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What is ask librarian service 1708 26.3.2009 Ask a Librarian is the joint digital reference service of Finnish libraries. It’s situated in the site Libraries.fi, which is the national library portal for all Finnish libraries (public, special, university libraries). Libraries.fi is produced by the Central Library for Public Libraries in Finland, which is Helsinki City Library and it’s financed by the Ministry of Education. The Ask a Librarian started in the year 1999. Answers are given in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English. Ask a Librarian has a public archive, where answers are stored and can be used by other information seekers. The archive also exists in three languages, http://www.libraries.fi/ask_librarian/archive.aspx . The question is sent in via a web form, the…
How many School has its own school library? Also, I heard about there are some public libraries which are in School buildings. How many of them are there in… 3142 16.6.2008 General information on school libraries in Finland, including budgets, pedagogics and administration, can be found at www.oph.fi/attachment.asp?path=1;443;4160;4681;42165;51564 You may also find below link intresting http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Kirjastot/hallinto/liitte… http://www.minedu.fi/opencms/opencms/handle404?exporturi=/export/sites/… There is an organization for school libraries and you find it useful to contact the at Finnish School Library Association Huvilinnanaukio 2A14 FI-02600 Espoo Finland http://www.suomenkoulukirjastoyhdistys.fi/
What is a hink pink for a holiday donkey? 1153 20.12.2006 A holiday donkey = a yule mule. Hink Pinks are silly rhyming pairs which can be used as answers to riddles. To any given riddles, there might be more than one correct answer. The whole idea of hink pinks is to use your own imagination in trying to find words that rhyme together. So, in future we suggest that you try to figure out the answer yourself. Hink pinks are fun to make as illustrated by the following web-site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4455/hinks.html
I need a pattern according to whicth I can offer "ask a librarian" service in reference section of my library. I live in Iran I want to know whitch libraries… 2402 21.4.2006 I'm afraid that your specific question about iranian libraries offering an Ask a librarian -service is too difficult for me to answer, since i can't read arabic letters and can not therefore search the websites of iranian libraries. It might be a good idea to ask for assistance in the National library of Iran, http://www.nlai.ir/ . There is an international Ask a librarian service Questionpoint.org, that migt be able to help you http://www.questionpoint.org . In Sweden there is a multilingual Ask a librarian -service, they do not yet offer service in arabic, but they are planning to do so, maybe they could help you in your search. The address is http://www.eref.se/se-admin/vrleb_question_patron.asp?virtual_desk_id=43 . I can tell you…
I'm looking to obtain a copy of obituary notices from Helsinki Finland, can you make copies and send them for a reasonable fee. The person I'm thinking of died… 1380 23.4.2003 Please contact the Genealogical Society of Finland at http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm for copies of old obituaries.
What is a good source of news, travel and other current information (in English) about Finland? 342 31.3.2003 Dear Sir First about good websites. A good place to start is http://www.suomi.fi/english/immigrants_and_emigrants/ There You can find a link to Virtual Finland http://virtual.finland.fi/ with lots of information about Finland in english. The Virtual Finlands Picture Book of Finlands offers You panoramas, videos and photographs about finnish nature, culture and seasons. Other quite interesting sites are http://www.travel.fi/ (only in finnish) http://www.finland-tourism.com/ http://www.finlandforyou.com/ http://www.fintravel.com/ http://www.travelonline.fi/ http://www.genealogia.fi/finnlinks/ (here's a linklist called Photo Albums of Finland Category : Webcams and photographs)
How many books does the Seinäjoki city library hold? 564 12.10.2002 Our collection includes 252 487 volumes of which 209 004 are books.
In 1960's a Helsinki Finland Journalist/Author wrote a short story entitled "The Princess" - non-fiction about his wife (first name Gunner - last name I can't… 2849 18.7.2001 It is the question of the Finnish-Swedish journalist and writer Gunnar Mattsson (b.1937). After The Princess he wrote a sequel to the story (Prinsen, 1966). It is a description of the first year of his little son. In his autobiographical novel Kungen (1971) he revealed the dark sides of the life of an best selling writer.His story about her wife was an international success, it was translated into thirty languages and also a film of the story was made. Unfortunately he had to struggle against a very serious drinking problem and he died relatively young, at the age of 52 in 1989. His wife Seija recovered from her long illness and worked as a nurse in Helsinki. However, the side effects of the radiotherapy had been injurious to her heart and…
What does Helsinki mean? 1606 24.5.1999 The oldest form of the name Helsinki is Heelsingha. It's thought that it means the oldest population living on riverside of Vantaa River. They were swedish-speaking and were coming from Hälsningland. Later Helsinki was the name of Helsinki parish, foregoer of Vantaa city.