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Extended loan periods during holiday season

Loaned and renewed books have extended loan periods during holiday season. Due date will be 9.1.2014 or later depending on the normal loan period of the material when it is loaned or renewed on following dates or later.

  • Loan period 28 days: 21.11.
  • Loan period 14 days: 5.12.
  • Loan period 2 days: 17.12.
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The president of Namibia paid a visit to the University library

On Wednesday, students were momentarily distracted from their reading when the president of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, paid a visit to the Helsinki University library during a state visit.The guests were impressed by the Finnish architecture and particularly by the free library services, available to everyone.

It was no coincidence that Helsinki University was selected as a place to visit. Together with Tampere University, the library has collaborated with the Namibia University library in a two-year long Foreign Ministry funded project, during which the professional competence of the library staff has been improved in teaching information retrieval skills, and in developing areas such as print and digital collections, academic writing and library strategy.

President Pohamba stressed that the project marks a continuation of the close long-term collaboration between the two countries.

There has been a co-operative agreement between the two universities for almost 15 years now and the student exchange is lively.

In their day, young Namibians who had fought for Namibian independence studied at Finnish universities, since which they have been appointed to executive positions in Namibia. Two of these students are Nickey Iyambo, who graduated with a degree in medicine from Helsinki University and is now an experienced minister, making a return visit as part of the  presidential entourage, and Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, a Tampere University graduate, who now works as the library director in the University of Namibia.

Following the brief visit, the Namibian delegation hurried to meet the prime minister at his official residence, and President Sauli Niinistö and the First Lady, Jenni Haukio, stayed on for a while to admire the modern learning environment.

Empowering People – New Book of the University Library Project with Namibia

Text: Suvi Kataja
Photo: Ari Aalto
Translation: John Calton

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Access to 166 years of the highest quality chemistry articles!

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Archive has been acquired. It provides to the researchers and students of the University of Helsinki access to some of the most influential and highly cited articles in the field of Chemistry, from top titles such as Chemical Communications, Dalton Transactions and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

The volumes in RSC Archive can be found in the same was as the current RSC journals. Browse RSC Journals in NELLI!

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On trial Art Source (~31.12.)

Art Source features full-text articles—as well as detailed indexing and abstracts—for an array of journals, books and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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Trial: Asian Film Online (-26.11.2013)

Asian Film Online includes nearly 600 feature films, documentaries and shorts from different parts of Asia.

Note: some of the films have no subtitles.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

From the publisher:

Asian Film Online is an online streaming video collection of nearly 600 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes—such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity—are central to any meaningful discussion of Asian culture.

More than 75 percent of the films stream exclusively in Asian Film Online, and more than 60 percent are award winners. Twenty-four countries across the region are represented, with a strong concentration on China, India, Iran, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. The collection features internationally acclaimed directors such as:

  •     Xie Fei, an award winner from China (A Girl from Hunan; Black Snow; Woman from the Lake of Scented Souls; A Mongolian Tale; Song of Tibet).
  •     Iranian new-wave director Dariush Mehrjui (The Cycle; Pari; The Lodgers; Mum’s Guest).
  •     Leading Indonesian director Garin Nugroho (And the Moon Dances; A Poet; Bird Man Tale).
  •     South Korean feminist documentarian Kim Soyoung (Koryu: Southern Woman; New Woman: Her First Song; I’ll Be Seeing Her: Images of Women in Korean Cinema).

Also included are works that have rarely been seen outside their native countries, from filmmakers including Adoor Gopalakrishnan (India), Kim Dong Won (South Korea), and James Lee (Malaysia).

Coverage of West Asia (Middle East) includes filmmakers from Iran (Majid Majidi, The Color of Paradise and Baran), Lebanon (Jocelyn Saab, Kiss Me Not on the Eyes), and Iraq (Shawkat Amin Korki, Crossing the Dust), who offer personal perspectives and alternative analyses of events in their homelands. Asian Film Online also includes more than 30 films highlighting Persia’s rich history and the diverse societies that define the country, each paired with a contextual video introduction from a leading film scholar or expert.

In addition to providing a general introduction to Asia and the Pacific, the collection is particularly valuable for scholarship in Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, political science, postcolonial theory and criticism, anthropology, and linguistics. The works also explore a wide variety of cinematic styles and techniques relevant to the study of film, literature, and the visual and performing arts.

All the films are indexed by filmmaker, country, language, genre, theme, and original language. Subtitles and synopses further expand accessibility.

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Trial: State Papers Online (~17.11.)

State Papers Online offers original historical materials of Early Modern Britain across the widest range of government.

State Papers Online, 1509-1714

  • Part I: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603, State Papers Domestic
  • Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603, State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Acts of Privy Council
  • Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714, State Papers Domestic
  • Part IV: The Stuarts: James to Anne, 1603 – 1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland; and Registers of the Privy Council

State Papers Online, 1714-1782

  • State Papers Online – 18th Century Part 1
  • State Papers Online – 18th Century Part 2
  • State Papers Online – 18th Century Part 3

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