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Tuula Närhinen’s Baltic Sea Plastique in Kaisa House

Tuula Närhinen, Baltic Sea Plastique, 2013 © The Artist
Tuula Närhinen, Baltic Sea Plastique, 2013 © The Artist

Tuula Närhinen’s artwork will be on display at the Helsinki University Main Library (Kaisa House) from March 27 until May 14, 2014.

In Tuula Närhinen’s work science and art are often intertwined. Natural science with its imagery forms the base of her work. The themes involve natural themes, especially water. Tuula Närhinen works mainly with photography but uses also other techniques and materials.

Environmental issues that have been important to Tuula Närhinen’s work in the past are also present in this exhibition. Multi-piece installation draws attention to the human-created marine debris and its devastating effects on the marine ecosystem. The name of the installation Baltic Sea Plastique refers to the plastic waste in our own home shores of the Baltic Sea.

Tuula Närhinen describes her works as follows:

“Baltic Sea Plastique is an extension of Mermaid’s tears (2007) and Frutti di Mare (2008). In my new piece imaginary organisms made of plastic garbage come alive and merge into the life of the sea.”

 

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Stories of Triumph – American Women and Economy lecture today March 19 at 17:00

Wednesday, March 19, 17:00
Helsinki University Library at Kaisa House Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor

SUSAN M. ELBOW assumed duty as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki in September, 2013. Prior to her posting in Helsinki, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. A member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service since 1986, she has served as Director of the U.S. State Department’s European Regional Media Center in Brussels, Belgium; as Principal Officer in the U.S. Consulate in Hamburg, Germany; and as the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. She has also worked in the State Department in Washington and served in Budapest, Hungary; San Salvador, El Salvador; and Frankfurt, Germany.

STORIES OF TRIUMPH
The lecture is in English and open to everyone.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Susan worked at the Port Authority of NY & New Jersey as Director of Marketing for the World Trade Center Network, a trading and communications network, linking World Trade Centers around the globe. She has an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; an M.A. from the University of Rochester; and a B.A. from Smith College. She speaks German, Hungarian, and French, and some Spanish and Serbian. A native of New York State, Susan enjoys listening to classical music, traveling to art fairs, and hiking in her free time.

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Wondering where to publish your articles? Hear the tips of the publisher

Author workshop in Viikki Campus Library
Wondering where to publish your articles? Hear the tips of the publisher!

Time: April 10th, 2014 at 9 pm – 12
Place: Viikki, B Building, Lecture Hall 2, Latokartanonkaari 9
Lecturers:
Timon Oefelein, Springer, Account Development Manager
Anthony Doyle, Springer, Senior Editor Engineering

In the author seminar, editor and trainer of Springer will provide the publisher’s viewpoint on the successful publishing process:
– How to choose a worth-while topic as well as a suitable journal
– How to submit your article to a journal with a good chance of being accepted
– The impact of open access and social networking
– Overview of Springer’s online technology and multiple formats, including Springer’s open access publishing formats.

The seminar will be in English. It is free of charge and open for all.

Interested? Enrol on the seminar with this form.

Arranged by Helsinki University Library and Springer.

Further information and cancellations:
Päivi Helminen, Helsinki University Library, paivi.helminen@helsinki.fi, tel. 09 191 58803
Tuula Huuskonen, Helsinki University Library, Viikki Campus Library, tuula.huuskonen@helsinki.fi, tel. 09 191 58799

 

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Index Religiosus on Trial (–> 31.3.2014)

Index Religiosus – International Bibliography of Theology, Church History and Religious Studies replaces the bibliography of the ‘Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique’ and of the ‘Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (Elenchus Bibliographicus)’.

  •  is a reference bibliography for Theology, Religious Studies and Church History
  • covers publications written in various European languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, etc
  • consist of some 565,000 biobliographic records
  • is updated yearly with 20,000 records
  • offers the possibility to export records in several formats (EndNOte, Refworks, Zotero, etc.)

The free trial is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and Helsinki University Library.

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu[at]helsinki.fi

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What journal did you read?

The library is monitoring the usage of its printed journals on March.

During this time, if you use or read printed journals in the Main Library, in Minerva, in Terkko or in the Viikki Campus Library, please return journals to the trolley near the collection.

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Archival Collections of Key Journals as E-versions (Trial –> 31.3.2014)

All archival collections of JSTOR are accessible to the the staff and the students of the University of Helsinki until the end of March.

Thanks to the trial of JSTOR Archival collections we have now access to earlier volumes of over 1000 journals. These journals can be found also trough HELKA and NELLI.  You can find links to the articles included to these journals also on the result lists of the searches you have done in the reference databases subscribed by the Library or in Google Scholar.

It is possible to browse the titles included in JSTOR Archival Collections. (Normally we have access to Arts and Sciences I, II and III and JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection.)

The journals can be accessed in the University of Helsinki network. Remote use is possible for those with a University of Helsinki user account. Others than the University of Helsinki users can access these journals at Helsinki University Library.

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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New eBooks from Elsevier

The library provides access to 474 new eBooks on various scientific fields published in 2013-14 by Elsevier. The eBooks most used during the year will be acquired permanently in the end of the year. The eBooks can be found in ScienceDirect; but you can also browse titles by subjects through HELKA:

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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New database: JSTOR Global Plants

JSTOR Global Plants includes:

Two million high resolution plant type specimens.

Related material such as expedition travelogues, letters, photographs, botanical paintings and drawings, and reference works.

MyPlants account to save, comment on, and tag digital objects.

Image viewer to examine and measure plant specimens; save images in MyPlants.

Open scientific commenting on plant specimen data by experts in the field.

Compilation pages to view related resources to a particular plant name in one location.

Thousands of links to related research articles on JSTOR, and other materials on the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and Tropicos.