
"Recycling point for books brought in by customers. Bring up to five books at a time. You can take as many as you like."
There is also a book recycling point in the lobby of the Korso shopping centre (the one with the S-Market, a flower shop and others).
In addition to these, the capital area recycling centres often take books.
Contact information:
Lumo Libraryhttps://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Lumo_Library
Capital area recycling centre (Kierrätyskeskus)https://www.kierratyskeskus.fi/in_english
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
