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Dear Reader, I am from Taiwan, R.O.C. I am researching your library right now. Could you provide any information to help me study your library? Questions are:… 924 The answers to most of your questions concerning the librariers in Finland can be found on the websites of the public libraries and the scientific libraries. The public libraries: http://www.libraries.fi/default.asp?_item_id=249&_lang_id=EN Under the titles Library Branch and Libraries on http://www.libraries.fi/page.asp?_item_id=255 Please note the link to the Ministry of Education in particular. The research libraries: http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/tilke/indexeng.html
I'm interested in converting a couple of old VHS recordings I have onto DVD at Entresse, I was wondering how the service works. Do I need to book a time? Is… 924 Hello, thank you for the interest in our service. You can reserve the workstations through staff. If you need any help or advice, do not hesitate to ask. For more information: http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Entresse_Library/What…
I would like to rent a small place to organize some events for my private students, such as a reading club, a film projection, a debate. I am private freelance… 923 Helmet libraries offer you group work rooms, meeting rooms and class rooms. These rooms and libraries that have these rooms you can see page Libraries and services http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
I wonder if the library has service for copying all book and binding it. I am interesting copying book that I borrowed from the library since it is not… 919 You can make copies in all libraies at 0,30€/page. If you want somebody to do it for you, the cost amounts to 1€/page. We have no binding service. Have you tried the old books shops? You might find your book that way. Below find a link to antiqurian bookshops in Helsinki, http://www.tie.to/kirjat/.
Please, advise if Pertunmaa library has WiFi? 919 Do you mean WLAN? In all libraries of Mikkeli city library (including Pertunmaa) have it. For using it you need a code from library.
I have read the article about 3d printer at Tapiola library (http://goo.gl/MaZDAH) so thinking of visiting there soon. Is there any more information about the… 918 The opening hours of the Tapiola library during the summer are from 8 am to 8 pm. As 3D printing in libraries is still on experimental stage, there are no fees. If you wish to know more about the service, you can call Tapiola library, number is 050 4289392.
I'd like to ask whether the newspaper "European Voice" is available at any library in Helsinki metropolitan area, either in paper format or through web access… 917 The newspaper European Voice is not part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries (Helmet) collections. We have in use PressDisplay, which offers over 2,000 newspapers online, unfortunately European Voice is not included in the service.
What means ALIAS, in the resgistration steps ? 916 In registration alias usually means some kind of nickname or alternative name. It can also mean something else, like in Yahoo email provider you can have an extension of your Yahoo account. Yahoo's alias masks your account's primary ID. Yahoo! help: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/create-alias-sln3240.html
I am an Egyptian student , I am doing my master in Library and Information science, My theses is about (Egyptian public libraries web sites on Internet). In my… 915 I assume that your question concerns the Libraries.fi(Kirjastot.fi)-web site (http://www.kirjastot.fi , http://www.biblioteken.fi , http://www.libraries.fi ). This website was originally the website of Finnish Public Libraries. Presently there are also other Libraries in the service, that is why it now is the Website of Finnish Libraries. It was published for the first time june 1995. The first problem that you face is the fact that our english website is only a very much shortened version of the finnish and the swedish websites. So if you want to compare your Egyptian website with the Finnish one, you would have to explore the finnish version of the site. Some information about Kirjastot.fi can be read in the infopage, http://www.…
I am looking for a book 'Sonja Gehring, Sanni Heinzmann: Suomen mestari 1' to loan but i couldnn't find it. Please help me and point me to near library in… 915 The nearest libraries to your area are Nöykkiö and Entresse libraries. You can go to either one and ask the librarian to make a reservation of the book 'Suomen mestari 1' for you. You can also make a reservation through internet www.helmet.fi, but if you have not used it before, you could ask the librarian to show you how to use it. Here are the opening hours and address of these two libraries: Nöykkiö Opening hours Mon, Tue, Thu 14-20, Wed, Fri 9-16, Sat 10-16 Address Oxfotintie 4 Mailing address PL 3613, 02070 ESPOON KAUPUNKI Telephone 09 8165 7734 E-mail Kirjasto.Noykkio@espoo.fi Homepage Nöykkiön kirjasto Entresse Opening hours Mon-Fri 8.30-20, Sat 10-16, Sun 12-18 Address Siltakatu 11 Mailing address PL 3605, 02070 ESPOON KAUPUNKI…
I am looking for a library in Myyrmäki preferably, because Ii have a document I would like to download from my email, then print and fax. Is it possible to do… 915 Hello, yes, it is possible. Access to internet is free, prints 0,40 € /page and fax 3 € (first page, then 2 € /page). Please note that we cannot send faxes internationally. The nearest place from which an international fax can be sent is from Citizen Service (Yhteispalvelupiste).
Kes on nende luuleridade autor ja mis on luuletuse pealkiri. "See kevad tuleb teisiti, tiu-tiu ja teisiti" 914 Ask a Librarian provides answers in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English. Ques-tions in other languages can only be answered if there happens to be a person available who is capable of giving professional service in that language. About Ask a Librarian see also, http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian/about/ . You might find help in the National Library of Estonia, information about services here http://www.nlib.ee/32825
Good evening, I would like to ask a question about financing of finnish public libraries. I know that there is only three sources for libraries -… 913 The basic division between state and municipal finance for libraries is 34.08% (state) and 65.92% (municipality). As of 1st January 2010, state subsidy for any given municipality is 54,63€ per inhabitants. These figures are from the Finnish language pages of the Ministry of Education. However, since the Ministry of Education is in charge of monitoring public library activities, you may contact the ministry for more information, especially concerning any possible EU funds. http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Kirjastot/?lang=en As for outside funding, we could not find any statistics. Situations may vary considerably from one community to another. In some communities and municipalities there might be close cooperation with educational institutes, if…
Do you hold a list of the publishing companies in Helsinki? Would like to know who the top 5 publishing companies are in Helsinki, Finland. 909 The Finnish publishing companies can be found on the internet http://booknet.cultnet.fi/kustant/ It's a bit hard to rank them, but here is the ranking list The WSOY Group is Finland's largest publishing house and the market leader in general literature and educational materials: http://www.wsoy.fi/ The Edita Group: http://www1.edita.fi/ Gummerus Kustannus Oy http://www.gummerus.fi/kustannus/ Otava publishing company http://www.otava.fi/ and Weilin+Göös Oy http://www.wg.fi/ Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi http://www.tammi.net/ Some of the publishing companies homepages contain the information only in finnish. If you are looking for publishing companies which specialise on some area, e.g. medicine then then the ranking list would be would be…
In wich it dates is celebrated the Ramadan in 2006? 907 In the year 2006 Ramadan is from September 23 to October 22.
Hallo, I've heard about the Senior Surf Day on October 8th. Do you have a short explenation about that event? And how many libraries took part in there? 907 The Senior Surf Day has held in Finland for some years as a part of the senior citizens week. In that day the elderly people got to know the information technology (computers, smartphone, tablet computers and the services of internet) in many libraries and service centres all over the Finland. More than a hundred events was organized in 2013. In some places there was over a hundred participants and in some places just some. The event is organized by The Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged (Vanhustyön keskusliitto). You can see the libraries and and service centres from the website of the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged. Unfortunately the print is just in Finnish or Swedish: http://www.vtkl.fi/fin/seniorsurf/
Is there a library I can use in holidays (sundays)? I'm looking for library which keeps library (more exactly, study room: not wanting to chech out books) open… 906 Helsinki City Libraries open on Sundays are: Cable Book Library Itäkeskus Library Kallio Library Töölö Llibrary Opening hours, contact information and location on map: http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2292 Cable Book Library is near Kamppi, but there isn't any study room. Itäkeskus library has a study room (for 48 persons), but the library is in East-Helsinki. Kallio (study room for 8 persons) and Töölö (study room for almost 100 persons) Libraries are both quite near Pasila so perhaps You'll find other or both of them suitable for Your purposes.
I have references to books available in the "Kirjasto" library in Finland. Which library in Finland might this refer to ? Is the Kirjasto library catalog on… 905 "Kirjasto" is library in finnish. Is there any other information about the library in your reference list? The Finnish Library Services on the web: http://www.libraries.fi/default.asp?_item_id=249&_lang_id=EN
Definition of Chat Reference Service? 904 Chat service is online service. You can discuss in real time. And if we talk for example about library chat, you'll get the answer immediately without waiting as by email. One chat definition : "Chat service refers to online, interactive, remote transactions with patrons" (see : http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~matthewm/survey.html ) Information of chat services and products you can find here: http://www.247ref.org
How many libraries in Finland focus on health sciences, medicine, nursing, or allied health subjects? What are their names? 903 Via A guide to the Scientific Libraries in Finland (http://www-db.helsinki.fi/kirjastot/en/) you can find 23 libraries focused on medicine, 6 libraries focused on nursing and 2 libraries focused on health sciences. Of course there could be same libraries in several lists. And some of the libraries are also focused on some other fields too. You can find the names of the libraries here: http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?${MAXPAGE}=21&${APPL}=kirjastoten&${BASE}=kirjastoten&${HTML}=list&${THWIDS}=0.16/1346847016_10517&${HILITE}=0&${MAXHITS}=1000&${SAVEHTML}=/kirjastot/en/ http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?%24%7BBASE%7D=kirjastoten&%24%7B… http://www-db.helsinki.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?%24%7BBASE%7D=…