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:
In these workshops you will get an introduction to data management planning and the Data Management Planning Tool Tuuli. Most of the time will be hands on working with your own DMP’s.
Feel free to participate in a workshop at any campus, please sign up!
City centre campus
Place: IT class (5057; 5th floor) of the Helsinki University Main Library in Kaisa building (Fabianinkatu 30).
The DMP clinics are Pop-Up clinics for those who already know what DMPs are and want to get their DMP reviewed or tips before submission. The sessions don’t include introduction.The clinic will be hands on working with your own DMP’s.
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!
Kumpula and Viikki Campus Libraries are still open on midsummer week before the summer break. The Main Library and the Learning Centre Aleksandria change to summer opening hours after the midsummer. Meilahti Campus Library is closed for renovations the whole summer.
On Wednesday May 24th libraries are open as follows:
– Main Library 8-18, customer service 10-18
– Kumpula and Viikki Campus Libraries 9-16
– Meilahti Campus Library Terkko closed.
Learning Centres
– Aleksandria 8-17:45
– Minerva 8-15:45.
On Thursday May 25th (Ascension Day) libraries and learning centres are closed. Aleksandria can be accessed with a magnetic key.
Kumpula and Viikki Campus Libraries have summer opening hours from Monday, May 22nd. The Main Library will continue with normal opening hours until Wednesday, June 21st. See: Summer 2017 in the Library
Medieval Manuscripts and Old Books – guide collects together open digital Manuscripts and digital Old Books. The portal covers digital editions from the early Middle Ages until the beginning of the 20th century. Bubbling under: DMMapp – Digitized medieval manuscripts app.
A handy service of the collections of Manuscripts worldwide. A map application also helps to find locations and owners of the Manuscripts.
Digital Resources Guide presents licensed digital resources offered by the library. Among these are historical newspaper collections and archived materials. Most of the guide’s digital materials are available only in the network of the university. University researchers and students can access online through remote access with an off-campus computer.
Bubbling under:New York Times – archive covers years 1851-2013 (requires access to Helsinki University Network).
Picture 1: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Illuminations by Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (1399–1416)
Source: http://bit.ly/1649IEL
Picture 2: New York Times 1851; 1
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.
Want to manage your data / write a DMP / meet the funders requirements? We still have left two Data Management Planning Workshops on City Centre Campus
Place: Kaisa House, computer class 5057, 5th floor. Time: Monday 29.5.2017 at 12:00 -14 o’clock
Tuesday 30.5.2017 at 14:00 -16 o’clock
In the workshops, we will concentrate on the best practices of research data management and hands-on training of data management planning (DMP). The DMPs are drafted with DMPTuuli.
The primary language of the workshop will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish.
The Main Library’s group study rooms will be centralized to the 4th floor
The small group study rooms on the floors 5-7 will move to the 4th floor during June and July. The larger rooms for group work (5005 and 6005) on the floors 5 and 6 facing Kaisaniemenkatu will remain as they are.
The five quiet reading rooms on the 4th floor will be changed into group study rooms. Accordingly the five group study rooms on the upper floors will be organized for quiet study. Thus possible noise from the group study rooms will no longer disturb those who want to study in peace and quiet.
Rooms on the fourth floor 4038 and 4040 will be provided with separating walls in order to achieve two more rooms. After the change there will be 10 group study rooms on the 4th floor: the rooms 4033-4043 on the long wall facing Fabianinkatu and a separate larger room 4005 facing Kaisaniemenkatu.
Group study rooms will be centralized to the 4th floor and quiet study spaces will move to the floors 5-7.
The work will start during week 23 (June 5-11)
The work will be carried out gradually during June and July starting from the 4th floor reading spaces which will be withdrawn from use on week 23.
From June 5th onwards the small group study rooms on the floors 5-7 (5039, 5040, 6040, 6041, and 7048) cannot be reserved until further notice. However, if there isn’t ongoing work in the rooms, they can be used freely. Watch notes on the room entrances.
The new group study rooms on the 4th floor as well as the new reading spaces on the floors 5-7 are free for use as soon as the work is finished in each room.
Please remember to follow the group study room rules
Especially during rush hours in spring it is important to keep your reservations prompt and cancel if the reserved space is no longer needed. The same rules are valid in all the library’s group study rooms including learning centres.
The maximum time for a reservation is 2 hours. If nobody shows up the reservation will expire. If possible, cancel the reservation in the office calendar to avoid no-show reservations.