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Kaisa House Group Work Room Reservations in the Office 365 Calendar

Starting July 1st, reservations for the 10 group work rooms in Kaisa House will be made using the Office 365 calendar. It is no longer possible to make reservations in the former system, Timmi, after June 2016.

The group facilities can only be reserved by the students and staff of the University of Helsinki. To make a reservation you need a Helsinki University Office365 account and calendar. You can find the Kaisa House group work rooms in the calendar under “Kaisa-talo Group Study Room”.

Further information and instructions for group work rooms on the library’s website.

Starting in summer 2016, all Helsinki University Library group work rooms will be reserved with the Office 365 calendar. In addition to the Kaisa House group work rooms you can also find group work rooms from the following places in the calendar: Viikki Campus Library, Learning Centre Aleksandria, and Learning Centre Minerva. Starting in August you will also be able to reserve the group work rooms of the Kumpula and Meilahti Campus Libraries using the calendar.

Further information and instructions for the Office365 calendar available on the Helpdesk website.

Change in reservation practices for group work rooms in the library

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Library and learning centres closed on Midsummer 24.-26.6.

Helsinki University Library and the learning centres are closed on Midsummer June 24th-26th. Kaisa House and the learning centres are open again after the Midsummer. See opening hours here.

Kumpula, Meilahti and Viikki campus libraries will be closed until the end of July. During this time you can be in contact with Kaisa House customer service.

We wish all our customers a beautiful Midsummer!

SUMMER 2016 in the Library

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Trial: Web of Science extended collection until 31.8

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During the summer the University of Helsinki has access to the following collections in Web of Science:

BIOSIS Citation Index: 1926-present

Current Contents Connect®: 1998-present

– Life Sciences

Clinical Medicine

Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Engineering, Computing & Technology Social & Behavioral Sciences Arts & Humanities Business Collection Electronics and Telecommunications Collection Data Citation Index(SM): 1900-present Derwent Innovations Index(SM): 1963-present

Medline®: 1950-present

Web of Science(TM) Core Collection:

–  Book Citation Index

–  Science: 2005-present

–  Social Science & Humanities: 2005-present

–   Conference Proceedings Citation Index™

– Science: 1990-present

–  Social Science & Humanities: 1990-present

–  Current Chemical Reactions (CCR): 1840-present

–  Index Chemicus (IC): 1993-present Zoological Records®: 1864-present

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Summer opening hours from June 1st

Library has summer opening hours from June 1st to August 21st.

  • Kumpula, Meilahti and Viikki Campus Libraries are closed from June 24th to July 31st.
  • The Dental library is moving to the Meilahti Campus Library Terkko and is open for the last time on June 17th 2016.
  • Main Library Kaisa House and Learning Centre Aleksandria are closed on Saturdays from June 18th to August 21st.

Library services and all opening hours throughout the summer can be found on page SUMMER 2016 in Library.

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Change in reservation practices for group work rooms in the library

Starting in summer 2016, all group work rooms will be reserved with the Office 365 calendar. The first change starts in Viikki Campus Library, where the old reservation system will be phased out in June.

Viikki Campus Library

  • Starting June 1st, reservations will be made using the Office 365 calendar.
  • The library will transfer existing reservations from the old system into the Office 365 calendar.
  • Viikki campus library is closed during the summer from June 24th until July 31st.

Main Library, Kaisa House

  • Starting July 1st, reservations will be made using the Office 365 calendar.
  • In the old Timmi-system reservations can be made for June, but no longer for July.
  • Any existing reservations for July or later will be transferred to the Office 365 calendar.

The Kumpula Campus Library and the Meilahti Campus Library Terkko are closed from June 24th until July 31st

  • Group work room reservations in Terkko will move to the Office 365 calendar after the summer break on August 1st.
  • Any existing reservations will be transferred to the Office 365 calendar.
  • The group work rooms in Kumpula are already in the Office 365 calendar, but currently reservations have to be made at the service desk.
  • Starting on August 1st, students will be able to make their own reservations using the Office 365 calendar.

The group work room reservations in the Aleksandria and Minerva learning centres are already in the Office 365 calendar since the beginning of the year 2016.

Further information and instructions will be available in June.