Dear Librarian’s Name,
I hope this message finds you well. I am currently conducting research related to libraries. I would like to request access to any website or platform where I can view the number of book borrowers in “each” public library of Helsinki for the year 2019.
I‘m here asking for your help because this data is so important to me and the Public Libraries Statistics website only shows the total number of “all” library(https://helmet.finna.fi/Content/seutuvarastot?lng=en-gb
If such data is available, I would greatly appreciate your assistance in directing me to the appropriate resource.
Thank you for your time and support. I look forward to your response.
Answer
The public libraries of Finland release each year public data about all kinds of things at https://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/.
The data can be sorted so that you can see the data of all the Helsinki libraries collectively, but unfortunately you can't see data of each individual library (e.g. Pasila library, Oodi library, etc...). If you are interested in the data relating to the number of borrowers and loans of the public libraries of Helsinki collectively in 2019, you can find it here: https://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/?orgs=400&years=2019&stats=104%2C110%2C111#results
As of now, the data relating to each specific library has to be extracted from our library system manually, and if you are interested in such data, you can try contacting people working at KiVePa (the centralized services relating to the library systems of the Helsinki metropolitan area); I'll privately send you the contact information of some persons working there via email.
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