University of Helsinki
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Kimmo Tuominen, Doctor of Social Sciences, has been appointed University Librarian of the Helsinki University Library. Tuominen is currently Chief Librarian at the Jyväskylä University Library. Kaisa Sinikara, the present University Librarian in Helsinki, will retire on 1 August 2013.
Kimmo Tuominen has previously worked as the director of the University of Helsinki Faculty of Arts Library, the head of reference and archival services at the Library of Parliament, and as a fixed-term professor in communication, focusing on information studies, at the University of Helsinki Department of Communication. Kimmo Tuominen is the chair of the Finnish Research Library Association and vice chair of the Council for Finnish University Libraries.
The University Librarian heads and develops the operations of the Helsinki University Library, Finland’s largest multidisciplinary university library, which operates both online and on campus. The four campus libraries and the Library’s common services provide the information and library services needed for research and learning at the University of Helsinki.