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Pop Up Event of the Kumpula Campus Library’s renovation on Wed April 25th at 1 pm – 3 pm

The library is changing in Kumpula – both in its premises and in its functions.

Come by to Physicum’s lobby to learn more

The Helsinki University Library, together with the University Student Services, organizes a pop-up event for students. Come and inquire about the details and give last-minute ideas.

  • Wednesday April 25th at 1 pm – 3 pm in the Physicum’s lobby (Kumpula campus, Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2A)
  • Event page on Facebook (in Finnish)

What is this all about?

The library’s facility upgrade project is connected with a broader project that involves the Faculty of Science and the University’s Student Services.

The library’s aim is to create a versatile and flexible learning environment on the first floor, as well as in a space approximately half of the current area on the second floor.

The first floor of the Kumpula Campus Library re-opens at the beginning of the autumn semester. The electronic exam room is moved from the library’s premises to Chemicum, and there will be some resuffle of group study and reading rooms. Also the library’s book loan and return counters will be refurbished.

The second floor will open later in the autumn. There will be researchers’ workrooms, bookable counseling facilities and study space. You’ll also find student services from the renewed library.

Read more from the blog Kumpula Campus Library to undergo refurbishment

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On trial until 12.5.2018: Basilica Online

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Basilica Online is a fully-searchable online edition of the 17 volumes of the Basilica text and its scholia, as edited between 1945 and 1988 by H.J. Scheltema, D. Holwerda, and N. van der Wal. The Basilica is the single-most important source for Byzantine law throughout the period of the Byzantine empire, and is a major source for Byzantine studies more broadly.

Editor: Prof. Dr. Bernard Stolte

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu[at]helsinki.fi

Also available in Helka.

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Open Science kiosks on all campuses, 16.-18.4.2018

How open science affects the visibility and accessibility of your study? What should you as a member of the University of Helsinki community know about open access publishing and services offered by the library? Which are the discounts of author processing charges (APC’s) you are entitled to? Come, ask and discuss open science themes with the experts of the library.

We will also give you some new tips on self-archiving and advice how to promote Open Access now more easily than before. Self-archiving creates openness!

Kiosks’ business hours and places:

Biomedicum lobby, Meilahti
16.4.  11 am – 13 pm

Main building lobby, City Centre
17.4.  11 am – 13 pm

Physicum lobby, Kumpula
17.4.  11 am – 13 pm

Building EE lobby, Viikki
18.4.  11 am – 13 pm

We welcome both the new and old customers!

More information: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng

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Enjoy also in summer: thousands of e-books from Oxford University Press available

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

There are more than 14 000 e-books on various subjects, the focus being, however, on the disciplines of the city centre campus. New titles will be added monthly.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. Further information on the acquisition model ->

The title list by subject fields ->

The books are catalogued in HELKA.

The link to Oxford Scholarship Online –>

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Main Library’s overnight return box is not in use in March 28th-29th

The overnight return machine on Fabianinkatu will be renewed. Job will start on Wednesday March 28th in the afternoon and continue on Thursday afternoon, March 29th. The return machine is not in use during the work. The overnight return box should be operational again on Thursday afternoon.

After the Main Library is closed on Wednesday, you can return books to return boxes on Kumpula and Viikki Campus Libraries. The books will be registered as returned on the following work day.

On the Kumpula Campus the overnight return box is located at Physicum’s main entrance (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a), next to the gray side door.

Next to the main doors of the Viikki Campus Library (Info Centre), there is a joint return box for the Campus Library and the Helsinki City Library in which you may return materials at any time of the day.

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Come and work with your data management plan! Spring 2018 DMPTuuli workshops

In the workshops, we will concentrate on the best practices of research data management and hands-on training of data management planning (DMP). During the workshop, we go through the Academy of Finland’s current DMP template.

Events are open and free of charge for all UH students, researchers and staff members.

DMPTuuli workshops / Spring 2018

City Centre Campus
DMPTuuli workshops in the 5th floor IT class of Kaisa house (5057)

Friday 6.4.2018, 12 pm-2 pm
Monday 9.4.2018, 10 am-12 pm
Wednesday 11.4.2018, 10 am-12 pm
Tuesday 17.4.2018, 2 pm-4 pm

Enrollments:  https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/87929/lomake.html

Viikki Campus
DMPTuuli workshops at Infocenter Korona, Viikinkaari 11 A, class 139

Wednesday 11.4.2018, 2-4 pm
Thursday 19.4.2018, 10-12 am
Wednesday 25.4.2018, 2-4 pm

Please bring your own laptop!

Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/88219/lomake.html

Kumpula Campus
DMPTuuli workshops at Kumpula campus library, G108b

Thursday 12.4.2018, 10-12 am
Friday 20.4.2018, 2-4 pm
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/88219/lomake.html

Meilahti Campus
DMPTuuli workshops at Terkko Health Hub (Haartmaninkatu 4), PC-classroom, 1st floor

Wednesday 9.5.2018, 1-3 pm

Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/88383/lomake.html

The primary language of the workshop will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish.

NB! If this is the first time you are writing a DMP or otherwise new to these issues, it is recommended that you start with the RDM basics lecture or otherwise acquaint yourself with the basic terminology and DMPTuuli. The DMPs are drafted with DMPTuuli (https://www.dmptuuli.fi/). Please, sing up for DMPTuuli account in advance!

The workshops are organized by the University of Helsinki DataSupport. Further help in research data management is provided by the University of Helsinki DataSupport via email at datasupport@helsinki.fi or phone: 02 941 23000 (in use only during the Academy of Finland’s September call)

More information about the RDM, DMP and the events (RDM basics, DMPTuuli workshops) in DataSupport ResearchGuide: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/rdm/dmp

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On trial until 6.5.2018: What do you think of VitalSource Bridge e-book platform?

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The trial of VitalSource Bridge offers 12 textbooks on various subjects until the end of the 4th teaching period.

The VitalSource Bridge platform contains the following titles published by Pearson:

  • Biology: a Global Approach 11th ed. / Campbell, Neil A.; Reece, Jane B.
  • Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach 7th ed. / Kurose, James F.; Ross, Keith W.
  • Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance 10th ed. / Stallings, William; Jesshope, Chris; Zeno, Peter
  • Concepts of Genetics 11th ed. / Klug, William S.; Cummings, Michael R.; Spencer, Charlotte; Palladino, Michael
  • Digital Marketing 6th ed. / Chaffey, Dave; Ellis-Chadwick, Fiona
  • Essential Organic Chemistry 3rd ed. / Bruice, Paula Yurkanis
  • Fundamentals of Database Systems 7th ed. / Elmasri, Ramez; Navathe, Sham
  • International Economics: Theory and Policy, Global Edition 11th ed. / Krugman, Paul R.
  • Introduction to Econometrics 3rd ed. / Stock, James H.; Watson, Mark W.
  • Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus 4th ed. / Perloff, Jeffrey M.
  • Public Speaking: an Audience-centered Approach 10th ed. / Beebe, Steven A.
  • Using Multivariate Statistics 6th ed. / Tabachnick, Barbara G. ; Fidell, Linda S.

You can read books without configuring a Bookshelf account, but your account enables creating and keeping notes and also downloading an application for offline access.

We would gladly hear about your experience. You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Please notice exceptions to regular opening hours during Easter

During Easter the libraries are closed from Good Friday March 30th until Easter Monday April 2nd, 2018.
On Maundy Thursday (March 29th), the libraries are open as follows:
– Kaisa House  8 a.m. – 6 p.m (customer service 10 a.m. – 6 p.m).
– Kumpula, Terkko and Viikki 8 a.m. – 4 p.m (customer service 10 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.).

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RDM, DMP, RDMP…Confused with research data management? Start with the basics lectures in the Kaisa house

How to manage your research data effectively? How to define and describe research data and materials? How to make them openly available and where to store them safely? How to use DMPTuuli in research data management planning?

These and other basic questions will be answered in a RDM basics (Research Data Management) lecture. A RDM basics lecture with the same content is running throughout the year. If you are new to these issues, it is recommended that you start with the RDM basics.  Once your data management plan (DMP) is already in the making, please, join us in the DMPTuuli workshop.

Events are open and free for all University of Helsinki students, researchers and staff members.

RDM basics lectures in the 5th floor IT class of Kaisa house (5057) / Spring 2018

Wed 4.4. 2018, 10 am – 12 pm
Mon 16.4.2018, 12 pm – 2 pm
Wed 9.5.2018, 10 am – 12 pm
Mon 28.5.2018, 12 pm – 2 pm
Wed 20.6.2018, 10 am – 12 pm

The primary language of the lecture will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish.

Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/87931/lomake.html

More information about the RDM and DMP and the events (RDM basics, DMPTuuli workshops) in DataSupport ResearchGuide.