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Meilahti Campus Library To Open On October 2nd

The Meilahti Campus Library will open refurbished as a part of new Terkko Healh Hub on Monday 2nd of October, 2017.

Terkko Health Hub is a new meeting point for university students, researchers, doctors and other healthcare staff and companies operating in the field of health technology. In addition to the library specializing in medicine and health sciences, Terkko Health Hub also provides working space, cafeteria and facilities for organizing diverse events. Terkko Health Hub forms thus an unique innovation ecosystem to promote new research, knowledge and business in life sciences and health technology.

Longer opening hours and new space for studies

Terkko Health Hub offers modern and modular working spaces for the diverse needs of all university students and researchers. The library’s customer service and most of the collection is now located on the 2nd floor. There is more quiet reading rooms and ergonomic spots where you can also work standing.

Nearly finished: Meilahti Campus Library awaits for its users
Nearly finished: Meilahti Campus Library awaits for its users

“Helsinki University Library has the largest collection in medicine and health sciences in Finland. With our conversant information specialists we can provide the students and others operating in the life sciences a solid foundation to build on“, says Kirsi Mäenpää, Head of Services in Facilities and Customer Services at the Helsinki University Library.

The versatile digital collections of Helsinki University Library are naturally available to all university members at any time.

As a result of the new cooperation, the opening hours of the Meilahti Campus Library will be expanded. The library’s facilities and collections are accessible to the customers from Monday to Friday from 8 am until 8 pm. The library’s customer service desk is operating from 10am to 5pm. At other times, the library operates as Self-Service Library. The campus library has a new check-out station and also a return box for books on the 1st floor. Later this semester, the library will also have lockers where customers can charge their own devices such as phones and tablets.

Think Company Helsinki team hosting Terkko Health Hub is available throughout the building’s opening hours, and will also help the users of the library if they need help with equipment.

Welcome to Terkko Health Hub on October 2nd!

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On Trial: GeoRef ja Geofacets until 30.9

GeoRef ja Geofacets are available for the University of Helsinki in the platform of Engineering Village to the end of September.

The GeoRef database provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. GeoRef contains over 3.8 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.

Geofacets offers over 1.5 milion maps, figures and tables sourced from esteemed scientific publications.

Please send feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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On Trial: SciVal Trends until 17.10

What is SciVal Trends?

SciVal Trends allows researchers to search current scientific trends. By choosing an existing research area, or defining one of your own, this tool provides up-to-date information on scientific research. SciVal Trends displays information in a variety of ways: by institutions, countries, authors, journals and keyphrases (including a useful keyphrase diagram in the summary section). As such, researchers can find the current scientific trends that might lead to a new research strategy, opportunities to collaborate, or help identify the recent work of peers in their research area.

Please be aware that you will need to register for a SciVal account in order to fully access this resource.

The trial for SciVal Trends ends on 17.10.2017.

Please send feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Report mistakes caused by Helka failure with e-form

There was a library system failure in Helka during the week 31 (July 31st – August 4th). Loans, renewals, returns and payments made in during that week may not be correctly displayed in your account.

If your information is still not displayed correctly, please report it by using this form:

http://bit.ly/HelkaError

Read more information about the system failure:

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2017/08/07/helka-in-use-but-maintenance-work-still-underway/?lang=en

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Helka in use, but maintenance work still underway

There was a service break in Helka August 3rd – 4th. The database is now in use, but maintenance work is still being carried out. Any fines incurred during the break will be removed. 

Loans, renewals and returns from week 31 (July 31st – August 4th) may not be correctly displayed in your account. Changes in your information may not have been updated in the database, and new cards may be inactive. If you have made reservations during this period, you should do them again. The due date for books that fell due last week and today will be moved to August 22nd to avoid unnecessary fines.

We are currently working our way through the returns. We are working as fast as we can to get the database up to date.

If your information is still not displayed correctly after August 14th, please contact the library: library@helsinki.fi

We are sorry for the inconvenience, thank you for your patience!

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Summertime begins at the campus libraries on May 22nd. Check the opening hours!

Meilahti Campus Library Terkko is closed all summer

The last day Terkko will be open is Friday May 19th, 2017 and the building will reopen in the beginning of the autumn term in 2017. Read more: Changes in Terkko

From Monday 22.5. onwards you can return books to a return box at the lobby in Haartmaninkatu 3 until Terkko opens again. During the summer Haartmaninkatu 3 is open Mon-Fri 7:45-16.00. Read more: SUMMER 2017 in the Library

Summer opening hours at the Viikki and Kumpula campus libraries

  • 22.5. – 22.6. Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • 23.6. – 6.8. closed
  • 7.8. – 27.8. Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4. p.m.

When the campus libraries are closed, please contact the Main Library Kaisa House customer service on the 3rd floor, Mon-Fri 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. in June-July, and Mon-Fri 10 a.m. – 6. p.m. in August. We try to answer e-mails during the following working day. Read more: SUMMER 2017 in the Library

On Ascension Day May 25th all libraries are closed

On Ascension Day all library locations and learning centres are closed. Aleksandria can be accessed with the magnetic key.

On Wednesday May 24th Helsinki University Library is open as follows:

  • Main Library 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., customer service 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • Kumpula and Viikki 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Learning Centre Aleksandria 8 a.m. – 5.45 p.m.
  • Learning Centre Minerva 8 a.m. – 3.45 p.m.

See all summer opening hours from the website 

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Terkko’s textbooks as long-term loans starting May 8th, 2017

As of Monday, May 8th, you get long-term loans on textbooks from the Meilahti Campus Library.

Due date will fall no earlier than September 18th, 2017, when you borrow or renew your loans

  • April 24th onwards for books with a 28-day loan period
  • May 8th onwards for books with a 14-day loan period
  • May 18th onwards for books with a 2-day loan period.

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

More information about the library services during the renovations on the page Changes in Terkko

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Trial: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon Online until 30.6

Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon Online is based on the three reference works:

„Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisch-bibliographisches Handbuch [Dictionary of German Literature Online. Biographical and Bibliographic Handbook]: 42 vols. (1968-2017)

„Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Biographisch-bibliographisches Handbuch [Dictionary of German Literature. The 20th Century. Biographical and Bibliographic Handbook]: 27 vols.so far (since2000)

„Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das Mittelalter [Dictionary of German Literature. The Middle Ages]: 8 vols. (2011-16)

„More than 70,000 articles are edited and searchable in this database.

And all in all articles of over 90 volumes will be compiled.

„In addition, the database will be continuously updated and extended with bibliographic data from De Gruyter’s Germanistik Online database

User Guide you can find: https://www.degruyter.com/page/867

You can write feedback: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

 

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Terkko’s books as long-term loan on or after April 24th, 2017

As of Monday, April 24th, you get long-term loans on material from the Meilahti Campus Library.

Due date will be no earlier than September 18th, 2017, when you borrow or renew your loans

  • April 24th onwards for books with a 28-day loan period
  • May 8th onwards for books with a 14-day loan period
  • May 18th onwards for books with a 2-day loan period.

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

More information about the library services during the renovations on the page Changes in Terkko