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Opening hours for Easter

During Easter the libraries are closed from Good Friday until Easter Monday April 14th to April 17th, 2017.

On Maundy Thursday (April 13th), the libraries are open as follows:
– Kaisa House  8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
– Kumpula, Terkko and Viikki 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Learning Centres Aleksandria and Minerva are open 8 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. on Maundy Thursday. Aleksandria can be accessed with magnetic key during Easter (from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m.).

You’ll find all exceptional opening hours for Spring from the library web page. From the same page you will also see the opening hours for the coming summer.

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EazyE – easiest way to the sources! E-point Pop Up stand on every campus 4.-12.4.

The library´s E-point stand will be touring all campuses under the theme EazyE, easy and fast access to e-materials.

Search for the e-materials you´re looking for straight via Helka and read them whenever and wherever you want. Forget about Nelli (RIP), VPN connections and ADE!

Come and meet our experts and hear more at the campus E-point stands from 13.00-15.00:
– Tuesday 4.4. Kumpula, Physicum lobby
– Wednesday 5.4. Viikki, Info Center lobby
– Tuesday 11.4. Meilahti, Biomedicum lobby
– Wednesday 12.4. Kaisa House, Aleksandria lobby

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Meilahti Campus Library Terkko is closed from May 22nd, 2017 for renovations

The Meilahti Campus Library Terkko will be closed for renovations on May 22nd, 2017 and the building will reopen in the beginning of the autumn term in 2017. So the last day Terkko will be open is Friday May 19th 2017.

Renovating the facilities is part of a larger project of the University of Helsinki, HUS, Health Capital Helsinki, and Think Company.

See more of the timetable and library services during the renovations from the page Changes in Terkko. The page will be updated as more information becomes available during spring and summer.

Meilahti Campus Library Terkko. Photo: Veikko Somerpuro
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Group study rooms in Terkko unavailable from May 15th, 2017

The Meilahti Campus Library Terkko is preparing for alteration work that will start in May 2017.

The three group study rooms and the auditorium in Terkko will still be available during week 19 (May 8th – 12th), but starting on Monday, May 15th, group study rooms and the auditorium can no longer be reserved.

The Meilahti Campus Library Terkko will be closed for renovations from Monday, May 22nd 2017, and the new premises will open in autumn 2017.

Further information about the renovations will become available in March-April.

 

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Kaisa House is open on Sundays in March and April, 2017

From March 5th until April 23rd the Main Library will be open from 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays, with the exception of Easter holidays (from Friday April 14th to Monday April 17th), during which period the building will be closed.

Entrance on Sundays is from Fabianinkatu or by lift from Kaisaniemenkatu (1st floor) or by lift from Helsinki University metro station (floor K1).

Finland’s most popular learning environment works as self-service library

On Sundays Kaisa House will function as a self-service library. The collections and facilities are available to customers on all floors. The customer service on the 3rd floor is closed.

You can pick up your reservations as self-service from the open shelves at the service desk. Should you have problems with using the library or the self-service facilities, phone service will be available.

In case you need a guest login to the University network or copy cards (e.g. for printing), you have to get these earlier in the week.

The Learning Centre Aleksandria is accessible with magnetic key all Sunday

Learning Centre Aleksandria (Fabianinkatu 26) is open on weekdays from 8 am to 7:45 pm, on Saturdays from 11 am to 4:45 pm and closed on Sundays. Students at the University of Helsinki are able to access the Learning Centre outside these opening hours from 7 am until 1 am with a magnetic key. More information about using Aleksandria outside normal opening hours in Flamma intranet.

Main Library Kaisa House
– service phone 02941 23920
– email: library-citycentre (at) helsinki.fi

Helsinki University Library opening hours
Learning Centre Aleksandria

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Do you need help with information seeking?

tyopaja_eng Welcome to our information seeking workshop!

Come and ask about library services, the usage of information services and information seeking. You can ask, for example, how to use the electronic resources at the University, what subject services and databases are available, or what is reference management software.

The workshop is in English and Finnish. You can drop in whenever you like between 3 pm – 5 pm. If you have a laptop, you can bring it along. No preregistration is needed.

Time: Every Monday 3 pm – 5 pm during the term (16.1.-5.6.2017)
Place: Helsinki University Library, Kaisa House, 5th floor, computer class 5057
Note! On 23.1. and 13.3. Kaisa House, 2nd floor, room 2024 (no computers).

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Library’s opening hours 19.12.2016-15.1.2017

Holiday season opening hours begin on Monday December 19th at the Helsinki University Library. We will return to normal hours on Monday January 16th, 2017.

Kumpula, Meilahti and Viikki Campus Libraries are closed from Dec24th to January 1st. Kaisa House as well as Learning centres Aleksandria and Minerva are open between holidays December 27th-30th.

Check all holiday season opening hours from the library’s website